Safety Electronics 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.

Benefits

We take pride in fostering a culture where employees feel valued, supported, and inspired to grow. Location: Newark, CA. On-site, Monday - Friday As a Senior Design Release Engineer, you will lead the end-to-end delivery of Emergency Call (eCall) and telematics-based safety systems, with a strong emphasis on system architecture, connectivity, integration, and regulatory compliance.

You will be the Feature Owner for Emergency Call Systems (eCall/NG-eCall), Minimum Set of Data (MSD), and Crash-triggered communication workflows, responsible for defining, developing, and validating these features within a complex vehicle ecosystem. This role also includes support and sustaining responsibility for legacy Restraint Control Module (RCM) systems, ensuring continued robustness, regulatory compliance, and integration with next-generation eCall solutions. This position requires cross-functional collaboration across hardware, software, connectivity, and compliance domains.

Key Responsibilities

: System Design & Feature Ownership (eCall-Centric) • Own Emergency Call (eCall) systems, including: Automatic Crash Notification (ACN), Manual eCall trigger (SOS), Minimum Set of Data (MSD) generation and transmission • Define and document feature scope, performance

Requirements

, and regulatory constraints (e.g., EN 15722, ECE R144, NG-eCall standards) • Architect and allocate system functionality across telematics ECUs, RCM, GNSS, and communication modules • Lead development of system-level interfaces, including: CAN/Ethernet communication between RCM and telematics units, cellular modem interfaces and PSAP communication protocols • Define end-to-end crash-to-call workflows, including trigger conditions, data packaging, and call establishment timing • Ensure traceability from

through validation using MBSE and

management tools Legacy RCM Support & Integration • Provide sustaining engineering support for Restraint Control Module (RCM) systems and associated crash detection logic • Support bug triage, field issue resolution, and continuous improvement for legacy safety systems • Ensure compatibility between existing crash event signals and new eCall/telematics architectures • Collaborate with passive safety teams during crash testing and correlation activities Safety, Compliance & Validation • Define and execute validation plans for eCall systems, including: end-to-end call success rate, MSD accuracy and encoding validation, network performance under varying conditions • Ensure compliance with: Regulatory standards (ECE R144, EN 15722, EN 16072, NG-eCall), Regional homologation

, and remote diagnostics Cross-Functional Collaboration • Manage Tier 1 suppliers delivering telematics ECUs, connectivity modules, and RCM components • Act as the primary technical interface for eCall-related supplier deliverables and issue resolution • Coordinate with:

Requirements (EU, UK, Other Markets)

, Functional safety standards (ISO 26262) where applicable • Support PSAP simulator testing, certification activities, and homologation submissions • Define fault detection, fallback modes, and diagnostics strategies (e.g., no network, GNSS failure, partial MSD) • Ensure readiness for OTA updates, cybersecurity