Seat Complete - Design Release Engineer

ALTEN Technology USA•Auburn Hills, MI

About The Position

We’re ALTEN Technology USA, an engineering company helping clients bring groundbreaking ideas to life—from advancing space exploration and life-saving medical devices to building autonomous electric vehicles. With 3,000+ experts across North America, we partner with leading companies in aerospace, medical devices, robotics, automotive, commercial vehicles, EVs, rail, and more. As part of the global ALTEN Group—57,000+ engineers in 30 countries—we deliver across the entire product development cycle, from consulting to full project outsourcing. When you join ALTEN Technology USA, you’ll collaborate on some of the world’s toughest engineering challenges, supported by mentorship, career growth opportunities, and comprehensive benefits. We take pride in fostering a culture where employees feel valued, supported, and inspired to grow. Job Summary: The Seat Complete Engineer will be responsible for designing, developing, and delivering vehicle seating systems. This includes ensuring that seats meet safety, performance, and regulatory standards. The role involves working across different departments and managing the seat product from the initial concept through to production.

Requirements

Demonstrated leadership skills, ability to work autonomously, excellent communication skills, positive attitude, willingness to learn, flexibility, team-player, and attention to detail.
Bachelor's Degree in Mechatronics Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or Mechanical Engineering from an ABET-accredited university.
5 years of engineering experience in the automotive industry.
Familiarity with seat complete integration and components.
Understanding of components and physical integration in vehicle.
Familiarity with FMVSS and ECE requirements.
CAD Skills: Skilled in 3D modeling software (e.g., Teamcenter/NX).
Design quality methods such as DFMEA to identify and prevent potential issues early.
Experience with global project management and leading cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

Develop and/or integrate seat structures, seat components, foam, trim and full seat systems.
Handle product release lifecycle: create and maintain BOMs, manage design revisions using change management systems.
Ensure successful integration of the seat system in the vehicle.
Develop DVPRs and support both prototype and production builds.
Analyze problems, lead root cause and troubleshooting on design and manufacturing issues.
Implement interim and permanent corrective actions to design and manufacturing issues.
Work closely with suppliers on the design, quality and delivery of seat parts.
Collaborate with design, manufacturing, and quality teams to meet project goals.
Oversee the full life of the seat product—from concept, through production, to end-of-life.
Make sure all designs meet safety regulation, performance specifications and customer requirements.
Drive weight and cost reduction initiatives.
Communicate product status to leadership.