Resident Engineer

ALTEN Technology USA•Warren, 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. Summary: The main responsibilities of the Product Resident Engineer role is to provide technical assistance in front of the customer plant or design center referring Client products, including quality issues, for more details refer to Internal Engineering procedures.

Requirements

Ability to understand the customer technical requirements and its use-cases from an end user perspective
Good knowledge of the product and its functions
Previous Vehicle level integration and System testing experience
Methodical in approach
Driving License
Be an effective communicator, demonstrating highly developed interpersonal and negotiation skills
Team Player, able to develop rapport with key contacts at all levels of the customer organization.
Self motivated (self starter)
Demonstrate problem solving ability
Ability to work under pressure
Willingness to travel
High level of English and other languages depending of the customer.
Knowledge of the procedures & techniques established in the organization and project and customer procedures

Nice To Haves

Preferably an ability to speak Spanish

Responsibilities

Coordinates/support and/or participates with engineering and customer’s suppliers in the development of new product or need.
Follow up key project milestones and accomplishment with EPL/ Eng team members (HW, Mech, SW…)
Identifies and transmits the customer requirements to Engineering, Quality and Sales in order to prepare the design and/or production.
Technical liason for design changes with customer and product engineering team
PCR: Product Change Request (driven by the customer)
PCN: Product Change Notification (driven by the suppliers)
CTO: Cost optimization activities
Perform or support tests at customer locations related with Client modules release.
Support line trials to ensure smooth transition from development to production
Support launch and built activities at customer plant.
When necessary, identifies and analyses assembly issues in the customers manufacturing plants, supporting technical solutions.
Support new business opportunities ( RFQ, RFI…).