Senior Design Engineer - Exterior Systems

ALTEN; Göteborgs kommun; On-site; SEK 650,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

ALTEN Sweden is seeking two Senior Design Engineers to lead exterior systems development for an automotive project in Gothenburg. You will own delivery areas (tailgate, bumper, exterior trim), drive design activities from concept to industrialization, and coordinate engineering work across a multidisciplinary team using CATIA and Teamcenter.

The role requires several years in automotive design, strong CATIA V5/V6 skills, PLM experience, and proven leadership to propel projects forward.

Qualifications

• Several years of experience in automotive product development and component design.
• Strong expertise in plastic and/or metal component design, preferably within bumper, exterior trim, or tailgate systems.
• Advanced proficiency in CATIA V5/V6.
• Experience working in Teamcenter or a similar PLM system.
• Previous experience leading a technical delivery, module, or development team.
• Strong knowledge of automotive development processes and product realization.
• A degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent experience.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to drive stakeholders and engineering teams forward.

Responsibilities

• Designing and developing exterior components such as bumpers, tailgates, and exterior trim parts using CATIA V5/V6.
• Taking technical ownership of a delivery area and driving design activities throughout the product development process.
• Leading and coordinating engineering work within a team environment, ensuring quality and timely deliveries.
• Working in Teamcenter for product data management, release handling, and collaboration across functions.
• Collaborating closely with manufacturing, purchasing, CAE, and quality teams to ensure robust and manufacturable designs.
• Driving component development, technical investigations, design reviews, and engineering change management.

Skills

Leadership

Delivery ownership

Communication

Automotive knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

CATIA V5/V6

Teamcenter

Job description

ALTEN Sweden is now looking for two Senior Design Engineers with expertise in Exterior Systems to join an exciting automotive project in Gothenburg. You will play a key role in the development of next-generation vehicles, taking ownership of technical deliveries within areas such as Tailgate, Bumper, and Exterior Trim. In this role, you will lead design activities, coordinate engineering work within the team, and ensure high-quality solutions from concept to industrialization using CATIA and Teamcenter.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Designing and developing exterior components such as bumpers, tailgates, and exterior trim parts using CATIA V5/V6.
• Taking technical ownership of a delivery area and driving design activities throughout the product development process.
• Leading and coordinating engineering work within a team environment, ensuring quality and timely deliveries.
• Working in Teamcenter for product data management, release handling, and collaboration across functions.
• Collaborating closely with manufacturing, purchasing, CAE, and quality teams to ensure robust and manufacturable designs.
• Driving component development, technical investigations, design reviews, and engineering change management

Who You Are:

• Several years of experience in automotive product development and component design.
• Strong expertise in plastic and/or metal component design, preferably within bumper, exterior trim, or tailgate systems.
• Advanced proficiency in CATIA V5/V6.
• Experience working in Teamcenter or a similar PLM system.
• Previous experience leading a technical delivery, module, or development team.li>
• Strong knowledge of automotive development processes and product realization.
• A degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent experience.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to drive stakeholders and engineering teams forward.

What we offer you

Every employee is equally valuable in the success of ALTEN! We believe in growing together by offering opportunities, development and togetherness. ALTEN operates in several different industries, having a wide variety of assignments, coaching managers and training through ALTEN Academy, which means that it will always be possible to develop at ALTEN. Your wishes will guide your way forward.

As a consultant, you will get the genuine team feeling at your assignment but also a wonderful togetherness at ALTEN. Through our different internal networks, such as Women@ALTEN and ALTEN Sports you will get the opportunity to drive topics and activities that are close to your heart. At ALTEN, we think it's important to have a balance between work and spare time, which is why we offer three extra days off a year. We have a collective agreement and offer benefits like pension, insurances and wellness grants.

• As a consultant, you will get the genuine team feeling at your assignment but also a wonderful togetherness at ALTEN.
• Through our different internal networks, such as Women@ALTEN and ALTEN Sports you will get the opportunity to drive topics and activities that are close to your heart.
• We offer three extra days off a year.
• We have a collective agreement and offer benefits like pension, insurances and wellness grants.

About ALTEN

ALTEN is one of Europe’s largest technology and IT consulting companies with over 57,000 employees in nearly 30 countries. Our engineers carry out complex and highly technical projects throughout the value chain of the most prestigious companies in all sectors, such as Automotive, Defense, Energy & Environment, Industry, Public services & Government and Life Sciences. In Sweden, we are about 1300 committed employees with 9 offices in 9 cities - from Lund in the south to Skellefteå in the north.

For the fifth year in a row, ALTEN has been named one of Sweden's most attractive employers by Karriärföretagen, an award for employers that offer unique career and development opportunities.

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