Sr. Systems Engineer (Aerospace)

The role

The Senior Systems Engineer will develop verification and validation plans and manage requirements traceability. This role involves coordinating system integration, analyzing results, and providing mentorship to engineers.

What you will do

• Develop comprehensive verification and validation plans.
• Establish verification approaches, success criteria, and compliance methods.
• Define and maintain verification environments.
• Create and manage requirements traceability artifacts and compliance documentation.
• Coordinate system integration, verification execution, and issue resolution with Integration & Test organizations.
• Analyze verification results, investigate anomalies, and drive corrective actions.
• Support program execution through technical planning, resource estimation, scheduling, and coordination.
• Balance engineering priorities to meet cost, schedule, and program commitments.
• Participate in design reviews, technical interchange meetings, and milestone reviews.
• Provide guidance and mentorship to engineers on systems engineering processes.

Required qualifications

• 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 to identify, troubleshoot, and resolve technical challenges.
• Excellent organizational skills to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Proven ability to work effectively within cross-functional engineering teams.

Benefits

• mentorship
• career growth opportunities
• comprehensive benefits

Before you apply

• Only US Persons (citizens or permanent residents) need apply.
• Candidates must successfully complete a pre-employment drug screening.

About the company

ALTEN Technology USA is an engineering company with 3,000+ experts across North America. They partner with leading companies in aerospace, medical devices, robotics, automotive, and more.