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 Systems Architect you will be responsible for;
- Own the end-to-end system architecture for robotic manipulation platforms and related subsystems.
- Define system requirements, functional allocations, interface definitions, and architectural roadmaps.
- Lead requirements decomposition across hardware, controls, software, perception, and safety domains.
- Establish Interface Control Documents (ICDs), ConOps, system specifications, and architecture artifacts.
- Conduct technical trade studies and evaluate architecture alternatives to optimize performance, cost, reliability, and scalability.
- Drive cross-functional alignment across engineering disciplines and serve as the primary technical decision-maker for system-level design.
- Lead system integration planning, verification, validation, and acceptance strategies.
- Identify architectural risks and develop mitigation plans throughout the product lifecycle.
- Establish engineering standards, systems engineering processes, and governance practices.
- Mentor engineering teams and provide technical leadership during design reviews and architecture reviews.
Qualifications;
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, or related discipline.
- 8+ years of experience developing complex electromechanical, robotic, aerospace, automotive, or autonomous systems.
- Demonstrated experience defining system architectures and leading cross-functional development efforts.
- Strong background in systems engineering processes, requirements management, verification, and validation.
- Experience developing and maintaining:
- System Requirements Documents (SRDs)
- ICDs
- Trade Studies
- ConOps
- Verification & Validation Plans
- Experience balancing systems engineering rigor with agile product development environments.
- Ability to drive technical decisions with minimal oversight.
Salary Range: $130K-$180K
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
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.
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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.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, or a related discipline
- 8+ years of experience developing complex electromechanical, robotic, aerospace, automotive, or autonomous systems
- Demonstrated experience defining system architectures and leading cross-functional development efforts
- Strong background in systems engineering processes, requirements management, verification, and validation
- Experience developing and maintaining System Requirements Documents, Interface Control Documents, trade studies, ConOps, and Verification and Validation Plans
- Experience balancing systems engineering rigor with agile product development environments
- Ability to drive technical decisions with minimal oversight
What We Do
ALTEN Technology USA is an engineering consulting company that provides innovative solutions for engineering, IT, and product development projects across the product life cycle. For decades, ALTEN Technology USA has been helping clients develop products that are changing the world, whether by shaping the future of space exploration, saving lives with medical devices that set new standards of care or creating the fully autonomous electric taxi of tomorrow. The company provides support across industries including aerospace, defense, MedTech and life sciences, unmanned systems and robotics, automotive OEM and tier 1 suppliers, commercial vehicles, electric vehicles, energy and environment, rail, and more.
Why Work With Us
Potential clients in the industries we serve, Professionals in the Industries, and Potential employees within New Product Development, Engineering Services, Sustaining Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Embedded Electronics Engineering, Software Engineering and IT, Mechanical Engineering, and Systems Engineering.
