Systems Engineer

<div class="content-intro"><p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p></div><p><strong>Location</strong>: Berkeley, CA</p> <p>We are looking for a Systems Engineer to join our team and bridge the gap between complex subsystem designs and high-level product architecture. You will be responsible for defining the technical requirements, interfaces, and integration strategies that ensure our large-scale energy storage systems operate reliably and safely. This role requires a holistic mindset, strong collaboration across multidisciplinary teams (mechanical, electrical, controls, and manufacturing), and a drive to solve tough technical challenges in service of our clean energy mission.</p> <p><strong>Responsibilities </strong><br> • Define and manage system-level requirements, functional specifications, and interface control documents for core battery system architecture.<br> • Collaborate with electrical, mechanical, and firmware engineering teams to ensure subsystem designs are seamlessly integrated and meet performance targets.<br> • Lead system-level validation and integration testing, developing test plans that verify safety, reliability, and functionality under diverse operating conditions.<br> • Perform trade-off analyses to optimize system performance, cost, and manufacturability, identifying potential risks early in the development lifecycle.<br> • Conduct root cause analysis for complex system-level failures, working cross-functionally to implement effective engineering solutions.<br> • Decompose requirements and functions from system-level down to component-level, ensuring traceability.</p> <p><strong>Qualifications </strong><br> • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering (Systems, Electrical, Mechanical, or equivalent) with 3+ years of professional experience.<br> • Strong understanding of systems engineering principles, including requirements management, interface definition, and lifecycle development.<br> • Experience in multidisciplinary integration, preferably in power electronics, battery systems, or large-scale electro-mechanical hardware.<br> • Proficiency with electrical battery systems.<br> • Proficiency with technical modeling and documentation tools (e.g., MATLAB/Simulink, SysML, or similar) to manage system architecture and performance data.<br> • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to bridge communication gaps between specialized engineering domains and non-technical stakeholders.</p> <p><strong>Salary Range</strong><br> • $115,000-130,000<br> • 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 experienc