Durability Test Engineer

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage comprehensive whole-vehicle durability and accelerated mileage accumulation AMA test plans across diverse terrains and environmental conditions.
• Lead proving ground, road, and facility based durability testing, ensuring adherence to rigorous test cycles and safety procedures.
• Plan and execute on-vehicle instrumentation and data acquisition setups to accurately capture loads, strains, and vibrations on critical structures and systems.
• Investigate on-road and early-field durability issues, performing root-cause analysis through hands-on inspection and data evaluation.
• Monitor durability and reliability of newly integrated components such as suspension, steering, and brakes during vehicle-level testing to confirm life and function.
• Produce detailed test reports, track degradation rates and failure modes, and communicate actionable findings and proposed design mitigations to the Vehicle Design and CAE teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, Automotive Engineering, or a related field.
• Minimum 3 years of hands-on experience in whole-vehicle durability testing, RLDA, or performance validation in the automotive or heavy equipment sectors.
• Experience with electric vehicles (EVs) is highly desirable.
• Hands-on experience installing on-vehicle instrumentation including strain gauges, accelerometers, displacement transducers, and thermocouples.
• Experience configuring and operating multi-channel data acquisition hardware (Somat, HBM, Dewetron) for vehicle testing.
• Working knowledge of data processing and analysis using nCode GlyphWorks, MATLAB, or Python for large-scale time-series data.
• Familiarity with automotive proving ground test procedures and standards such as Belgian Block, potholes, and rough-road testing.

Technologies

• Somat
• HBM
• Dewetron
• nCode GlyphWorks
• MATLAB
• Python

Benefits

• Mentorship
• Career growth opportunities
• Comprehensive benefits

Salary Range

• USD 80,000 to 90,000 per year

Compliance Notice

Alten USA is a federal contractor subject to 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.