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Closures & Body Structures Engineer

ALTEN Technology USA
Long Beach, USA
Mid · 3+ years experience
Onsite
$120,000-$140,000
Discovered 4 days ago

Full Job Posting

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

  • Bachelor’s 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: $120,000-$140,000/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
  • 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.
  • Please beware of job seeker scams and see this important notice on our careers page for more information about our recruiting process.
  • 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.

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