5001 Body Design & Release Engineer SR

ALTEN Mexico; Santiago Mexquititlán Barrio 1ro.; On-site; MXN 420,000 - 640,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental &amp

Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity)

Training & Development

Wellness Resources

Private Health Insurance

Work From Home

Job summary

ALTEN Mexico is seeking a Body Design and Release Engineer (D&R) in the Closures division to design, develop, and release structural components for stamped doors. You will work with manufacturing, testing teams, and suppliers to ensure designs meet quality, safety, and cost targets and manage DFMEA/DVP&R processes.

You will coordinate packaging with the PDO and other engineering teams, provide feasibility input from concepts, and help lead weight and cost-reduction initiatives while releasing

Qualifications

• CAD experience with Unigraphics NX, Catia V5 and Teamcenter in a production release environment BIW (Body in White).
• Knowledge of high strength steels/aluminium forming processes, weld parameters and GD&T.
• Experience/knowledge with DFMEA and DVP&R and validation plans.
• Bom’s creation and edition.
• Knowledge of DFSS and/or Reactive Green/Black Belt is a plus.
• CAE/CFD knowledge.
• Excellent MS Office skills (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook).
• CATIA V5 knowledge is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and release structural and mechanical components for Stamped Doors in vehicles.
• Collaborate with manufacturing, testing teams and suppliers to ensure feasibility, regulatory compliance, and performance.
• Interface with packaging and product design offices, vehicle development, Exterior and Body Engineering teams, and suppliers.
• Provide feasibility input from PDO concepts, sketches, and clay models.
• Drive quality improvements, weight and cost reductions, and communicate status to management.
• Develop objectives, DVP&R, DFMEA and manage production suppliers to meet requirements; release geometry using NX Teamcenter CAD tools.

Skills

NX (Unigraphics)

Catia V5

Teamcenter

DFMEA

DVP&R

DFSS

CAE/CFD

MS Office

Tools

NX Teamcenter CAD tools

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.

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/ aluminium 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