Systems Requirement Engineer (Ref. 046)

Altentechnologyusa; Macon Township (MI); On-site; USD 119,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

ALTEN Technology USA is seeking a seasoned engineer to lead requirements engineering for automotive systems across multiple domains. You will document, analyze, and validate system-level and software requirements, ensuring traceability and compliance with internal standards.

Collaboration with system, software, hardware, and validation teams will be essential throughout the product lifecycle. The role requires travel or relocation within the United States to work with clients, with a focus on

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering required.
• Minimum of four years of experience; one year must include Electrified Powertrain System Engineering and DFMEA.

Responsibilities

• Support development of complex automotive systems across multiple domains.
• Lead definition, analysis, documentation, and validation of system and software requirements.
• Manage requirements development across subsystems and coordinate decomposition/allocation.
• Ensure requirements are clear, complete, testable, traceable, and compliant with standards.
• Collaborate with system, software, hardware, and validation teams through the product lifecycle.
• Perform requirement impact analysis and support change management.
• Maintain end-to-end traceability between stakeholder needs, system/software requirements, and verification artifacts.
• Drive best practices in requirements engineering and support process improvements.
• Interface with stakeholders to clarify expectations and support engineering decisions.
• Travel and relocation to various U.S. locations as needed.

Skills

Requirements engineering

Systems engineering

DFMEA

Electrified powertrain

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Job description

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.

Position Responsibilities

• Apply advanced engineering and systems knowledge to support the development of complex automotive systems across multiple technical domains.
• Lead the definition, analysis, documentation, and validation of system level and software requirements, ensuring technical accuracy, feasibility, and alignment with overall vehicle architecture and business objectives.
• Manage requirements development activities across multiple automotive domains, including coordinating requirement decomposition and alignment across subsystems.
• Ensure all requirements are clear, complete, testable, traceable, and compliant with internal engineering standards and project goals.
• Collaborate closely with system engineering, software engineering, hardware engineering, and validation teams throughout the full product development lifecycle.
• Perform requirement impact analysis and support change management processes to assess and control the technical implications of evolving system requirements.
• Establish and maintain end to end traceability between stakeholder needs, system requirements, software requirements, and verification artifacts.
• Drive best practices in requirements engineering by providing technical guidance and supporting continuous process improvement initiatives.
• Interface with internal stakeholders to clarify technical expectations, identify gaps or inconsistencies, and support engineering decision making.
• Travel and/or Relocation to various unanticipated locations throughout the U.S. required. The purpose of travel and/or relocation would be to work with clients on projects. The frequency of travel and/or relocation will be determined by the needs of clients.
• Apply knowledge of the following: Electrified Powertrain System Engineering, DFMEA.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or related field
• Minimum of four (4) years of experience. One (1) year experience must have included: Electrified Powertrain System Engineering, DFMEA.

Travel and/or Relocation to various unanticipated locations throughout the U.S. required. The purpose of travel and/or relocation would be to work with clients on projects. The frequency of travel and/or relocation will be determined by the needs of clients.

Location: Troy, MI

Salary: $132,267.00

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.

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.