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. As Senior Systems Engineer you will be responsible for; Develop comprehensive verification and validation plans that align with program objectives, system requirements, and customer expectations. Establish verification approaches, success criteria, and compliance methods utilizing testing, analysis, demonstration, and inspection techniques. Define and maintain verification environments, including hardware, software, firmware, and supporting test assets required for execution. Create and manage requirements traceability artifacts, verification matrices, compliance documentation, and supporting evidence packages. Work closely with Integration & Test organizations to coordinate system integration, verification execution, and issue resolution activities.Analyze verification results, investigate anomalies, and drive corrective actions to achieve requirement compliance. Support program execution through technical planning, resource estimation, scheduling, and coordination activities. Balance engineering priorities to achieve technical objectives while meeting cost, schedule, and program commitments. Participate in design reviews, technical interchange meetings, milestone reviews, and customer-facing discussions. Provide guidance and mentorship to engineers on systems engineering processes, requirements management, verification planning, and documentation standards. Champion process improvements that enhance engineering quality, consistency, efficiency, and technical rigor. Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams across systems, software, hardware, and test organizations to support successful program delivery. Perform additional systems engineering duties as required. Requirements Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, or a related technical field. Minimum of 5 years of systems engineering experience supporting aerospace, space, defense, or other complex technical programs. Strong understanding of systems engineering methodologies and product development lifecycles. Experience authoring, managing, and validating system and subsystem requirements. Knowledge of requirements traceability, interface management, system integration, and configuration management practices. Experience supporting verification, validation, and compliance activities throughout the development lifecycle. Ability to translate customer needs, operational concepts, and technical specifications into actionable engineering requirements. Strong analytical skills with the ability to identify, troubleshoot, and resolve technical challenges. Excellent organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously. Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders. Proven ability to work effectively within cross-functional engineering teams. Locations: Candidate must sit out of one of these three sites - Westminster, CO, El Segundo, CA, or Austin, TX Salary Range: $130K-$170K 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 Note: Due to the nature of the work, only US Persons (citizens or permanent residents) need apply for this position. 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.
