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Project Engineer

Altair Engineering, Inc.
Virginia, WV Full Time
POSTED ON 12/30/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 1/30/2026

Transforming the Future with Convergence of Simulation and Data

Project Engineer 

Job Summary:

Our client in Buffalo, WV is looking for a Project Engineer. This is a contract position.

What You Will Do:

  • Developing operating process plans to machine or assemble parts for assigned area of the Powertrain department.
  • Leading, planning, procurement, installation, trial, and launching of engine/transmission machining or assembly lines.
  • Creating and maintaining schedule and budget for assigned area.
  • Develop / improve standard tools and benchmarks.
  • Lead and participate in cross functional working groups across local facility and corporate departments to achieve project goals.
  • Visualize activity plans and schedules to facilitate quick consensus building to secure project priorities.
  • Analyze critical manufacturing issues and clearly communicate root cause and countermeasure plans to stakeholders.

Basics:

  • Bachelor’s Degree in engineering.
  • Experience in process engineering, including schedule and budget management.
  • AutoCAD experience including the ability to read, interpret and modify.
  • 3D Cad experience including the ability to read and interpret.
  • Willingness to work required overtime and travel as needed both domestic and international.
  • Flexibility for business travel, both domestic and international, up to 20%.
  • Ability to work weekend and shutdown work (such as July and December holidays) as needed.

How You Will Be Successful:

  • Envision the Future
  • Communicate Honestly and Broadly
  • Seek Technology and Business “First”
  • Embrace Diversity and Take Risks

What We Offer:

  • Competitive Salary
  • Comprehensive Benefit Package
  • 401(k) with matching contributions
  • Paid Time Off
  • Employee Discounts
  • Free training on all Altair products

Why Work with Us:

Altair is a global technology company providing software and cloud solutions in the areas of data analytics, product development, and high-performance computing (HPC). Altair enables organizations in nearly every industry to compete more effectively in a connected world, while creating a more sustainable future. With more than 3,000 engineers, scientists, and creative thinkers in 25 countries, we help solve our customer’s toughest challenges and deliver unparalleled service, helping the innovators innovate, drive better decisions, and turn today’s problems into tomorrow’s opportunities.

Our vision is to transform customer decision making with data analytics, simulation, and high-performance computing.

For more than 30 years, we have been helping our customers integrate electronics and controls with mechanical design to expand product value, develop AI, simulation and data-driven digital twins to drive better decisions, and deliver advanced HPC and cloud solutions to support unlimited idea exploration. To learn more, please visit altair.com

Ready to go? #ONLYFORWARD   

At our core we are explorers; adventures; pioneers. We are the brains behind some of the world’s most revolutionary innovations and are not only comfortable in new and unchartered waters, we dive headfirst. We are the original trailblazers that make the impossible possible, discovering new solutions to our customer’s toughest challenges.

Altair is an equal opportunity employer. Our backgrounds are diverse, and every member of our global team is critical to our success. Altair’s history demonstrations a belief that empowering each individual authentic voice reinforces a culture that thrives because of the uniqueness among our team.

 

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