Job Description
Are you passionate about vehicle simulation, durability, and system-level performance?
ALTEN UK is seeking System Engineers to support innovative projects in the premium automotive sector, focusing on durability analysis, thermal comfort systems, and safety-critical simulations. This is your chance to shape how advanced seating technologies and structural designs meet performance and comfort demands in modern vehicles.
Location: Coventry (Hybrid)
Your main responsibilities will be:
* Perform durability analysis and risk assessments across seating systems and occupant structures.
* Develop system-level models related to seat heating, cooling, and electro-mechanical actuators.
* Carry out FEA simulations, focusing on crash safety, material behaviour, and component performance.
* Collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams to integrate mechanical, electrical, and thermal subsystems.
* Use modelling tools to simulate real-world performance scenarios and support design validation.
* Contribute to design reviews, test planning, and continuous improvement of system modelling methods.
Who are we looking for?
You are...
* Passionate about engineering
* result-oriented
* proactive
Qualifications
Experience, skills and qualifications required:
* Experience in system engineering or simulation roles within the automotive or aerospace industry.
* Strong understanding of thermal systems, electromechanical actuators, and vehicle seat design.
* Proven knowledge of FEA for crash safety, vibration, or durability analysis.
* Proficient in MATLAB, Simulink, and FEA simulation tools.
* Exposure to CATIA V5 for CAD data handling and integration with simulation models.
* Excellent communication and collaboration skills to work within a multi-disciplinary environment.
Additional Information
Why join us?
We foster a community of dually talented individuals who are both entrepreneurs and technology specialists. Our teams embody the spirit of innovation and entrepreneurship, enabling us to develop solutions most efficiently.
Our commitment to sustainable growth is unwavering, and we continuously strive for accelerated transformation and continuous improvement. Through ALTEN labs, mentoring programs, internal universities, and more, we are always pushing boundaries and embracing new possibilities.
We offer incredible opportunities to join inspiring projects in the most innovative companies.
We prioritise your career development with personalised support plans tailored to your own aspirations. We're here to empower you and help you reach your full potential.
Join our passionate team and start building tomorrow, today!
In short you get:
* A personalised career path and a rewarding management style
* A chance to work on the most exciting engineering projects and technologies along with Premium Customers
* A huge diversity of engineering projects and industries
* A competitive salary
* Private Medical Insurance
* Pension Scheme
* Cycle-to-work Scheme among many additional benefits
* Social atmosphere, regular gatherings, and team buildings
* Flexible way of working (role dependent)