Systems Engineer - Defence
Requirements
Requires a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering or equivalent military experience with over 5 years of relevant experience in defence or aerospace. Candidates must be proficient in requirements management tools and eligible for SC security clearance.
Job Description
Our teams of passionate and agile engineers work on cutting-edge projects that shape the future of technology and sustainability. At ALTEN, we empower talented engineers to innovate, solve complex challenges, and deliver impactful solutions that build tomorrow’s world—today.
Join us and start building tomorrow’s world today!
Job Description
Work at the forefront of advanced opto‑electronic and sensor systems supporting some of the UK’s most critical maritime and avionics defence platforms. Join ALTEN Ltd as a Systems Engineer, where you’ll play a key role in delivering next‑generation sensing capabilities that enhance situational awareness and operational resilience.
You’ll contribute across the full systems engineering lifecycle, from requirements capture and architecture through to integration, verification and delivery — working on complex, real‑time systems.
Location: Glasgow
On‑site: Hybrid 3/4 Days per week (Glasgow or Edinburgh)
Seniority: 5+ Years of Relevant Experience
Security Clearance: Candidates must be willing and eligible to obtain SC clearance.
Key Responsibilities
- Deliver systems engineering activities across the full V‑model lifecycle, including requirements, design, integration, verification and validation
- Capture, manage and maintain system requirements within DOORS, ensuring full traceability to design and test
- Support and lead system integration activities across embedded software and sensor subsystems
- Define system architectures, interfaces and functional behaviour
- Contribute to integration and system‑level test strategy, including planning and execution
- Participate in design reviews, technical governance and risk‑based decision making
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams across software, hardware and systems engineering
- Support through‑life engineering, including defect management, upgrades and configuration control
Required Skills
- Strong experience in systems engineering within defence, aerospace or safety‑critical environments
- Proven experience working on the left‑hand side of the V‑model (requirements, design, architecture)
- Hands‑on experience with requirements engineering (elicitation, decomposition, traceability)
- Experience using DOORS or similar requirements management tools
- Strong understanding of system interfaces, boundaries and integration challenges
- Experience supporting integration, verification and validation of complex systems
- Strong analytical and problem‑solving mindset
- Confident communicator within multidisciplinary engineering teams
- Proactive, self‑starting approach to delivering engineering solutions
- Comfortable working in structured, process‑driven environments
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, or relevant technical military background with equivalent experience.
- Experience with opto‑electronic, optical or sensor‑based systems
- Knowledge of systems modelling techniques (e.g. MBSE, SysML)
- Experience decomposing complex systems into sub‑system architectures
- Knowledge of real‑time embedded systems
- Experience contributing to test procedure development and verification activities
- Background in maritime or defence programmes
Why join us?
We bring together entrepreneurial, tech-driven people to deliver innovative solutions for leading companies.
At ALTEN, you’ll work on exciting projects, supported by ongoing learning, mentoring, and clear career development tailored to your goals.
Join a passionate team and help build tomorrow, today.
In short you get:
- A personalised career path and a rewarding management style
- A huge diversity of engineering projects and industries
- Private Medical Insurance
- Cycle & Tech Scheme
- Employee assistance programme
- Life insurance & Pension Scheme
- Social atmosphere, regular gatherings & team buildings
- Flexible way of working (role dependent)
ALTEN is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace and values the strength that comes from a global mix of backgrounds and perspectives. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates, regardless of background or protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know.
This role may require you to have or be willing to go through Security Clearance. As part of the onboarding process candidates will be asked to complete a Baseline Personnel Security Standard; details of the evidence required to apply may be found on the government website Gov.UK. If you are unable to meet this and any associated criteria, then your employment may be delayed, or rejected . Details of this will be discussed with you at interview.
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About ALTEN
π π°π¨π«π₯π π₯πππππ« π’π§ ππ§π π’π§πππ«π’π§π ππ§π ππ πππ«π―π’πππ¬ ALTEN is committed to meeting the expectations of its stakeholders and anticipating their requirements in the fields of innovation, R&D, and technological information systems. Founded in 1988 and present in 30+ countries, the Group has established itself as the global leader in Engineering and IT Services. ALTEN operates with major players in the Aeronautics, Space, Defence, Naval & Security, Automotive, Rail & Mobility, Energy & Environment, Life Sciences β Health, Industrial Equipment & Electronics, Telecoms, Banking, Finance & Insurance, Retail & Services, Public Services & Government sectors.Β Β Β OUR VISION: BUILDING TOMORROWβS WORLD TODAY We are convinced that engineers are the architects who build tomorrowβs world today. As a global leader in Engineering and IT Services, we support businesses in their technological and sustainable transformation. We commit to making a positive impact over time and on people, pushing the boundaries of innovation, and always staying one step ahead. We are driven by one ambition: to think about the future in the present. A LEADING GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY PARTNER ALTEN is involved in all projects with a technological dimension for the Technical, Research & Development Divisions and IT Systems Divisions of major corporate, telecoms and service clients, requiring the involvement of high-level Consultant-Engineers. To achieve this, the Group has put in place a world-renowned technical organization of excellence. πΉ 12 Industries covered πΉ 21 Delivery Centers πΉ 6,500+ Clients FULL COVERAGE OF TECHNOLOGIES The Group covers a wide range of expertise in Engineering and IT Services in order to meet our clientsβ needs. We bring together and coordinate at the transnational level, specialists and consultants, experts in their profession who support our clients in their issues of digital transformation, innovation, product development, supply chain, etc.
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