Vehicle Feature Lead & Systems Engineer

ALTEN Technology USA; Auburn Hills (MI); On-site; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

ALTEN Technology USA is seeking a Vehicle Feature Owner to define feature behavior and requirements across the product lifecycle. You will collaborate with Systems Engineering, Architecture, Design, Software, and Validation to ensure accurate translation of feature intent into system-level requirements.

The role focuses on feature requirements definition, system-level impact analysis, and issue investigation during software validation and vehicle integration.

Responsibilities

• Own the functional definition and technical intent of assigned vehicle features.
• Define feature behavior, performance expectations, operating conditions, and functional boundaries.
• Develop and maintain feature-level requirements throughout the product lifecycle.
• Ensure requirements are complete, consistent, traceable, and aligned with vehicle and program objectives.
• Serve as the technical point of contact for feature intent and expected system behavior.
• Provide clarification and interpretation of feature requirements to engineering and validation teams.
• Evaluate the technical impact of new vehicle features, feature modifications, carry-over content, regulatory changes.
• Determine how feature changes affect existing system requirements and vehicle functions.
• Assess downstream impacts across vehicle systems, interfaces, software, and hardware.
• Initiate and support requirement updates when changes affect feature behavior or vehicle performance.
• Provide technical justification for feature and requirement changes.
• Analyze issues during software validation, system integration, and vehicle-level testing.
• Work with engineering teams to understand expected vs actual feature behavior.
• Support issue reproduction, technical analysis, and root-cause investigation.
• Determine whether issues are related to requirements, system behavior, software implementation, interfaces, or feature integration.
• Recommend requirement, design, or feature changes when required.

Job description

ALTEN Technology USA is seeking a Vehicle Feature Owner to define feature behavior and requirements across the product lifecycle. You will collaborate with Systems Engineering, Architecture, Design, Software, and Validation to ensure accurate translation of feature intent into system-level requirements.

The role focuses on feature requirements definition, system-level impact analysis, and issue investigation during software validation and vehicle integration.