Mechanical Release Engineer

The role

This person will own the engineering release process and issue tracking for High Voltage Hardware programs. They will drive completed designs through the release process and manage engineering tickets across various systems.

What you will do

• Drive completed designs through the release process to a released state in 3DX
• Act as single point of accountability for release status across parts and assemblies
• Identify required approvers and stakeholders and follow up proactively
• Catch and correct errors in release packages before submission
• Maintain and report a view of in flight, blocked, and released items
• Own tracking and organization of engineering tickets in Jira, SOLVE, EB HW, and CPC
• Build and maintain a consolidated view of open issues by product
• Create and structure tickets and epics on behalf of engineers
• Drive issues toward closure by following up with owners and escalating stalled items
• Recommend and implement improvements to ticket organization and tracking

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, or equivalent hands on experience in a product development environment
• 4+ years supporting hardware or mechanical product development in a release, change management, program coordination, or technical project management capacity
• Direct experience driving parts and assemblies through a formal engineering release or change process
• Working proficiency with Jira, including building and structuring tickets, epics, boards, and filters
• Demonstrated ability to track a high volume of concurrent items without losing visibility of status or ownership
• Strong written and verbal communication
• Comfortable operating independently with limited direction in a fast moving, early stage program environment

Nice to have

• Hands on experience with 3DEXPERIENCE (3DX) release workflows
• Background in automotive or another high-volume hardware environment with formal PLM discipline
• Exposure to high voltage systems, power conversion, power distribution, or electromechanical assemblies
• Experience building reporting or dashboards that give a team visibility into open issues and release status
• Familiarity with engineering change orders, BOM structures, and part pedigree conventions

Benefits

• mentorship
• career growth opportunities
• comprehensive benefits

Before you apply

• All candidates selected for employment will be required to successfully complete a pre-employment drug screening as a condition of hire

About the company

ALTEN Technology USA is an engineering company with 3,000+ experts across North America. They partner with leading companies in aerospace, medical devices, robotics, automotive, and more.