Lead Systems Engineer (manipulation)

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 a Systems Engineer (manipulation) you will be responsible for:

• Concept of Operations 
• Trade Studies
• Behavior Diagrams
• System Architecture
• Use Cases
• Interface Control Documents
• Interfacing/Programming PLC's and robotic arms
• Requirement decomposition and flow down
• Systems engineering documentation and modeling may be done with both basic documentation tools (Visio, Word, Excel, SharePoint, etc.) or Models Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) Software (CAMEO, JAMA)

Qualifications:

• Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree (B.S.), from a technical college or university in an Engineering field.
• 5 years of System Engineering experience and electro-mechanical device experience (robotics is a plus)
• Python experience is required
• Experience with system documentation including Trade Studies, interface control documents, and ConOps
• Experience tailoring system engineering processes to balance level of SE effort to product/system needs.
• Ability to work in fast-paced, agile environment.
• Ability to work autonomously.

Location: North Reading, MA

Salary Range: $110,000 - $160,000

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 

ALTEN Technology is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our Policy is to extend opportunities to qualified applicants and employees on an equal basis regardless of an individual’s age, race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression or veteran status.

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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.