Validation Engineer, LV Distribution

ALTEN Technology USA•Foster City, CA

20d•$110,000 - $130,000•Onsite

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. The Component and Sub System Hardware Validation team is responsible for ensuring components and subsystems on vehicles meet all functional and reliability targets needed to facilitate our autonomous mobility service. Our team has an action biased culture marked by integrity, humility, competence, and passion for the mission and the systems we design. We are building real products here and are looking for doers to join us. As a LV Distribution Validation Engineer, you will be responsible for establishing and executing a robust and rigorous validation process from requirements development through report approval. This will include managing internal and external testing resources as well as supplier-led validation activities which ensure durability, reliability, and safety targets are satisfied. You will work closely with cross functional teams to understand root causes of failures, identify mitigation strategies, and incorporate learnings into new designs.

Requirements

BS or MS in mechanical engineering, or related relevant field
3-6 years of test or validation experience related on grommets, terminals, connectors, harness and LV Components (Fusebox, Battery, Battery sensor, etc) including signal integrity
Experience with requirements management tools (Polarion or equiv.)
Experience with a wide variety of lab and measurement equipment including but not limited to: DAQ, Power supply / E-load, Oscilloscope, Accelerometers, Thermocouples, CAN, LIN and automotive ethernet
Experience with Project Management tools such as JIRA and Kanban methodology.
Experience on Protocol communications: Crimping, LIN Communication, Ethernet Communication, A2B communication
Experience on Production Process: Strip & Crimping, Welding, Stamping, Molding
Standards: USCAR 2 / USCAR 21 / USCAR 12 / USCAR 15 / USCAR 37 / USCAR 38, LV 124 / LV 148, ISO 8820, Open Alliance (TC2 and TC9) & IEEE 802.3bp/bw

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with 3D design tools. CATIA 3DX or CATIA V5 or SolidWorks preferred
EMI / EMC validation experience
Familiarity with IEC 60068, GMW 3172, IEEE 802.3, USCAR, AEC & IPC standards
Familiarity with Vector tools (CANanalyzer or similar)
Power Distribution and Thermal Management (derating strategies)
Batteries Chemistry (Lead-Acid and Li-ion)
Functional Safety (ISO 26262)

Responsibilities

Develop, manage, and execute test plans to validate mechanical, electrical, and environmental failure modes
Collaborate with design engineers to ensure that requirements are clearly defined and captured within the validation plan
Identify appropriate test assets, data acquisition systems, and sensors to ensure high-quality test data
Analyze test data to provide clear and concise reporting of test results
Support DFMEA activities to gain confidence that all potential failure modes are adequately covered within the validation plan.