Mechanical Test Engineer

About ALTEN Technology USA

ALTEN Technology USA is an engineering company supporting aerospace, medical device, robotics, automotive, commercial vehicle, EV, and rail programs. Employees collaborate on engineering challenges with mentorship, career growth opportunities, and comprehensive benefits.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Lead planning, coordination, and execution of development and verification testing for complex mechanical and aerospace systems.
• Design test approaches, methodologies, and strategies to validate product performance.
• Develop test procedures, plans, work instructions, reports, and engineering documentation.
• Support products from concepts and prototypes through qualification and production readiness.
• Configure instrumentation and data acquisition systems; collect, process, and interpret test data.
• Collaborate with design, manufacturing, systems, and quality teams.
• Support technical reviews, program milestones, proposals, schedules, budgets, and risk assessments.
• Identify technical issues and drive root-cause investigations and corrective actions.
• Mentor junior engineers and promote continuous improvement.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related discipline.
• 4–7 years of experience supporting aerospace, defense, or other highly regulated engineering programs.
• Experience leading development testing and supporting qualification or verification testing.
• Proficiency with test instrumentation, sensors, data acquisition systems, test execution methodologies, SolidWorks, and GD&T.
• Experience developing test plans, procedures, reports, and engineering documentation.
• Strong analytical, communication, collaboration, ownership, and prioritization skills.
• Experience with requirements-driven environments and formal verification and validation processes.
• Knowledge of military and commercial engineering specifications preferred.
• Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related technical discipline preferred.

Additional Information:

The actual salary offered depends on location and the candidate’s job-related knowledge, qualifications, skills, education, training, and experience. Due to the nature of the work, only US Persons (citizens or permanent residents) need apply. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without discrimination. As a federal contractor, ALTEN USA maintains a drug-free workplace and requires selected candidates to successfully complete pre-employment drug screening.