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Auburn Hills, Michigan, United States
Onsite
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.
Vehicle Feature Owner (VFO) – Feature Requirements Definition & Management
Position Summary
The Vehicle Feature Owner (VFO) is responsible for defining, maintaining, and governing the functional intent of assigned vehicle features throughout the product development lifecycle.
The VFO serves as the primary owner of feature functionality and customer expectations, ensuring that all feature requirements accurately reflect intended vehicle behavior, regulatory needs, and program objectives.
Working closely with Systems Engineering, Requirements Management, Architecture, Design Engineering, and Validation organizations, the VFO assesses feature changes, identifies technical impacts, and drives the evolution of system requirements needed to support the feature.
This role operates primarily in defining requirements, analyzing issues (from SW validation and overall system).
System Domains (Priority Order)
Candidates should possess experience in one or more of the following vehicle system domains, with priority given to:
Key Responsibilities
Feature Requirements Ownership
Requirements Impact Assessment
Requirements Development Support
Cross-Functional Coordination
Risk & Change Management
Required Qualifications
Preferred Experience
Experience within one or more of the following domains:
Knowledge of:
Critical Competencies
Requirements-Oriented Thinking
Systems Thinking
Assertiveness
Communication & Stakeholder Management
Ideal Candidate Profile
The ideal candidate is a System Engineer, Feature Owner, Design Lead, or Functional Architect with experience defining vehicle functionality and managing requirement impacts. The individual understands how customer-facing features are translated into system requirements and can confidently drive requirement decisions and cross-functional alignment during early vehicle development phases.
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.
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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.
