Design Release Engineer - Ambient Lighting, Switches Engineer

About this role

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.

Role Overview

You will be a key contributor within a world-class automotive interior electronics and systems engineering team, responsible for the development and delivery of ambient lighting and switch system components. This role combines mechanical packaging, electrical systems integration, and supplier execution, working closely with design, electrical architecture, vehicle engineering, and HMI teams to deliver premium, functional, and safe interior lighting and switch solutions from concept through production.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead or support the engineering, packaging, release, and launch of ambient lighting systems and interior switch assemblies including door switches, overhead consoles, center stack controls, and indirect lighting zones

• Translate interior design and lighting design intent into production-feasible, optically correct, and electrically compliant solutions

• Define and manage component packaging envelopes, light pipe routing, diffuser geometry, and switch mechanism integration within trim assemblies

• Collaborate with electrical architecture and body electronics teams to align on LIN/CAN network requirements, dimming protocols, and software-controlled lighting zones

• Manage component-level DFMEA, DVPR, SCCAF, boundary diagrams, and robustness checklists through design and release milestones

• Ensure compliance with FMVSS and homologation requirements for interior lighting visibility, switch labeling, and illumination levels

• Work cross-functionally with HMI/UX, design, CMF, electrical integration, manufacturing, purchasing, and program teams

• Collaborate with lighting and switch suppliers to ensure optical performance, EMC compliance, thermal management, and cost and timing targets

• Support optical and photometric testing including luminance uniformity, color consistency, and intensity calibration across operating temperatures

• Perform and support DFM assessments for light pipe molding, LED integration, and switch mechanism assembly

• Support prototype builds and resolution of optical, functional, and integration quality findings

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