Restraint System Integration and Testing Engineer

ALTEN Technology•Casa Grande, AZ

1d•$100,000 - $110,000•Onsite

About The Position

ALTEN Technology USA is seeking a Restraint System Integration and Testing Engineer to integrate restraint subsystems and conduct vehicle testing. The role is hands-on, involving test builds, technician training, build-quality oversight, test planning and reporting, management of test materials, and support for test-lab operations. The engineer will work with Restraints and Interiors Design Release Engineers (DREs) to understand component design and behavior and drive subsystem development. The position is on-site five days per week in Casa Grande, Arizona. The stated salary range is $100,000–$110,000, with the actual offer dependent on factors including location and job-related qualifications, skills, education, training, and experience. Selected candidates must successfully complete a pre-employment drug screening.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or higher in Mechanical Engineering or a related field.
Some knowledge of airbag and/or interior-part design and engineering, with direct experience at an automotive OEM or Tier 1 supplier.
Engineering fundamentals in problem-solving.
Ability to explain highly technical issues to audiences outside the crash-safety field, including top management, design studio, and purchasing teams.
Physical capacity to manipulate interior parts in and out of test bucks or test fixtures.
High level of ethics.

Nice To Haves

Curiosity and thoroughness.
Experience assembling and disassembling automotive interior parts.
Experience in testing, including crash, airbag deployment, seats, instrument panels, and/or upper trims.
Knowledge of CAE analysis and restraint-system integration and optimization.

Responsibilities

Integrate restraint subsystems and test them in vehicles, including hands-on test builds, technician training, and build-quality oversight for new development and model-year variants.
Develop integration plans and forecasts and keep them up to date.
Manage testing from forecast through test report.
Manage test materials from forecast through teardown.
Support general test-lab operations, including 6S and material ordering.
Obtain certification for and safely operate a forklift.
Work with Restraints and Interiors DREs to learn the design and behavior of individual parts and drive common subsystem development.
Raise or collect test reports.
For subsystem tests under the team's responsibility, perform first-level analysis, enter test data and reports into the Restraints test database, and complete the standard first-level analysis form.
For tests under Tier 1 responsibility, collect data and reports, enter them into the Restraints test database, and complete the standard first-level analysis form.
Manage root-cause analysis with the owners of components involved in an issue.