Engineering and IT consulting across aerospace, defence, nuclear, and automotive
ALTEN operates a 10,000+ person engineering consultancy across 30 countries, with the UK arm focused on high-stakes sectors: nuclear, aerospace, defence, and automotive. The tech stack reveals a mature, regulated consulting operation—heavy on simulation and CAD tools (ANSYS, SolidWorks, HyperWorks, MATLAB, LS-DYNA) alongside formal design and safety frameworks (DO-178B/C, IBM DOORS, Polarion)—typical of teams managing complex system integration in safety-critical domains. Hiring is engineering-heavy and accelerating, with active projects spanning nuclear infrastructure (Hinkley Point C, Bristol reactor work), advanced aerospace programmes, and next-generation defence systems.
Notable leadership hires: Project Lead, Electronics Team Lead
ALTEN is a publicly listed engineering and IT consultancy headquartered in London. The UK business serves customers across aeronautics, space, defence, automotive, rail, energy, life sciences, finance, and telecommunications sectors. Core services centre on R&D support, innovation strategy, and systems integration—particularly in regulated, high-complexity domains like nuclear and defence. The organisation maintains internal capability-building programmes (ALTEN labs, mentoring, internal universities) and operates hundreds of engineers across the UK.
ALTEN's toolkit spans CAD and simulation (AutoCAD, SolidWorks, ANSYS APDL, HyperWorks, LS-DYNA, MATLAB, Simulink), formal design standards (IBM DOORS, Polarian, DO-178B/C), project management (Primavera P6, Jira), and core languages (Python, C++, SQL). Also uses SAP, Power BI, and IBM Rhapsody.
Current major projects include Hinkley Point C nuclear station, advanced aerospace and defence programmes, next-generation sonar systems, reactor island sampling systems, and waste retrieval system design. Projects also include environmental test campaign support and 16-week look-ahead planning for capability readiness.
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