Senior Electrical Engineer
Required skills
- transit bus design
- electrical systems
- heavy-duty transit buses
- vehicle functionality
- performance attributes
- supplier components
- power
- grounding
- circuit protection
- EMC
Nice to have
- customer application research
- systems level optimization
- components level optimization
- modular BOM structure
- configuration efficiency
- rationalize design concepts
Role summary
Seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer with a minimum of 5 years of progressive experience, preferably in automotive or heavy-duty vehicle design. The role involves the full lifecycle of electrical system design for transit buses, from requirements analysis and concept design to detailed design, problem resolution, and industrialization. Responsibilities include BOM development, customer application research, power, grounding, EMC, signal integrity, and thermal management analysis. Proficiency in ECAD tools (Zuken, Capital), DFM/DFS, and hands-on troubleshooting with diagnostic tools is essential. Experience with configure-to-order products, modular BOM management, and specific technologies like CANbus, infotainment systems, and RFI/EMI/ESD is highly beneficial.
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 Sr Electrical engineer you will be responsible for;transit bus design. Duties involve requirements analysis engineering, concept design, detailed design, problem resolution, vehicle attribute design, BOM development, customer application research & other engineering duties that involve designing, configuring and industrializing electrical systems for the manufacturing of heavy-duty transit buses. This person will have direct influence at the systems and components level to optimize vehicle functionality and performance attributes.
Qualifications;
Salary Range: $90k - $115k
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
MANDATORY FOR ALL REMOTE/HYBRID AND/OR CALIFORNIA, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, HAWAII, COLORADO, MARYLAND, CONNECTICUT, ILLINOIS, MINNESOTA, VERMONT, MASSACHUSETTS, NEVADA, NEW YORK, RHODE ISLAND, WASHINGTON STATE & CINCINNATI, OHIO, JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY, TOLEDO, OHIO BASED ROLES.
All 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.
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