ADAS Performance Engineer

altentechnologyusa· Engineering
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📍 Auburn Hills, Michigan, United States

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.

Job Description

  • Client is seeking a qualified Performance Engineer who will be responsible for target setting, validation planning, and status reporting for ADAS features on production vehicle applications. 
  • The performance engineer will be responsible for creating ADAS performance based on the assigned vehicle's competitive set and delivering features adhering to these targets within program timing milestones.

Job Duties

  • Establish budget & timing plans for approval and planning for assigned vehicle(s)
  • Set vehicle-specific objective performance targets for all ADAS features based on benchmarks of competitive set, translated voice-of-customer, and industry knowledge
  • Work with ADAS Functional Science simulation team to increase requirement simulation capability and apply to programs
  • Create and support validation plan for test engineering team
  • Track and report development and validation status via scorecard and supporting materials to leadership
  • Provide impact assessment for product/feature changes
  • Review/prepare materials and vehicles for leadership ride and drive events
  • Identify and resolve cross-functional issues affecting ADAS system performance
  • Escalate roadblocks to development and validation
  • Develop risk mitigation plan for timing slips and issue resolution
  • Identify and fill gaps in new, rapidly growing organization

Position Requirements – Basic Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Applied Physics, Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent (Materials/Chemical/Civil/Aerospace/Computer) from an ABET accredited or equivalent university
  • 3 years of related engineering experience
  • Proficient in Google Docs, Sheets, and Pages
  • Excellent problem-solving skills
  • Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills
  • Ability to adapt to major strategy shifts while ensuring work continuity and motivation
  • Willingness to support 1–2 week development trips, domestic and international
  • Clean driving record and ability to drive test vehicles on public roadways

Preferred Qualifications

  • Understanding of the V-model development process and requirements traceability
  • 2 years of experience within the area of ADAS product development
  • 5 years of related engineering experience
  • Understanding of Client vehicle and electrical engineering development milestones

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.

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This ADAS Performance Engineer role at altentechnologyusa is based in Auburn Hills, Michigan, United States. The position is listed as on-site or hybrid. Check the full job description or apply directly to confirm the work arrangement.
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This ADAS Performance Engineer position at altentechnologyusa was posted on Aug 14, 2026. Apply as soon as possible — early applications are often reviewed first.
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