5001 Body Design & Release Engineer SR

ALTEN MÉXICO; Santiago de Querétaro; On-site; MXN 500,000 - 750,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Care Plan

Family Leave

Training & Development

Wellness Resources

Private Health Insurance

Work From Home

Job summary

ALTEN MÉXICO is seeking a Body Design and Release Engineer (D&R) in the Closures division to design, develop, and release structural components for stamped doors in vehicles. You will collaborate with manufacturing, testing teams, and suppliers to ensure feasible, compliant designs that meet performance and cost targets.

The role requires experience with BIW, closures, DFMEA/DVP&R, and CAD tools like NX, CATIA V5, and Teamcenter, with strong collaboration across departments to release components

Qualifications

• Experience designing Body in White, Closures, Stamped Doors, and Door Modules.
• CAD experience with NX, Catia V5, and Teamcenter in a BIW production release.
• Knowledgeable about high-strength steels and aluminum forming processes; weld parameters and GD&T.
• Experience with DFMEA, DVP&R, and validation plans.
• Bom creation and editing.
• DFSS knowledge and/or Green/Black Belt is a plus.
• CAE/CFD knowledge.
• MS Office skills (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook).
• CATIA V5 knowledge is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Interface with packaging and design offices across departments and suppliers to design and release components/systems.
• Provide feasibility input from Product Design Office concepts, sketches, and clay models.
• Drive quality improvements, weight and cost reductions, and communicate technical status to management.
• Release completed geometry using NX Teamcenter CAD tools.
• Ensure designs meet automotive regulations and performance requirements.

Skills

BIW

Closures

Stamped Doors

Door Modules

NX

Teamcenter

CATIA V5

DFMEA

DVP&R

DFSS

GD&T

BOM

Tools

Unigraphics NX

CATIA V5

Teamcenter

Job description

We are ALTEN Mexico, a leading engineering company that specializes in providing innovative solutions for engineering, technology, and product development projects. With a dedicated team of over 250 professionals, we cater to various industries including Automotive, Energy, Aeronautics, Banking & Insurance, Telecom & Multimedia, and Rail. We offer comprehensive services ranging from project design development to test/validation, programming, implementation, and manufacturing. ALTEN Mexico is a subsidiary of the ALTEN Group, a global leader in engineering and technology consulting.

The Body Design and Release Engineer (D&R) in the Closures division will be responsible for designing, developing, and releasing structural and mechanical components for Stamped Doors in vehicles, ensuring compliance with quality, safety, functionality, and cost standards. This role will collaborate closely with manufacturing and testing teams, as well as suppliers, to ensure that designs are feasible, comply with automotive regulations, and meet product performance requirements.

Responsibilities will include interface and coordinating the packaging with product design office, vehicle development, other Exterior and Body Engineering teams, all adjacent departments (electromechanical, electrical, lighting, trim); and suppliers to design, develop and release these components/systems.

The Engineer will provide feasibility input for development of designs from Product Design Office (PDO) concepts, sketches, and clay models.

Other responsibilities will include quality improvements, weight reduction, cost reduction and other efficiency improvement initiatives including communicating technical product status to management.

To develop functional objectives, build objectives, DVP&R / DFMEA & manage the production supplier to meet all requirements. Also responsible of the release of completed geometry using NX Teamcenter CAD tools.

• Experience designing and developing on the following: ---->Body in White, Closures, Stamped Doors, Door Modules.
• CAD experience with Unigraphics NX, Catia V5 and Teamcenter in a production release environment BIW (Body in White).
• Knowledgeable regarding high strength steels/ aluminum forming processes, weld parameters and GD&T.
• Experience/knowledge with Design Failure Mode & Effects Analysis (DFMEA) and Design Verification Plan & Report (DVP&R) and validation plans.
• Bom’s creation and edition.
• Knowledge of Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) and/or Reactive Green/Black Belt is a plus.
• CAE/Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) knowledge.
• Excellent MS Office skills (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook).
• CATIA V5 knowledge is a plus.

• Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
• Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity)
• Training & Development
• Wellness Resources
• Private Health Insurance
• Work From Home