Design Change & Transfer Engineer (medical devices)

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.

Responsibilities

• Develop qualification plans for supplier transfer projects and complete associated verification testing.
• Manage and execute Engineering Change Requests (ECRs) and Engineering Change Orders (ECOs).
• Collaborate effectively within engineering and cross-functional teams.
• Pull together design packages including drawings, specifications, and Bill of Material (BOM)
• Work with suppliers to understand requirements and answer technical questions
• Drive design changes (ECOs) to add alternate supplier or change the approved supplier
• Drive verification of transferred items and First Article Inspections (FAIRs)
• Partner with Modality engineers to understand scope and impact of the transfer
  
  

Education And Experience

• 3 years of experience and background in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering (mix of Mechanical& Electrical Engineers ideal).
  
  

Qualifications

• Solid understanding of Medical Device Quality Management System (QMS) processes, with hands-on experience.
• Proven experience managing end-to-end design change projects.
• Electrical Engineering background, preferably with medical device knowledge
• Design Change experience (Inputs, Requirements, Verification, Transfer)
• Ability to read and interpret engineering specifications, drawings, and BOMs
  
  

Location: on-site in Waukesha, WI

Salary Range: $80K-$125K

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

ALTEN Technology is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our Policy is to extend opportunities to qualified applicants and employees on an equal basis regardless of an individual’s age, race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression or veteran status.

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