Senior Validation Engineer

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.

ABOUT THE ROLE :

The Senior Validation Engineer will be guided by technical requirements to conduct complex system and vehicle-level design verification (DV) and production validation (PV) tests to confirm achievement of these requirements within established program timelines. The role also provides

opportunities, with the creation of tools and processes, for traceability of DFMEA to DVP&R to final reports.

This is a hands-on, on-site role at our Livermore, CA plant Engineering center and reports to the Manager of Validation and may also receive direction and guidance from more senior

engineers.

IN THIS ROLE YOU WILL :

• Utilize program targets, system requirements and various control documents to develop and release comprehensive DV / PV plans, reports, recommendations
• Lead the planning and execution of DV / PV plans for associated vehicle systems and the entire vehicle. Report results, document non-conformances and collaborate with related design, systems and controls engineers to identify root cause of any failures, recommendations for improved specifications and opportunities for refinement.
• Design and configure test methods, scripts and / or simulations to develop and validate system capabilities prior to vehicle integration.
• Work closely with the Engineering teams to develop and deploy instrumentation and data acquisition strategies, data analysis methodologies and best practices for planning and conducting effective and timely testing activities.
• Review test plans, methods, analysis, and reports of peers and less senior engineers for input, improvement, accuracy, and overall quality.
• Coordinate and document requirements, design verification and validation with component / subsystem / system suppliers or external testing resources / facilities to support overall program validation plan.
• Gather and refine complex data sets into useable information and reports.
• Support the maintenance and calibration of test equipment and instrumentation.
• Lead activities to develop and deploy engineering standards for defining and managing requirements along with the associated design verification (DV) and production validation (PV) plans, including complete traceability between requirements, test results and test reports.

SCOPE OF THE ROLE :

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS :

Salary Range : $125,000 / K-$135,000 / K

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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