Validation Engineer, Low Voltage Distribution

Job Description

Job Description

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.

Location: Foster City, CA
On-site: 5 days per week

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 Low Voltage 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.

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.

Qualifications
• 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

Bonus Qualifications
• 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)

Salary Range
• $110,000-130,000
• The actual salary offered is dependent on various factors including, but not limited to, location, the candidate's combination of job-related knowledge, qualifications, skills, education, training, and experience

ALTEN Technology is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our Policy is to extend opportunities to qualified applicants and employees on an equal basis regardless of an individual's age, race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression or veteran status.

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Compliance Notice: Alten USA is a federal contractor subject to the requirements of the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) and Executive Order 11246. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

Drug Screening Requirement: As a federal contractor, Alten USA maintains a drug-free workplace. All candidates selected for employment will be required to successfully complete a pre-employment drug screening as a condition of hire.