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With 3,000+ experts across North America, we partner with leading companies in aerospace, medical devices, robotics, automotive, commercial vehicles, EVs, rail, and more.\nAs part of the global ALTEN Group-57,000+ engineers in 30 countries-we deliver across the entire product development cycle, from consulting to full project outsourcing.\nWhen you join ALTEN Technology USA, you’ll collaborate on some of the world’s toughest engineering challenges, supported by mentorship, career growth opportunities, and comprehensive benefits. We take pride in fostering a culture where employees feel valued, supported, and inspired to grow.\n\nClosures & Body Structures Engineer \nONSITE in Long Beach, CA \nRole Overview\nYou will be a key contributor within a world class automotive closures engineering team, responsible for closure and body structure systems as the program moves from validation through prototype builds, pilot, and job one at the assembly plant. This role sits at the intersection of sheet metal structures, mechanical hardware, and manufacturing, and covers closure inner and outer panels, reinforcements, hinge and latch mounting interfaces, and their integration into the body structure. You will own your designs hands on in CAD, correlate test results to requirements, and be on the ground during build events, closing issues fast enough to protect program timing.\nKey Responsibilities\nDesign, modify, and release closure and body structure sheet metal components, including inner and outer panels, reinforcements, and hinge, latch, and check mounting interfaces using CATIA or 3DEXPERIENCE\nEnsure designs are optimized for stamping, hemming, and joining processes, including spot welding, adhesive bonding, and mixed material joints\nPackage and integrate closure hardware into the body structure, ensuring proper kinematics, clearance, and load path for hinges, latches, checks, and seals\nSupport DVP&R execution, review test reports, and correlate physical results with CAE for strength, durability, stiffness, and slam and cycle performance\nSupport regulatory and rating compliance for closures and body structure, including FMVSS 206 and 214 and IIHS side impact requirements\nWork directly with suppliers on part quality, test failures, retests, and design or process changes, driving issues to closure with clear ownership and timing\nSupport prototype, pilot, and launch builds, resolving dimensional, fit and finish, gap and flush, and structural findings on the floor, including next day fix concepts during launch\nOwn CAD, BOM, and GD&T documentation for assigned components, and manage tolerance stack up and datum strategy at closure to body interfaces\nDrive root cause and corrective action on issues discovered during build and validation, including oil canning, panel distortion, water leak, and closing effort findings\nCollaborate with closures mechanisms, studio design, manufacturing engineering, quality, and purchasing to maintain styling intent, structural requirements, and program timing\nSupport engineering change execution during launch, verifying change implementation in the plant and confirming effectiveness on subsequent builds\nRequired Qualifications\nBachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Automotive, or Manufacturing Engineering, or equivalent experience\n3+ years of automotive engineering experience in production vehicle development, with at least one program through launch\nHands on CAD experience in CATIA or 3DEXPERIENCE on closures or body structures, with demonstrated ownership of your own geometry\nDemonstrated experience in the design and release of sheet metal components or closure hardware\nStrong mechanical fundamentals, including section properties and stiffness, material behavior of steel and aluminum grades, and failure modes\nWorking knowledge of GD&T, tolerance stack up, and datum and locator strategy\nFamiliarity with DVP&R, DFMEA, and automotive product development milestones and launch gates\nExperience working directly with suppliers on part quality, testing, and delivery\nWillingness to work onsite in Long Beach, CA and support build events at the plant\nPreferred Skills\nClosures experience on side doors, liftgates, hoods, or tailgates, including hemming and sealing interfaces\nExperience with aluminum closures or mixed material body structures\nStrong knowledge of sheet metal forming, including forming limits, springback, oil canning, and bake hardening\nFamiliarity with hinge, latch, and window regulator integration from the body side\nCAE literacy to drive design decisions on stiffness, strength, and structural integrity\nExperience on EV startup or clean sheet vehicle programs\nHands on approach to physical prototyping and a boots on the ground mentality during build events\n\nSalary Range: $120,000-$140,000/K\nThe actual salary offered is dependent on various factors including, but not limited to, location, the candidate’s combination of job-related knowledge, qualifications, skills, education, training, and experience \nAll qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, genetic information, or pregnancy.\nPlease beware of job seeker scams and see this important notice on our careers page for more information about our recruiting process.\nCompliance Notice: Alten USA is a federal contractor subject to the requirements of the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) and Executive Order 11246. 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