Systems Engineer

ALTEN Technology USA • North Reading, MA

9d • $110,000 - $160,000

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.
As a Systems Engineer you will be responsible for:
Working with mobile robotics, sensors, and/or autonomous moving parts/robotic applications
Requirement decomposition and flow down
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)
System documentation including: Concept of Operations, Trade Studies, Behavior Diagrams, Use Cases, and Interface Control Documents
Utilize Agile or SAFe Agile methodologies to plan, prioritize, and coordinate team workflows in Jira, ensuring structured sprint execution, clear visibility, and effective cross‑functional collaboration.
System Architecture
Performing Verification and Validation activities
Requirements gathering, decomposition, and flow down

Requirements

• Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree (B.S.), from a technical college or university in an Engineering field.
• 5+ years of System Engineering experience and robotics
• Utilize Agile or SAFe Agile methodologies to plan, prioritize, and coordinate team workflows in Jira, ensuring structured sprint execution, clear visibility, and effective cross‑functional collaboration.
• Experience with verification and validation activities, system documentation, and tailoring system engineering processes to balance level of SE effort to product/system needs.
• Must have the ability to work in fast-paced, agile environment with minimal supervision

Nice To Haves

• Previous work experience with autonomous mobile robotic devices/systems is highly preferred

Responsibilities

• Working with mobile robotics, sensors, and/or autonomous moving parts/robotic applications
• Requirement decomposition and flow down
• 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)
• System documentation including: Concept of Operations, Trade Studies, Behavior Diagrams, Use Cases, and Interface Control Documents
• Utilize Agile or SAFe Agile methodologies to plan, prioritize, and coordinate team workflows in Jira, ensuring structured sprint execution, clear visibility, and effective cross‑functional collaboration.
• System Architecture
• Performing Verification and Validation activities
• Requirements gathering, decomposition, and flow down

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 251-500 employees