Electrical Harness Connector Engineer / Librarian

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.

We are seeking an experienced Electrical Harness Connector Engineer/Librarian to manage, catalog and maintain the electrical connector library used across our vehicle EE and mechanical toolchains. This role is critical to ensuring accurate, validated, and standardized connector data is available to design teams working in Siemens Capital Harness and 3DX Catia, supporting the development of next-generation autonomous vehicle electrical architectures.

Responsibilities

• Manage and catalog electrical harness connectors and interfaces within Siemens Capital Harness Tool and 3DX CATIA, ensuring data accuracy and consistency across platforms
• Own the cataloging and validation of the full connector portfolio, including low voltage, high voltage, and high-speed interfaces (Ethernet, Coax, GMSL, GMSL2/GMNET, FAKRA, etc.)
• Evaluate and validate the electrical and mechanical parameters of connectors to confirm suitability for downstream EE and mechanical designs
• Partner with EE design, harness design, mechanical, and supplier quality teams to establish, drive, and continuously improve connector library management practices and processes
• Serve as the subject matter expert and point of contact for connector library questions, ensuring design teams have reliable, up-to-date component data

Required Qualifications

• 3+ years of hands-on experience with Siemens Capital Tool Suite and 3DX CATIA
• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
• Experience developing or improving library management processes and best practices in a component/data management environment
• Strong attention to detail and data governance discipline
• Effective cross-functional communication skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with harness design and manufacturing processes
• Experience with PLM/PDM systems and configuration management

Salary Range

• $110,000 - 130,000
• The actual salary offered is dependent on various factors including location, qualifications, skills, education, training, and experience

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of legally protected characteristics.

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.