Validation Engineer
Job Overview
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.
Description :
- BS or MS Degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent
- Minimum 3 years of experience in automotive testing & validation within an industrial or automotive environment
- Strong experience in DVP&R creation and execution for automotive OEMs
- Hands-on experience with material, paint, thermo-mechanical and climatic testing
- Strong knowledge of automotive plastics, coatings, adhesives (tapes & glues)
- Experience working with laboratory equipment (tensile machines, force gauges, climatic chambers, vibration/shaker systems)
- Knowledge of ISO, ASTM, DIN, SAE and OEM-specific validation standards
- Ability to analyze test results and present structured validation reports to Project Managers and cross-functional teams
- Fluent in English
- Strong interface capability between product, laboratory, quality and project teams
Job Description Details :
- Develop, manage and execute DVP&R plans for multiple automotive OEMs
- Define validation strategies, acceptance criteria and reporting timelines
- Coordinate directly with OEMs to ensure compliance with customer-specific requirements
- Conduct material testing (flexural strength, impact resistance, chemical resistance, paint adhesion on plastic substrates)
- Perform paint-on-plastic validation (adhesion, steam jet, humidity exposure, temperature tests, accelerated weathering, stone chip resistance, impact testing)
- Execute thermo-mechanical and assembly validation (thermal cycling, deformation analysis, vibration/shaker testing, climatic chamber testing, IR and sunload testing)
- Perform pull tests using force gauges and universal tensile machines
- Design and validate test fixtures to ensure repeatability and compliance
- Validate adhesive tapes and bonding technologies; perform glue failure mode analysis
- Independently set up, run and document laboratory tests
- Establish internal test methods aligned with OEM standards
- Ensure traceability, reproducibility and full compliance of validation activities
- Coordinate with external laboratories for specialized testing
- Ensure application of international norms and standards (ISO, ASTM, DIN, SAE, OEM-specific)
Profile:
- Mechanical Engineer – Automotive Testing & Validation
- Confirmed level (3–7 years experience)
- Strong hands-on laboratory and field-oriented profile
- Deep technical understanding of plastics, coatings and bonding technologies
- Analytical mindset with strong root cause analysis capability
- Comfortable presenting validation results to Project Managers and stakeholders
- Able to work cross-functionally between design, lab, quality and project teams
- Autonomous and structured
- Strong communication skills
Must Have:
- Minimum 3 years of experience in automotive testing & validation
- Experience creating and executing DVP&R
- Hands-on material, paint and thermo-mechanical testing experience
- Strong knowledge of automotive plastics and adhesive technologies
- Experience with laboratory equipment (climatic chambers, tensile machines, shaker systems, IR testing)
- Ability to analyze test deviations and build structured validation reports
- Experience presenting technical results to Project Managers or OEM stakeholders
- Knowledge of international validation standards
Good to Have:
- Automotive Tier 1 experience
- Experience with paint-on-plastic validation
- Experience in test fixture development
- Experience working with external laboratories
- Knowledge of failure mode analysis for plastics and bonding systems
- Experience coordinating directly with OEM validation teams
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