Jr. Brake Certification Engineer

ALTEN Technology USA • Chelsea, MI

29d

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.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering degree is required.
• Knowledge of vehicle level system design and validation experience.
• Knowledge of brake system, performance, and sizing modeling/analysis.
• Design Failure Mode & Effects Analysis (DFMEA)/SFMEA and DVP-R experience such as: write/review/execute a system level DVP for a brake system.
• Proven problem solving skillset (ie: Shainin, DFSS, Red X, etc.) and analytical skillset.
• Highly motivated and self-starter
• Demonstrated ability to work in a team environment
• Brake testing/development experience or Chassis development, valid driver's license
• Experience in vehicle testing, preferably brake testing
• Brake system modeling and system analysis experience
• Design and release experience of brake components
• Good communication skills
• High level of proficiency in English (speaking, reading, writing)

Responsibilities

• Responsible for full functional integration of vacuum boosted, and electrical boosted, brake systems to meet vehicle functional objectives, and performance goals, as well as managing/validating to the system level Design Verification Plan & Report (DVP&R), and Regulatory Requirements (NAFTA, Economic Commission of Europe (ECE), & GCC/GSO Compliance and Conformance of Production).
• Conduct DV and Certification Tests, using Link Data Acquisition Systems to gather braking performance data Chelsea Proving Grounds (CPG).
• Coordination and planning of testing at Chelsea Proving Grounds (CPG)/Arizona Proving Grounds (APG) to meet NA Program milestones;
• Overview of test equipment set-up;
• Conducting post-test data processing, and consequent analysis of given data to insure test accuracy;
• Development of reports which recognize potential issues relative to compliance with Regulations and/or general braking performance
• Issuance of documents to support submission of final Compliance Reports.
• Responsible for the development of brake systems and coordinating vehicle ordering, builds, shipping, and testing.
• Responsible to root cause quality/build issues and implement corrective actions.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees