Subject Matter Expert

ALTEN Technology USA•Auburn Hills, MI

About The Position

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.

Requirements

Candidates must demonstrate a strong understanding of: System requirements development, Requirement decomposition and allocation, Requirement change management, Systems engineering principles, System architecture fundamentals, Cross-functional system integration, Technical impact assessment, Engineering change management, Risk assessment methodologies
Experience with requirements management tools such as: IBM DOORS / DOORS Next, Polarion, Jama, Codebeamer, Equivalent platforms

Nice To Haves

Automotive product development experience.
Vehicle E/E architecture knowledge.
INCOSE certification (ASEP, CSEP, or ESEP).
Experience with MBSE methodologies.
Prior customer-facing technical leadership experience.
First-level people leadership or team lead experience.

Responsibilities

Evaluate technical impacts associated with: New vehicle features, Feature enhancements, Feature modifications, Carry-over content between vehicle programs
Determine whether changes require creation, modification, or release of system requirements.
Provide technical direction to Requirements Engineers regarding required updates and requirement rework activities.
Ensure requirements remain: Complete, Consistent, Traceable, Verifiable, Aligned to intended feature functionality
Drive requirement reviews and release decisions.
Serve as technical authority for system requirement content and quality.
Operate upstream of design engineering and validation organizations.
Translate customer, business, regulatory, and feature needs into robust system-level requirements.
Analyze feature interactions and cross-functional dependencies.
Identify technical gaps, assumptions, conflicts, and risks during early development phases.
Support development of system architecture concepts when necessary to ensure requirement quality.
Collaborate with Vehicle Feature Owners and Architecture teams to assess technical impacts of proposed changes.
Represent the Requirements Management organization within Client and customer-facing discussions.
Defend requirement decisions and recommendations when challenged by development teams.
Facilitate technical alignment among: Vehicle Feature Owners, Systems Engineering, Architecture teams, Design Engineering teams, Test & Validation organizations, Program leadership
Present and synthesize complex technical information for audiences ranging from technical specialists to executive stakeholders.
Drive decisions through influence and technical credibility.
Promote INCOSE-aligned systems engineering practices.
Improve requirements management methodologies, standards, and governance processes.
Contribute to organizational capability growth in: Requirements Engineering, Systems Engineering, Change Management, Technical Risk Assessment
In addition to technical SME responsibilities, the role includes operational leadership of a small team.
Responsibilities include: