Closures & Body Structures Engineer

Were ALTEN Technology USA an engineering company helping clients bring groundbreaking ideas to lifefrom advancing space exploration and life-saving medical devices to building autonomous electric vehicles. With 3000 experts across North America we partner with leading companies in aerospace medical devices robotics automotive commercial vehicles EVs rail and more.

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Closures & Body Structures Engineer

ONSITE in Long Beach CA

Role Overview

You will be a key contributor within a world class automotive closures engineering team responsible for closure and body structure systems as the program moves from validation through prototype builds pilot and job one at the assembly plant. This role sits at the intersection of sheet metal structures mechanical hardware and manufacturing and covers closure inner and outer panels reinforcements hinge and latch mounting interfaces and their integration into the body structure. You will own your designs hands on in CAD correlate test results to requirements and be on the ground during build events closing issues fast enough to protect program timing.

Key Responsibilities

• Design modify and release closure and body structure sheet metal components including inner and outer panels reinforcements and hinge latch and check mounting interfaces using CATIA or 3DEXPERIENCE
• Ensure designs are optimized for stamping hemming and joining processes including spot welding adhesive bonding and mixed material joints
• Package and integrate closure hardware into the body structure ensuring proper kinematics clearance and load path for hinges latches checks and seals
• Support DVP&R execution review test reports and correlate physical results with CAE for strength durability stiffness and slam and cycle performance
• Support regulatory and rating compliance for closures and body structure including FMVSS 206 and 214 and IIHS side impact requirements
• Work directly with suppliers on part quality test failures retests and design or process changes driving issues to closure with clear ownership and timing
• Support prototype pilot and launch builds resolving dimensional fit and finish gap and flush and structural findings on the floor including next day fix concepts during launch
• Own CAD BOM and GD&T documentation for assigned components and manage tolerance stack up and datum strategy at closure to body interfaces
• Drive root cause and corrective action on issues discovered during build and validation including oil canning panel distortion water leak and closing effort findings
• Collaborate with closures mechanisms studio design manufacturing engineering quality and purchasing to maintain styling intent structural requirements and program timing
• Support engineering change execution during launch verifying change implementation in the plant and confirming effectiveness on subsequent builds

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Mechanical Automotive or Manufacturing Engineering or equivalent experience
• 3 years of automotive engineering experience in production vehicle development with at least one program through launch
• Hands on CAD experience in CATIA or 3DEXPERIENCE on closures or body structures with demonstrated ownership of your own geometry
• Demonstrated experience in the design and release of sheet metal components or closure hardware
• Strong mechanical fundamentals including section properties and stiffness material behavior of steel and aluminum grades and failure modes
• Working knowledge of GD&T tolerance stack up and datum and locator strategy
• Familiarity with DVP&R DFMEA and automotive product development milestones and launch gates
• Experience working directly with suppliers on part quality testing and delivery
• Willingness to work onsite in Long Beach CA and support build events at the plant

Preferred Skills

• Closures experience on side doors liftgates hoods or tailgates including hemming and sealing interfaces
• Experience with aluminum closures or mixed material body structures
• Strong knowledge of sheet metal forming including forming limits springback oil canning and bake hardening
• Familiarity with hinge latch and window regulator integration from the body side
• CAE literacy to drive design decisions on stiffness strength and structural integrity
• Experience on EV startup or clean sheet vehicle programs
• Hands on approach to physical prototyping and a boots on the ground mentality during build events

Salary Range: $120000-$140000/K

The actual salary offered is dependent on various factors including but not limited to location the candidates combination of job-related knowledge qualifications skills education training and experience

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability protected veteran status age genetic information or pregnancy.

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