Systems Engineer

altentechnologyusa· Engineering
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📍 North Reading, Massachusetts

About this role

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 a Senior Systems Engineer you will be responsible for:

  • Concept of Operations and writing documentation
  • Decomposition and defining of user stories to create validation plans to assess.
  • Requirement decomposition and flow down. Interpreting customer requirements and problem solving with customers and stake holders.
  • Interface Control Documentation
  • Test planning and integration 
  • Strong Software background
  • Systems engineering documentation and modeling may be done with both basic documentation tools (Visio, Word, Excel, SharePoint, etc.) or Models Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) Software (CAMEO, JAMA, JIRA)

 

Qualifications:

  • Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree (B.S.), from a technical college or university in an Engineering field.
  • 4+ years of engineering/product development experience, most of which including demonstrated proficiency in systems engineering.
  • Systems engineering and electro-mechanical device experience (or strong product development knowledge).
  • Experience tailoring system engineering processes to balance level of SE effort to product/system needs.
  • Ability to work in fast-paced, agile environment.
  • Ability to work autonomously.
  • Preferred experience within the robotics industry.

 

Location: North Reading, MA

Salary Range: $130,000 - $180,000k

 

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 

 

ALTEN Technology is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our Policy is to extend opportunities to qualified applicants and employees on an equal basis regardless of an individual’s age, race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression or veteran status.

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.

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