Junior Automation & Electrical Engineer

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.   We are looking for a Lead Verification & Validation Engineer to join our team. You will be responsible for designing, developing, and executing V&V activities to ensure that our software meets the highest standards of safety and performance. In this role, you will play a critical role in ensuring the quality and reliability of our automotive systems — and serve as a technical lead across the V&V organization, guiding junior engineers and shaping validation strategy at the program level.     What you'll do:   * Lead V&V strategy definition and own the end-to-end validation plan from concept through production release, setting direction for the broader team * Mentor and provide technical guidance to validation engineers, reviewing test plans, debug approaches, and automation frameworks * Serve as the primary technical escalation point for complex system-level failures, driving root cause analysis and cross-functional resolution * Design, build, and maintain complex automotive system-level test benches to validate automotive systems with a focus on automation * Develop comprehensive verification and validation plans for automotive software systems and features * Design and execute test cases and test scripts to verify system functionality, performance, and safety * Develop and implement automation scripts and tools to enhance testing efficiency and accuracy * Integrate hardware and software components to create reliable and scalable test environments * Lead debug of issues encountered, working with cross-functional teams across the organization on identifying root cause, confirming fixes, and providing guidance on protecting against future regressions * Collaborate with cross-functional teams — including software developers, controls engineers, and systems engineers — to define and implement V&V strategies * Continuously improve testing processes and tools to enhance efficiency and effectiveness * Prepare and present detailed reports on verification activities and results to stakeholders   You'll have: * Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience * 5+ years of experience in the automotive or relevant industry * Strong understanding of automotive systems, embedded software, and control systems * Demonstrated experience with automotive testing instrumentation and tools * Proficiency in automotive communication protocols such as CAN, LIN, Ethernet, and FlexRay * Working knowledge of IDLs such as DBC, LDF, ARXML, and work with internal IDLs and frameworks * Experience with automotive or aerospace HIL test benches, particularly with dSPACE, Vector VT, or similar platforms * Experience writing and executing automated and manual tests * Deep expertise in the EE architecture and integration of complex automotive systems, including interactions across multiple domains (e.g., body, powertrain, chassis, ADAS) and ECUs * Proven track record of collaborating with large, cross-functional teams across hardware, software, and systems engineering * Deep understanding of software development lifecycle and automotive testing methodologies * Experience in system-level debugging and root-cause analysis across software and hardware boundaries * Proficiency in understanding wiring and logical schematics, network diagrams, and harness drawings * Ability to define and drive system validation plan from concept to production   Even better, you may have: * Familiarity with safety-critical software development and industry standards like ISO 26262 * Proficiency in programming languages such as C/C++, Python, or MATLAB * Experience testing fully electric vehicles     Salary Range: $140,000-$175,000/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 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.

SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER  Freeform builds AI-native manufacturing systems that unify software, hardware, and physics to produce industrial-scale parts at the speed of human ideation. By treating manufacturing as a single integrated system, we unlock a new era of innovation where complex hardware is designed, built, and scaled without limits. As a Senior Software Engineer at Freeform, you will be responsible for architecting and implementing critical software systems for our autonomous 3D printing factories. You'll have an opportunity to touch many different aspects of our software ecosystem from hardware control, to high-rate telemetry and big data storage systems, to high-performance compute and machine learning pipelines. We don’t develop software in a vacuum, we develop it alongside a multi-disciplinary team with specific, real-world purposes, so collaboration and systems-level thinking are essential to success. If working in an environment where you can rapidly deploy code to solve problems on the cutting edge of AI-enabled manufacturing technology sounds exciting, we'd love to hear from you!  3D printing experience is not required to be successful here - rather we look for smart, motivated, collaborative engineers who love solving hard problems and creating amazing technology! Responsibilities: * Architect and develop software for an advanced, production-scale metal 3D printing system * Work with mechanical engineers, electrical engineers, and physicists to integrate control algorithms into production software * Improve and scale out petabyte-scale, high-rate telemetry, storage, and retrieval systems * Use computer science and engineering fundamentals to solve notoriously challenging algorithmic and optimization problems * Develop high-performance compute solutions using GPU parallel processing * Move fast, innovate, don’t over-engineer things, be a good teammate, be flexible and open to new ideas, and push the bounds of what’s possible   Basic Qualifications: * 5+ years of professional experience in software development * Proficiency in a systems level programming language such as C/C++ or Rust * Experience with high-performance systems software such as hardware control systems, embedded software, high-volume telemetry systems, graphics rendering, or similar  Nice to Have: * Bachelor’s or advanced degree in computer science or computer engineering * 8+ years of professional software development experience * Experience building out backend infrastructure, high-performance storage solutions, streaming processing systems, scientific analysis pipelines and workflows * Experience writing software for industrial automation systems, robotics, or related hardware * Experience with operations systems, computer architecture, or similar computer systems internals * Experience with computer graphics or similar geometry-intensive problems   * Experience operating as a technical lead, driving architectural decisions and mentoring junior engineers  Location: * Based in Hawthorne, our vertically integrated facility brings technology development, R&D, and production together under one roof. We operate at the center of LA’s deep tech ecosystem, surrounded by some of the most ambitious hardware innovation happening anywhere in the country. * Our fast-paced, cross-functional environment is built on close collaboration, and as such, this role requires full-time onsite presence (five days a week), with very limited exceptions. What We Offer: * We have an inclusive and diverse culture that values collaboration, learning, and making deliberate data-driven decisions. * We offer a unique opportunity to be an early and integral member of a rapidly growing company that is scaling a world-changing technology. * Benefits * Significant stock option packages * 100% employer-paid Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance (premium PPO and HMO options) * Life insurance * Traditional and Roth 401(k) * Relocation assistance provided * Paid vacation, sick leave, and company holidays * Generous Paid Parental Leave and extended transition back to work for the birthing parent * Free daily catered lunch and dinner, and fully stocked kitchenette * Casual dress, flexible work hours, and regular catered team building events * Compensation   * As a growing company, the salary range is intentionally wide as we determine the most appropriate package for each individual taking into consideration years of experience, educational background, and unique skills and abilities as demonstrated throughout the interview process. Our intent is to offer a salary that is commensurate for the company’s current stage of development and allows the employee to grow and develop within a role.  * In addition to the significant stock option package, the estimated salary range for this role is $150,000-$250,000. The upper end of the range is reserved for individuals who demonstrate exceptional experience, deep domain mastery, and a proven history of high performance and impact. * Freeform is an Equal Opportunity Employer that values diversity; employment with Freeform is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.