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# Manufacturing Engineer at ALTEN Technology USA

- **Company:** ALTEN Technology USA
- **Location:** Carson, CA
- **Posted:** 2026-10-26
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-08
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/altentechnologyusa/jobs/5275378007

## Job description

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.

ONSITE: Carson, CA, Mon-Friday

Salary: $100,000-$120,000/K

The Manufacturing Engineer will assists in maintaining the production process flow and production line structure for design Engineering, Quality Assurance, and Operational Excellence. This role contributes to the operations by supporting production element mainly through Bill of Materials, Routers, and work instructions. This role also contributes to optimizing manufacturing resource usage through continuous improvement.

Summary of Duties:

- Support deliverables during the manufacturing (production) engineering phase such as production documentation, industrial validation process
- Provide feedback to design engineering to improve product design for ease of manufacturing, optimization of cost, weight reduction and time to manufacture product
- In product design phase: assist in activities that demonstrate production constraints and opportunities are recognized and addressed - evaluate the current state of industrial capacity and capability relative to program requirements - propose changes to program plans to ensure that production cost, quality and delivery objectives can be met.
- Assist in identification of capital expense and infrastructure investments.
- Review basic 2D drawings and 3D models for manufacturability.
- Perform basic time studies, develop work breakdown structures, develop work instructions
- Support industrialization metrics in line with Cabin standard KPI's and communicate performance on a regular basis
- Contribute to costing and Bids and Proposals submitted to customers
- Use Lean principles in daily work
- Know and understand regulatory requirements, customer specifications and company specifications.
- Understand machining, assembly lines, BOM creation, line layout
- Be capable with most site manufacturing procedures.
- Understand engineering drawings and 3D models and how they relate to manufacturability.
- Working knowledge of assembly line and composites manufacturing.

Job Requirements

Education: Bachelor's degree, or equivalent, in Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related technical field.

Computer Skills:

- Basic understanding of ERP systems
- Basic functional knowledge of CATIA V5 & Smarteam
- Good knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Other Skills:

- Experience working at an aircraft or other aerospace OEM
- Knowledge of common materials and manufacturing processes used in the aerospace industry
- Proven ability to read and interpret basic engineering drawings and models
- Knowledge of LEAN tools
- Basic organization and communication skills
- Ability to work well independently and cross-functionally with significant oversight and review.
- Basic communication, time-management, and problem-solving skills.
- Basic knowledge of primary processes like CNC machining, Layup and Crush Core

Salary Range: $100,000-$120,000/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 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](https://www.alten.com/careers/job-offers/) 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.

## About ALTEN Technology USA

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: ALTEN Technology USA is a premier engineering and technology consulting firm that partners with clients to design, build, and scale solutions across aerospace, automotive, life sciences, energy, and telecommunications.
- **Entity Type**: Public (part of ALTEN Group, Euronext Paris: ALTE)
- **Headquarters**: Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
- **Founded**: 1988
- **Founders**: Not publicly available (ALTEN Group was founded by Laurent Schwartz in 1988)

## Core Business
- **Primary industries**: Aerospace & Defense, Automotive (including EV), Life Sciences & Medical Devices, Energy & Environment, Rail, Telecommunications, Unmanned Systems & Robotics
- **Target customers**: Enterprise (B2B) — large OEMs, Tier 1 suppliers, and government contractors
- **Mission/purpose**: To deliver product development and engineering solutions for the world’s most advanced industries, with a commitment to sustainable innovation and ESG principles

## Products & Services
ALTEN Technology USA offers end-to-end engineering and IT services covering the entire product lifecycle:
- **Mechanical Engineering**: Design, analysis, and prototyping
- **Embedded Electronics Engineering**: Hardware and firmware development
- **Software Engineering & IT**: Application software, cloud & infrastructure, data management
- **Systems Engineering**: Requirements management, architecture, integration
- **Manufacturing Engineering**: Process optimization, production support
- **Product Development**: From concept through launch
- **Sustaining Engineering**: Lifecycle support and legacy system management
- **Project Management Office (PMO)**: Program oversight and delivery management
- **Cybersecurity**: Security testing and compliance
- **Artificial Intelligence**: AI/ML solution development
- **Software Testing**: QA and validation services
- **Green IT**: Sustainable IT consulting
- **Medical Devices & Diagnostics**: Full development under ISO 13485
- **Aerospace & Defense**: AS9100 and ITAR compliant services
- **Rail**: Engineering for rail systems
- **Pharmaceutical**: Engineering for pharma manufacturing
- **Automotive Engineering**: Including EV and autonomous vehicle development

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available for the U.S. subsidiary; ALTEN Group (parent) is a publicly traded company on Euronext Paris (ALTE)
- **Key Metric**: Part of the ALTEN Group, which employs **57,400+ employees** globally across **30+ countries** — ALTEN Technology USA employs approximately **600+ people** in the United States
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: ALTEN Group (parent, founded 1988); partners with major clients across aerospace, automotive, and life sciences
- **Growth Signals**: 20+ years serving U.S. clients; presence in 30+ U.S. cities; named a **2023 Top Workplaces USA Award Winner**; LinkedIn follower base grew **+54.1% year-over-year** (103,000 followers); active hiring with 130+ open roles on Greenhouse

## Competitive Advantages
- **Global reach with local expertise**: Access to 57,000+ engineers worldwide combined with localized U.S. delivery centers
- **Broad industry coverage**: Expertise across aerospace, automotive, medtech, energy, rail, and defense — rare breadth in the engineering services space
- **Certifications & compliance**: ISO 9001, ISO 13485, AS9100, ITAR compliant — enabling work on highly regulated projects
- **ESG commitment**: Member of the United Nations Global Compact since 2010; net-zero emissions goal by 2050; 30%+ of R&D dedicated to sustainable innovation
- **End-to-end capability**: Covers the entire product lifecycle from concept to manufacturing to lifecycle support

## Strategic Focus
- **Sustainable innovation**: Investing heavily in green engineering, energy transition, and climate-related projects
- **Digital transformation**: Expanding AI, cloud, and data management capabilities
- **U.S. market growth**: Continuing to expand footprint across U.S. cities and deepen relationships with domestic clients
- **Talent development**: Focus on mentorship, career growth, and international mobility opportunities for engineers

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Named a **Top Workplace in the US (2023)**, with strong employee feedback on work-life balance and relationship-building
- **Work model**: Mix of on-site at client facilities and work package execution at delivery centers; scheduling flexibility emphasized
- **Benefits**: Medical, dental, vision insurance; 401(k)-matching program; PTO; paid parental leave
- **Career growth**: Opportunities for mentorship, international mobility across 30+ countries, and exposure to cutting-edge projects in aerospace, medtech, and autonomous vehicles
- **Engineering culture**: Collaborative, solution-oriented environment with interesting technical challenges — projects include space exploration, life-saving medical devices, and autonomous electric taxis
- **Diversity**: 100+ nationalities represented within the global ALTEN Group
- **Important note**: ALTEN Technology has reported employment scams; they do not charge fees to applicants and only extend offers after a formal interview process — beware of unsolicited offers from domains other than alten.com

## Sources
1. [ALTEN Technology USA - About Page](https://altenusa.com/about/)
2. [ALTEN Technology USA - Careers Page](https://altenusa.com/careers/)
3. [ALTEN Technology USA - Job Openings (Greenhouse)](http://job-boards.greenhouse.io/altentechnologyusa)
4. [ALTEN Technology USA - LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/altentechnologyusa)
5. [ALTEN USA - Homepage](https://altenusa.com/)
6. [ALTEN Group - Global Careers](https://www.alten.com/why-choose-alten/#technological-challenges)

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