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# Senior Avionic Systems Integration Engineer

- **Company:** ALTEN
- **Location:** Stevenage, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Systems Engineering, Systems Integration
- **Published:** September 8, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.collegerecruiter.com/job/2840636817-senior-avionic-systems-integration-engineer

## About the Role

* Strong V-Model systems engineering experience within avionics or complex electronic systems
 * Hands-on background in system integration and lab-based testing environments
 * Experience with avionics networks, power architectures, and EMC considerations
 * Proven ability to own and manage system and equipment requirements
 * Confidence making architectural decisions in time-critical, high-pressure environments

Soft Skills & Collaboration

 * Clear and confident technical communicator
 * Comfortable operating as a lead engineer or technical authority
 * Strong problem-solving mindset with a pragmatic approach to delivery
 * Effective collaborator within multi-disciplinary engineering teams

Required Qualifications

 * Bachelor's or Master's degree in Systems Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Electronic Engineering, or related discipline, or relevant technical military background with equivalent experience.

Desirable Skills

 * Experience working in defence or other safety-critical environments
 * Exposure to supplier management and external technical interfaces
 * Background in communications and power subsystems within avionics platforms

## Description

Join our team as a System Integration and Test Engineer and play a key role in delivering complex avionics systems within cutting-edge defence and aerospace programmes. You will take ownership of communications and power system architecture, driving integration strategy and leading de-risk activities across lab-based environments. This role combines hands-on integration with systems-level decision-making in a highly regulated, safety-critical context., * Define and mature the communications and power system architecture across complex avionics platforms

 * Lead system-level trade-offs and make critical architectural decisions to balance performance, risk, and delivery
 * Own equipment selection across COTS, MOTS, and bespoke solutions
 * Drive the system integration strategy, including test philosophy, success criteria, and de-risk planning
 * Lead hands-on lab integration and compatibility testing (SIL, HIL, Iron Bird environments)
 * Act as the technical authority, interfacing with SMEs, suppliers, and multi-disciplinary engineering teams, We are proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant & actively encourage applications from members of the Armed Forces community, including veterans, reservists, service leavers, and military spouses/partners. We recognise the value of military skills and experience and are committed to ensuring that no applicant is unfairly disadvantaged during our recruitment and selection processes.


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