North Reading•Posted: Jul 6•Deadline: Aug 16
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 Systems Software Test Lead you will be responsible for;
* Lead system‑level verification and validation of robotics software systems, including autonomy, perception, motion planning,
and controls integration.
* Define and own end‑to‑end system integration and test strategies for robotics software stacks, ensuring validation of complex,
multi-service capabilities across platforms.
* Develop comprehensive test plans and validation frameworks for autonomous system behaviors, including trajectory generation,
navigation, and mission‑level functionality.
* Provide technical leadership to distributed test and software validation teams, enabling execution of test plans and ensuring
coverage, quality, and traceability.
* Operate with a high degree of autonomy to identify gaps in test coverage, resolve ambiguity, and drive readiness across
integration and validation phases.
* Collaborate closely with robotics software engineers to validate system performance across key domains such as motion planning,
path optimization, localization, and control systems.
* Lead system integration efforts across software services, APIs, and middleware layers, ensuring correct interaction between
perception, planning, and execution components.
* Analyze system behavior and debug software integration issues, identifying root causes across distributed services and
real-time system components.
* Utilize scripting (e.g., Python) to support test automation, log analysis, simulation validation, and debugging of robotic
system behavior.
* Validate robotics software in lab or simulated environments, including running integrated systems, executing scenarios, and
measuring performance against KPIs.
* Support testing and observability of cloud‑connected or distributed robotics systems, including familiarity with cloud
platforms (e.g., AWS) for data capture, diagnostics, and system monitoring.
* Incorporate system‑level risks and failure modes into validation strategies, ensuring robust coverage for edge cases and
real‑world operating conditions.
* Contribute to development of scalable, repeatable test frameworks and processes for robotics software validation.
* Maintain alignment between requirements, system architecture, and validation coverage using systems engineering and/or MBSE
practices.
* Communicate system readiness, risks, and validation results clearly to engineering leadership and program stakeholders.
Qualifications;
* Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Robotics, or related technical field; Master’s degree preferred.
* 10+ years of experience in systems engineering, software integration, or test leadership focused on robotics, autonomy, or
complex distributed software systems.
* Proven experience leading system‑level software integration and test strategy for robotics or autonomous systems.
* Strong understanding of robotics software architectures, including motion planning, navigation, control systems, and
distributed service-based design.
* Experience operating as a Test Lead, enabling execution through teams rather than individually performing all testing tasks.
* Hands‑on experience debugging system‑level software issues across integrated stacks (perception, planning, control,
infrastructure).
* Proficiency in scripting (e.g., Python) for test automation, data analysis, and system debugging.
* Experience working with cloud‑integrated robotics or distributed systems (AWS or similar platforms).
* Strong understanding of requirements traceability, system validation, and full lifecycle testing.
* Experience working in Agile development environments supporting multi‑team software delivery.
* Ability to operate independently in fast‑paced, high‑ambiguity environments while driving technical outcomes.
* Strong communication skills with ability to guide engineers and test teams across disciplines.
Preferred Qualifications;
* Experience with autonomous mobile robots, robotic manipulation systems, or industrial automation platforms.
* Familiarity with simulation environments, digital twins, or robotics testing frameworks.
* Experience validating AI/ML‑enabled robotic behaviors (perception, decision-making, optimization).
* Exposure to middleware or robotics frameworks (e.g., ROS/ROS2 or similar architectures).
* Background in large‑scale, multi‑team robotics software programs.
Salary Range: $150,000 - $190,000
Location: Onsite in North Reading, MA
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
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race,
color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, genetic
information, or pregnancy.
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process.
Compliance Notice: Alten USA is a federal contractor subject to the requirements of the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment
Assistance Act (VEVRAA) and Executive Order 11246. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and consider all qualified applicants
without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.
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.
Delft•Posted: Jul 16•Deadline: Aug 16
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DETAILS
Preferred starting date: ASAP
Weekly availability: Full-time, 40 hours per week
Location: Delft, the Netherlands
ABOUT FIDUCIAL
Fiducial is a young but fast-growing deep-tech start-up with big ambitions at the frontier of autonomy, perception, and defence.
Our core expertise lies in 3D vision and graphics technologies which we deploy in a dual-use context for inspection and defence.
This role will focus mainly on defence context where we are developing on-board UAV situational-awareness software, with some
involvement in industrial 3D visualization for aerospace sector. Our defence solutions are aimed to operate with low-cost and
widely available sensors and compute. From there, we plan to develop a line-up of interconnected solutions to safeguard European
safety.
Our team consists of engineers that are passionate about the technology and solutions they develop. The only time most of us are
not thinking about the technology is when we are asleep, and sometimes even then. Our team members have a background in different
fields such as Aerospace Engineering, Computational Science and Engineering, Robotics and Computer Graphics. Our office is located
in the Aerospace Innovation Hub, a start-up hub located on the TU Delft campus in the faculty of Aerospace Engineering.
We work closely with top-tier partners, ranging from government agencies and prime contractors to academic research institutes and
other start-ups. Our projects span from large tender orders in collaboration with partners to low TRL research with government
agencies. Whether through formal R&D programs or rapid prototyping tracks, we operate at the intersection of innovation and
deployment.
YOUR ROLE
As Technical Project Manager, you will help strengthen how Fiducial plans, governs, and delivers technical projects across the
company.
You will work across a varied portfolio that includes new product development, product roadmap implementation, customer
demonstrations, customer deployments, system integrations, R&D programmes, internal capability development, and external
partnerships. Depending on the needs of the organisation, you may take full ownership of a project, or provide delivery structure
and governance across several related initiatives.
Your role combines hands-on project delivery with the continued development of our technical delivery capability. You will help
refine our existing project delivery framework, improve our project governance model, run the Project Review Board, and contribute
to building a pool of Technical Project Managers and project support professionals as the company grows.
You will work closely with engineering, product, operations, commercial teams, leadership, customers, and external integration
partners. You will also work in support of our Technical Program Manager, who oversees the wider customer project portfolio.
You will report directly to the COO.
WHAT YOU WILL DO
DELIVER TECHNICAL PROJECTS
* Lead technical projects across product development, product roadmap implementation, customer demonstrations, deployments,
system integrations, R&D, and partner-funded initiatives.
* Translate objectives into clear project scope, activities, milestones, responsibilities, dependencies, and delivery plans.
* Adapt your level of involvement to the needs of each project, taking full ownership where required or supporting technical
leads and other project owners.
* Coordinate projects involving software, hardware, testing, procurement, integration, and operational deployment.
* Maintain momentum, follow through on commitments, and ensure that actions are completed.
COORDINATE PRODUCT AND PROTOTYPE DEVELOPMENT
* Plan and coordinate internal product and prototype development activities.
* Support engineering teams in structuring roadmap implementation, development sprints, integration activities, and test cycles.
* Maintain visibility of progress, blockers, technical dependencies, and required decisions.
* Ensure that planning supports engineering execution without introducing unnecessary administrative overhead.
COORDINATE CUSTOMER DEPLOYMENTS AND INTEGRATIONS
* Coordinate technical and non-technical requirements for customer demonstrations, pilots, integrations, and deployments.
* Align engineering, operations, hardware, logistics, customers, and external partners around a common delivery plan.
* Manage dependencies between internal teams and external integration partners.
* Coordinate preparation, testing, validation, deployment readiness, and follow-up activities.
* Identify delivery risks early and drive timely resolution or escalation.
STRENGTHEN PROJECT GOVERNANCE
* Surface delivery risks, resource constraints, cross-project dependencies, and decisions requiring leadership intervention.
* Track actions and ensure that decisions and escalations are followed through.
* Help clarify project ownership, decision rights, reporting expectations, and escalation paths.
* Give leadership a reliable overview of project status and portfolio health.
MAINTAIN PROJECT VISIBILITY AND COMMUNICATION
* Maintain project plans, milestones, risks, decisions, and actions in Notion.
* Organise and facilitate project meetings, technical syncs, reviews, and stakeholder updates.
* Prepare clear meeting notes, project summaries, status reports, and decision records.
* Keep stakeholders informed without creating unnecessary meetings or reporting.
* Connect engineering, product, operations, commercial teams, leadership, and external stakeholders.
COORDINATE HARDWARE AND OPERATIONAL DEPENDENCIES
* Coordinate procurement, delivery schedules, availability, and setup of hardware needed for development, testing,
demonstrations, and deployments.
* Align equipment, logistics, test locations, personnel, and external dependencies with project timelines.
* Ensure operational requirements are identified early enough to avoid preventable delivery delays.
This is a hands-on project-management role with real ownership.
It is not a Scrum Master role, and you will not simply administer a process or follow a predefined playbook. You will actively
deliver projects, improve how we work, and help build the systems required to support Fiducial’s next stage of growth.
WHAT WE EXPECT FROM YOU
* Professional experience managing technical projects involving software, hardware, engineering, system integration, or technical
deployment.
* A completed technical degree, such as Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science,
Robotics, Physics, Systems Engineering, or another relevant discipline.
* Experience developing project plans, milestones, dependencies, risk assessments, delivery forecasts, and stakeholder updates.
* Experience coordinating multidisciplinary technical teams and external stakeholders.
* Sufficient technical understanding to discuss system development, prototypes, interfaces, integration, testing, validation, and
deployment with engineers.
* Strong organisational and planning skills, with the ability to manage several projects and changing priorities simultaneously.
* A proactive and assertive working style. You take initiative, ask for missing information, challenge unclear assumptions, and
consistently follow up.
* A self-starting mindset and the ability to make progress without detailed instruction.
* Clear written and verbal communication skills.
* The ability to translate technical challenges into project, delivery, resource, or stakeholder implications.
* A calm and structured approach when timelines, requirements, or priorities change.
* Experience with project and collaboration tools such as Notion, Jira, Slack, or similar platforms.
* Familiarity with agile development and project-management methodologies.
* Fluent English, both spoken and written.
* Full-time availability for 40 hours per week.
* A genuine interest in defence technology, drones, autonomous systems, and their operational applications.
BONUS
* Experience in defence, aerospace, UAVs, robotics, autonomy, computer vision, AI, positioning, navigation, or 3D visualisation.
* Experience in an early-stage start-up or scale-up.
* Experience working in both larger organisations and smaller, fast-moving companies.
* Experience building or improving a project-management, PMO, or technical delivery function.
* Experience managing or mentoring project delivery team.
* Experience running formal project or portfolio governance forums.
* Experience with customer deployments, field testing, system integration, or hardware-intensive projects.
* A recognised project-management qualification such as PMP, PRINCE2, IPMA, or an equivalent certification.
WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE
You will help create a technical delivery organisation in which:
* projects have clear ownership, scope, milestones, responsibilities, risks, and decision paths;
* product development, roadmap implementation, R&D, and customer deployment projects are managed through an appropriate and
proportionate delivery approach;
* leadership has reliable visibility across the project portfolio;
* the Project Review Board enables timely decisions, prioritisation, and intervention;
* risks, blockers, and dependencies are identified early and actively managed;
* Technical Project Managers and project support professionals work through a consistent but lightweight framework;
* external stakeholders receive clear, timely, and reliable communication;
* projects are delivered with greater predictability, accountability, and pace; and
* engineering teams sustain their speed of delivery, agility, technical ownership, and freedom to innovate.
WHAT WE OFFER
* An exciting role in a fast-growing deep-tech start-up with meaningful responsibility from day one.
* Money of course.
* 25 vacation days per year.
* Reimbursement of eligible travel expenses.
* A company laptop.
* Flexible working hours.
* The option to work from home up to two days per week when project and operational requirements allow.
* The opportunity to work in an international team of engineers and entrepreneurs solving complex real-world problems.
* Freedom and autonomy in how you structure your work and implement improvements.
* Real ownership of the projects and processes you lead.
* The opportunity to experiment, iterate, learn quickly, and improve how the company operates.
* An open, informal, and no-nonsense culture with short communication lines.
THE APPLICATION PROCEDURE
If, after reading the above, you believe you are the right person for this role, send us information that gives us a clear
understanding of your background and experience. This may be a CV, portfolio, website, or another relevant source.
If we see a potential fit, you will first receive a short follow-up questionnaire.
Based on your answers, we may invite you to an interview that includes a project case discussion. This is not a technical
examination. It is an opportunity to discuss a realistic project scenario and understand how you structure problems, make
decisions, and communicate.
If we believe there is a strong mutual fit, we will discuss the employment terms and next steps.
Welcome to the team.
