Senior Mechanical Engineer, Aerospace — Requirements & V&V

ALTEN; Fareham; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private Medical Insurance

Cycle & Tech Scheme

Employee assistance programme

Life insurance & Pension Scheme

Social atmosphere & team events

Flexible working (role dependent)

Job summary

ALTEN is a global engineering and technology consultancy delivering innovative aerospace solutions. We seek a Senior Mechanical Engineer to lead requirements throughout the lifecycle, ensuring traceability, verification, and regulatory compliance in a long-term product development programme.

You will translate customer needs into actionable engineering and manufacturing activities, collaborate with cross‑functional teams, and drive continuous improvement in engineering processes within a

Qualifications

• 8–15 years aerospace engineering experience.
• Strong mechanical engineering background in regulated industries.
• Experience capturing, analysing, decomposing, and managing requirements.
• Good understanding of V&V methodologies.
• Experience producing technical reports, compliance documentation, and engineering justification.
• Understanding of engineering lifecycle processes, governance, and configuration control.
• Ability to work with engineering and manufacturing stakeholders.
• Strong written communication and technical documentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Capture, analyse, manage, and maintain customer requirements throughout the full product lifecycle.
• Translate customer requirements into clear engineering and manufacturing activities for multidisciplinary teams.
• Review requirements for completeness, quality, consistency, and testability.
• Develop and maintain requirements traceability, verification plans, and compliance documentation.
• Generate engineering justifications and technical evidence to demonstrate compliance.
• Participate in technical and design reviews, ensuring engineering solutions satisfy requirements.
• Work closely with manufacturing and production teams to ensure requirements can be realised.
• Challenge existing requirements and drive continuous improvement in requirements quality and processes.
• Support engineering governance activities within a structured aerospace environment.

Skills

Aerospace experience

Mechanical engineering

Requirements capture

V&V methodologies

Technical reports

Lifecycle processes

Engineering governance

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Engineering

Tools

DOORS

Polarion

Teamcenter

Job description

ALTEN is a global engineering and technology consultancy delivering innovative aerospace solutions. We seek a Senior Mechanical Engineer to lead requirements throughout the lifecycle, ensuring traceability, verification, and regulatory compliance in a long-term product development programme.

You will translate customer needs into actionable engineering and manufacturing activities, collaborate with cross‑functional teams, and drive continuous improvement in engineering processes within a