INDUSTRIAL ENGINEER – LOGISTICS (M- 2531)

ALTEN Technology USA•Troy, 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. Note: Due to the nature of the work, only US Persons (citizens or permanent residents) need apply for this position. Design material flow processes and storage systems to establish efficient material delivery to the factory and sub-assembly lines for electric vehicle automotive components. Interface with Manufacturing Engineering, Packaging, Logistics Operations, EH&S during launch to develop Material Flow processes and systems. Identify and implement continuous improvement projects. Complete dock utilization analysis, support dynamic simulations, maintain PFEP data, calculate storage space requirements and design material delivery routes. Input and report out KPI data on a weekly basis. Develop business cases as needed for Material Flow installations. Contribute to internal document development, standards, best practices, lessons learned and training modules. Develop requirements for Material Flow equipment: fork trucks, tuggers, dollies, and lineside display. Develop station layouts for lineside operations, offline SPD cells, kitting, and repack activities. General Optimization of floor space, logistics, delivery, and display equipment in the assembly plant. Prioritize Material Flow Layout Engineer activities. Coordinate Layout Engineer and Equipment design staff activities. Experience with installation of material handling equipment such as Rack indexers, turn tables, over/under shuttles, and conveyors. New launch projects on specific production lines focusing on material flow from warehouse to the border of line location. Set up of new part numbers and engineering changes. Creation of station designs from scratch, in base of production rate and according assembly processes.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or Automotive Engineering with 6 months experience
40 hr/wk
$78,666/yr
US Persons (citizens or permanent residents)

Responsibilities

Design material flow processes and storage systems to establish efficient material delivery to the factory and sub-assembly lines for electric vehicle automotive components.
Interface with Manufacturing Engineering, Packaging, Logistics Operations, EH&S during launch to develop Material Flow processes and systems.
Identify and implement continuous improvement projects.
Complete dock utilization analysis, support dynamic simulations, maintain PFEP data, calculate storage space requirements and design material delivery routes.
Input and report out KPI data on a weekly basis.
Develop business cases as needed for Material Flow installations.
Contribute to internal document development, standards, best practices, lessons learned and training modules.
Develop requirements for Material Flow equipment: fork trucks, tuggers, dollies, and lineside display.
Develop station layouts for lineside operations, offline SPD cells, kitting, and repack activities.
General Optimization of floor space, logistics, delivery, and display equipment in the assembly plant.
Prioritize Material Flow Layout Engineer activities.
Coordinate Layout Engineer and Equipment design staff activities.
Experience with installation of material handling equipment such as Rack indexers, turn tables, over/under shuttles, and conveyors.
New launch projects on specific production lines focusing on material flow from warehouse to the border of line location.
Set up of new part numbers and engineering changes.
Creation of station designs from scratch, in base of production rate and according assembly processes.