# Systems Engineer (Test & Validation) H/F

**Company:** [Alta Ares](http://jobs.workable.com/companies/dTjqj5nvsJLNhfSDY12XbG.md)
**Location:** Toulouse, France
**Workplace:** on site
**Employment type:** Full-time

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## Description

### **About Alta Ares**

Alta Ares is a deeptech startup founded in 2024, developing real-time AI solutions for defense operations (ISR, C-UAS). Our primary customers are NATO-aligned armed forces, with frequent deployments in real-world operational exercises.

Our products include:

-   Real-time AI ISR module deployable on drones and tactical platforms
-   Counter-UAS solution enabling autonomous drone takeover in GNSS-denied environments
-   Full-stack MLOps platform for training and deploying military-grade AI models
-   Data fusion and trajectory prediction systems

### **Role & Missions**

### **Validation & Verification Strategy**

-   Define system-level validation and verification (V&V) strategies
-   Ensure alignment between system requirements, test coverage, and operational use cases
-   Establish acceptance criteria and validation methodologies

### **Test Planning & Execution**

-   Write test plans, protocols, and detailed test procedures
-   Coordinate and execute test campaigns (lab, simulation, and field testing)
-   Ensure structured and repeatable validation processes

### **Traceability & Compliance**

-   Ensure full traceability between requirements, tests, and results
-   Maintain clear mapping across system specifications and validation artifacts
-   Contribute to compliance and certification efforts (CE, aerospace or equivalent)

### **Analysis & Continuous Improvement**

-   Analyze test results and identify gaps, failures, or performance deviations
-   Drive root-cause analysis and coordinate corrective actions with engineering teams
-   Continuously improve validation processes and system reliability

### **Test Infrastructure & Automation**

-   Design and implement test tools, frameworks, and automation pipelines
-   Improve test efficiency, scalability, and reproducibility
-   Support the development of simulation and hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) environments

### **Cross-functional Collaboration & Documentation**

-   Work closely with R&D teams to improve system testability and robustness
-   Provide feedback on system design from a validation perspective
-   Manage validation documentation, reports, and test evidence

## Requirements

### **Profile**

You are a Systems Engineer with a strong background in test and validation of complex systems. You are structured, detail-oriented, and comfortable working across software, hardware, and operational environments to ensure system reliability and performance.

-   Experience in system validation and verification (V&V) for complex systems
-   Strong experience in writing test plans, protocols, and validation documentation
-   Experience coordinating and executing test campaigns (lab, simulation, field)
-   Solid understanding of system engineering practices and requirements management
-   Experience with traceability (requirements ↔ tests ↔ results)
-   Strong data analysis and problem-solving skills
-   Experience with test automation tools and frameworks
-   Ability to work across software, hardware, and system-level constraints

### **Nice to Have**

-   Experience in aerospace, drones, robotics, or defense systems
-   Familiarity with certification and compliance frameworks (CE, aviation standards, etc.)
-   Experience with simulation environments and HIL testing
-   Knowledge of requirement management tools (e.g., DOORS or equivalent)
-   Experience in fast-paced or startup environments