Vehicle Dynamics Tuning Engineer

ALTEN Technology USA•Chelsea, 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. The Vehicle Dynamics Tuning Engineer plays an integral part in the vehicle dynamics development by providing feedback to programs based on test results. Besides driving and testing vehicles, close communication with simulation engineers is important to help guide the program towards the requirements. Experience from proving grounds and tuning vehicles based on subjective evaluation is required. Hence, deep understanding of suspension and chassis architecture and components, and their effect on ride and handling is important.

Requirements

A minimum of a Bachelor of Science Engineering Degree from an ABET accredited university or equivalent
Experience in automotive engineering product development
Suspension architecture and development experience
Vehicle Ride and Handling Tuning or Development Experience
Proactive and Reactive problem-solving skills
Excellent written and verbal skills
Proficient use of MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc)
Must be able to manage multiple projects simultaneously
Experience from cross functional interaction
Experience from proving grounds

Nice To Haves

Master of Science Engineering Degree from an ABET accredited university
Test Driving experience
Racing experience/background
Vehicle dynamics simulation experience

Responsibilities

Providing feedback to programs based on test results.
Driving and testing vehicles.
Close communication with simulation engineers to help guide the program towards the requirements.
Tuning vehicles based on subjective evaluation.