Technical Specialist

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Sterling Heights, MI, USA
In-Office
Entry level
Aerospace • Information Technology • Software • Biotech • Design
An engineering services company solving complex engineering through agility and collaboration.
The Role
Leads Quality, Technical, or Planning Specialists supporting automotive project and platform teams. Responsibilities include recruiting, training, mentoring, forecasting staffing needs, balancing team assignments, and coordinating with engineering, quality, cost, technical, planning, and PMO leaders. The role requires automotive product development experience, program and launch leadership, strong communication and presentation abilities, advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills, and the ability to work across management levels.
Summary Generated by Built In

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.

Job Description:

  • Responsible for leading that group's Quality, Technical or Planning (QTP) Specialists.

Responsibilities may include, but not limited to:

  • Recruiting and training and mentoring of QTP Specialists
  • Forecasting needs of the Project and Platform teams based upon Client PDP deliverables.
  • Balance staffing of Platform and Project Teams by deploying QTP Specialists according to needs and skills of the specialist.
  • The QTP Specialist’s primary interface is with the Project and Platform/Modules CVE, Quality, Cost, Technical, *Planning (QCTP) Manager and Project Management Office (PMO) QTP Manager
  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Finance or Business from an ABET accredited university.
  • Automotive industry experience at an OEM or large tier 1 in any of the following areas: Product development engineering, program management, finance, accounting, or quality
  • Product Development Process Experience
  • Must be a highly motivated, detail oriented, and a self-directed process thinker.
  • Strong interpersonal and leadership skills
  • Strong written and presentation skills are a must.
  • Ability to interface with all levels of management.
  • Management presentation skills
  • Advanced to expert skill level in using Excel and PowerPoint.
  • Familiar with Client systems, tools, and processes
  • Previous team leadership experience
  • Program Management and Launch leadership experience.
  • Releasing lead experience – PR, DR, PC role preferred


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.

Please beware of job seeker scams and see this important notice on our careers page for more information about our recruiting process.

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.

Skills Required

  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering, finance, or business from an ABET-accredited university
  • Automotive industry experience with an OEM or large Tier 1 supplier
  • Experience in product development engineering, program management, finance, accounting, or quality
  • Product development process experience
  • Strong interpersonal and leadership skills
  • Strong written and presentation skills
  • Ability to interface with all levels of management
  • Advanced to expert proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint
  • Familiarity with client systems, tools, and processes
  • Previous team leadership experience
  • Program management and launch leadership experience
  • Releasing lead experience, including PR or DR/PC roles
  • Highly motivated, detail-oriented, and self-directed process thinker
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The Company
HQ: Boulogne-Billancourt
Year Founded: 1988

What We Do

ALTEN Technology USA is an engineering consulting company that provides innovative solutions for engineering, IT, and product development projects across the product life cycle. For decades, ALTEN Technology USA has been helping clients develop products that are changing the world, whether by shaping the future of space exploration, saving lives with medical devices that set new standards of care or creating the fully autonomous electric taxi of tomorrow. The company provides support across industries including aerospace, defense, MedTech and life sciences, unmanned systems and robotics, automotive OEM and tier 1 suppliers, commercial vehicles, electric vehicles, energy and environment, rail, and more.

Why Work With Us

Potential clients in the industries we serve, Professionals in the Industries, and Potential employees within New Product Development, Engineering Services, Sustaining Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Embedded Electronics Engineering, Software Engineering and IT, Mechanical Engineering, and Systems Engineering.

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