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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. We are seeking a Systems Engineer with strong V&V verification experience to support the development, certification, and verification of aircraft systems for electric aviation platforms. This role sits at the intersection of  systems engineering, safety, certification, and V&V verification , with hands-on involvement across requirements definition,  modeling, testing, and compliance demonstration at the Component, System, and Aircraft levels . The ideal candidate is deeply comfortable working in a certification-driven environment , understands the criticality of clear, traceable requirements , and can collaborate effectively with certification engineers, DERs, design engineers, test teams, and suppliers . Key Responsibilities Systems Engineering & Requirements Develop, manage, and validate aircraft-, system-, and component-level requirements Generate and maintain requirements aligned with customer, regulatory, and certification needs Ensure bidirectional traceability between requirements, verification methods, and compliance evidence Manage requirements within an ALM environment (e.g., Polarion) Provide critical design feedback related to safety, requirements completeness, and verification readiness Safety & Certification Apply SAE ARP4754A and ARP4761 processes throughout the system lifecycle Support and contribute to Functional Hazard Assessments (FHA), Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), and FMEA Participate in certification planning and compliance demonstrations Interface with certification engineers and DERs to support FAA approval activities Support certification programs under Part 23 / 27 / 33 , including electric propulsion systems Verification & Validation Author, execute, and maintain verification plans, procedures, and test reports Define and execute requirements-based test strategies at the appropriate level (Component, System, Aircraft) Coordinate and execute lab, integration, and system-level tests Verify systems such as: Vibrations, airframe, fuselage Interiors Doors & Transparencies Cabin Equipment Environmental Control Systems Interior Lighting Smoke Detection Systems etc Ensure verification activities align with overall certification schedules Track and report verification status keeping traceability to support program management decisions Modeling, Analysis & Test Support Perform system behavior modeling to support validation activities Support test automation and data analysis where applicable Ensure verification deliverables meet certification expectations Minimum Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Software Engineering , or related field 10+ years (up to 15+ preferred) experience on Part 23 or 27 aircraft or rotorcraft programs Strong working knowledge of: SAE ARP4754A SAE ARP4761 FAA Order 8110.4C RTCA DO-160G, DO-331, DO-178C Experience with ARP4754A-based verification Experience with requirements-bas