Material Flow Engineer; Factory Warehouse Design and Material Flow

Pittsburgh, PA

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.

As a Material Flow Engineer you will be responsible for;

• Owning the full lifecycle of material flow and process equipment from concept development and engineering design through commissioning, startup, and operational handoff.
• Designing, developing, and implementing automated and semi‑automated material handling systems including AGVs, AMRs, AGCs, VRCs, conveyors, robotic cells, lifts, and ASRS solutions.
• Developing system architectures, throughput models, capacity analyses to support scalable manufacturing operations and future growth.
• Designing and optimizing warehouse layouts, lineside storage, finished goods buffers, aisle configurations, and material flow pathways.
• Managing PFEP (Plan for Every Part) strategies to ensure efficient inventory movement, storage, replenishment, and production support.
• Evaluating, selecting, specifying, and supporting procurement of material handling equipment, carts, automation technologies, and supporting infrastructure.
• Building and executing discrete event simulation models to analyze material flow, resource utilization, throughput, bottlenecks, and operational performance.
• Collaborating with Manufacturing, Operations, Supply Chain, Facilities, Controls, and Industrial Engineering teams to integrate material flow solutions with MES, WMS, and PLC‑based systems.
• Leading project execution activities including vendor management, RFQ development, procurement support, FAT/SAT, schedule tracking, budgeting, and milestone reporting.
• Analyzing operational metrics such as OEE, throughput, downtime, and yield to identify improvement opportunities and drive continuous improvement initiatives.
• Developing fleet management, traffic control, and path optimization strategies for AGV and AMR systems.
• Serving as a technical subject matter expert on automation, warehouse design, and material handling systems while supporting long‑term automation strategies.

Qualifications;

• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 5+ years of experience in manufacturing, automation, material handling, warehouse design, or logistics engineering environments.
• Proven experience designing and implementing material flow systems including AGVs, AMRs, AGCs, conveyors, robotics, VRCs, and ASRS technologies.
• Strong expertise in end‑to‑end warehouse design, material flow analysis, and factory logistics optimization.
• Experience with buffer analysis, lineside inventory planning, finished goods storage, and aisle sizing methodologies.
• Hands‑on experience developing and managing PFEP (Plan for Every Part) strategies.
• Proficiency with AutoCAD, Solid Works, Flex Sim, or similar simulation and factory modeling tools.
• Experience evaluating, selecting, procuring, and commissioning material handling equipment and automation solutions.
• Strong knowledge of controls…