Sr. Electrical System Validation Engineer

ALTEN Technology USA•Allen Park, MI

11h

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. What to expect: The Sr. Electrical System Validation Engineer will contribute to the validation of the Low Voltage systems and be responsible for ensuring reliable performance. You will lead system-level design and validation activities and work side by side with various cross-functional teams to support product design, vehicle behaviors definition, prototype bring-up, and validation with a system level focus. You will lead bring-up and validation activities for each vehicle build and be responsible for overall functionality and performance of Low Voltage systems throughout product life cycle. You will Conceptualize, Design, Engineer, Develop, and support the launch of next-generation vehicle platform architectures for electric vehicles.

Requirements

B.S in Electrical, or Computer Engineering, or other relevant fields
5+ years of electrical HW design experience
3+ years of experience with performing WCCA analysis
Power Electronics HW development experience including schematic and layout design, board bring up, and bench testing
Deep technical knowledge on power converter topologies including isolated and non-isolated
Extensive hands-on experience in power electronics and electrical system testing
Experience and working knowledge of systems development and electric vehicle’s electrical architecture
Strong understanding of electrical engineering fundamentals and ability to apply them to automotive concepts
Proven debugging and diagnostic skills in electrical, mechanical, and software domains
Experience with designing test plans to validate automotive low voltage systems
Strong written and verbal communication skills
An eagerness to work cross-functionally in a dynamic environment where you are part of a high performing team
A systems approach to design and development with the desire and curiosity to strive for exceptional delivery execution and continuous improvement.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in electrical engineering, Computer Science, or related fields
10+ years of combined electrical HW design and low voltage system validation experience
5+ years of WCCA experience
Strong knowledge of power electronics system design
Experienced with advanced problem-solving tools such as fish-bone diagram, Design For Six Sigma (DFSS), FA report, 8D documentation, etc.
Having semiconductor level knowledge is a big plus

Responsibilities

Perform bench level and vehicle level electrical system testing and validation
Perform Worst Case Circuit Analysis on power electronics converters and electrical systems
Review schematics and layouts for Low voltage ECUs, body controllers, and zonal modules
Propose electrical circuit/system design changes to improve electrical system performance
Perform electrical system fault testing and validate system protection strategies
Electrical system power budget testing and validation
Electrical system simulation to characterize low voltage system stability
Develop proper test plans to validate system performance in low voltage electrical systems
Gain deep technical knowledge on existing low voltage system architecture and propose strategies to enhance system reliability and stability
Work with component suppliers to characterize the loads in a low voltage system
Determine safe operating voltage range and other relevant constraints for electrical system loads
Play an active role in low voltage system failure root cause analysis
Support low voltage system requirement definition
Ensure reliability of low voltage system by proposing proper load management strategies
Perform trade studies to realize efficient system design strategies and optimize for cost