Brake Performance Engineer

Brake Performance Engineer

We’re ALTEN Technology USA, an engineering company helping clients bring groundbreaking ideas to life—from advancing space exploration and life‑saving medical devices to building autonomous electric vehicles. With 3,000+ experts across North America, we partner with leading companies in aerospace, medical devices, robotics, automotive, commercial vehicles, EVs, rail, and more.

As 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.

When 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.

• Develop brake performance and braking comfort.
• Test and develop the harmonious interaction between brake and drivetrain actuators.
• Develop & track metrics and targets for vehicle‑level performance.
• Pass down requirements to systems and components.
• Develop and refine testing methodologies to improve accuracy and efficiency.
• Support simulation development to predict vehicle performance.
• Implement innovative technical concepts and solutions that enable optimal brake performance.
• Execute vehicle validation.
• Lead data analysis and issue resolution.
• Lead and report on FMVSS‑related testing.

• B.S. or M.S. degree in Mechanical/Electrical/Automotive Engineering and 5–8 years of automotive or related brake development and vehicle testing experience.
• Excellent understanding of hydraulic braking system and/or electro‑mechanical braking systems including controllers and stability functions.
• Familiarity with vehicle dynamics on different surface conditions.
• Ability to test in vehicle at or near the physical limits of the vehicle.
• Experience in vehicle‑level and bench‑level brake integration.
• Hands‑on experience with vehicles, instrumentation, and data acquisition.
• Familiarity with FMVSS related braking tests.
• Willingness to frequently travel within the continental US (within CA, AZ, MI, OH, MN).
• Experience with brake performance tools and software (e.g., CANalyzer, INCA, MDA, MATLAB/Simulink, Racelogic Vbox).
• Experience with ticket systems.

Salary Range: $115,000-$130,000/K

The 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.

ALTEN Technology is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our Policy is to extend opportunities to qualified applicants and employees on an equal basis regardless of an individual’s age, race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression or veteran status.

Compliance Notice:
Alten USA is a federal contractor subject to the requirements of the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) and Executive Order 11246. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

Drug Screening Requirement:
As a federal contractor, Alten USA maintains a drug‑free workplace. All candidates selected for employment will be required to successfully complete a pre‑employment drug screening as a condition of hire.