Space Systems Engineer - Hybrid, Impactful Missions

ALTEN; Stevenage; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Professional development

Career progression

Global engineering consultancy

Job summary

ALTEN in Stevenage seeks an experienced Systems Engineer to support space sector programs, delivering complex engineering systems from requirements capture through verification and validation.

You will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, manage requirements, and contribute to system integration, verification, and documentation. Eligible for SC clearance, you will thrive in technically challenging environments.

Qualifications

• Experience applying systems engineering principles within complex engineering environments.
• Requirements capture, management and traceability experience.
• Understanding of the systems engineering lifecycle.
• Experience supporting verification and validation activities.
• Candidates must be willing and eligible to obtain SC clearance.

Responsibilities

• Support systems engineering activities across the full engineering lifecycle.
• Capture, define and manage system and subsystem requirements.
• Support system architecture, design and integration activities.
• Manage requirements traceability, verification and validation activities.
• Produce and maintain systems engineering documentation and technical reports.
• Support technical reviews and engineering governance activities.
• Use requirements management tools to maintain accurate and traceable engineering baselines.
• Work closely with multidisciplinary engineering teams to ensure successful system delivery.
• Support technical investigations, problem-solving activities and the resolution of system-level issues.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives and engineering best practices.

Skills

Systems engineering

Requirements capture

Stakeholder engagement

Technical communication

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering

Tools

IBM DOORS

MATLAB

Python

Job description

ALTEN in Stevenage seeks an experienced Systems Engineer to support space sector programs, delivering complex engineering systems from requirements capture through verification and validation.

You will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, manage requirements, and contribute to system integration, verification, and documentation. Eligible for SC clearance, you will thrive in technically challenging environments.