System Integration Engineer

Are you a System Integration and Verification Engineer looking for an exciting challenge where you can work on cutting-edge Virtual Reality systems within the defence sector? At ALTEN, we are offering a unique opportunity to work on a critical project that simulates real-world scenarios, helping to train the next generation of engineers in the Royal Navy. You’ll be leading the integration of complex software and hardware systems, ensuring they work seamlessly together to mimic real-world operations, and play a pivotal role in ensuring the success of this ground-breaking simulator.

Key Details:

• Location: Hybrid role based in Crawley, with the flexibility to work remotely.
• Security Clearance: Candidates must be SC clearable and a national of a 5 Eyes country (UK, USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand).

Key Responsibilities:

• Integrate software onto a virtual reality hardware platform, ensuring all components are aligned with system requirements.
• Create and maintain system design documentation (including VCRI) to ensure compliance with customer needs.
• Perform Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) and Site Acceptance Testing (SAT) to validate system performance and ensure quality standards.
• Derive and document customer requirements, ensuring that all objectives are clearly defined and met.
• Develop user guides and training guides to support end users and operators of the system.
• Collaborate with external stakeholders for full life-cycle testing, including test case writing, regression testing, and acceptance phases.

Qualifications Required Skills:

• 5+ years of experience in systems engineering, particularly within software and hardware integration.
• Experience with tools such as DOORS for requirements management.
• Proven experience in VR hardware/software integration, preferably within defence or electronic warfare domains.
• Experience in FAT/SAT testing and creating system design documentation (e.g., VCRI).

Additional Skills:

• Familiarity with Palma and Jira for task tracking is a bonus.

Required Qualifications:

• A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent technical military experience.

Why join us?

We foster a community of dually talented individuals who are both entrepreneurs and technology specialists. Our teams embody the spirit of innovation and entrepreneurship, enabling us to develop solutions most efficiently. Our commitment to sustainable growth is unwavering, and we continuously strive for accelerated transformation and continuous improvement. Through ALTEN labs, mentoring programs, internal universities, and more, we are always pushing boundaries and embracing new possibilities. We offer incredible opportunities to join inspiring projects in the most innovative companies. We prioritise your career development with personalised support plans tailored to your own aspirations. We’re here to empower you and help you reach your full potential. Join our passionate team and start building tomorrow, today!

In short you get:

• A personalised career path and a rewarding management style
• A chance to work on the most exciting engineering projects and technologies along with Premium Customers
• A huge diversity of engineering projects and industries
• A competitive salary
• Private Medical Insurance
• Pension Scheme
• Cycle-to-work Scheme among many additional benefits
• Social atmosphere, regular gatherings, and team buildings
• Flexible way of working (role dependent)

Seniority level: Mid-Senior level

Employment type: Full-time

Job function: Consulting

Industries: IT Services and IT Consulting