Job Description

Overview

The Requirements SME is responsible for leading and managing the development, analysis, validation, and traceability of system and project requirements. This role ensures that all stakeholder needs are accurately captured, clearly defined, and effectively integrated into system design and verification processes.

Your role

• Serve as the primary authority on requirements management throughout the project lifecycle.
• Develop and maintain high-quality system, functional, and interface requirements.
• Facilitate requirements elicitation workshops with stakeholders, customers, and technical teams.
• Ensure traceability of requirements from stakeholder needs through design, implementation, and verification.
• Use requirements management tools (e.g., IBM DOORS, Polarion) to document and track requirements.
• Perform requirements analysis to identify gaps, conflicts, and dependencies.
• Support change control processes and impact assessments for requirement modifications.
• Collaborate with systems engineers, designers, testers, and quality teams to ensure requirements are understood and met.
• Contribute to the development of verification and validation plans and test cases.
• Ensure compliance with applicable standards (e.g., ISO/IEC 15288, INCOSE, IEEE).

About you

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in requirements engineering or systems engineering roles.
• Strong knowledge of requirements management principles, tools, and best practices.
• Experience working in regulated industries such as rail, aerospace, defense, or automotive.
• Familiarity with systems engineering lifecycle models (e.g., V-model, Agile, Waterfall).
• Excellent analytical, documentation, and communication skills.

Preferred Skills

• INCOSE CSEP or equivalent certification.
• Experience with Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE).
• Knowledge of safety-critical systems and standards (e.g., EN 50126/8/9, ARP4754, ISO 26262).
• Proficiency in tools such as IBM DOORS, ReqIF, or similar requirements management platforms.

Work Environment

• Office-based with potential travel to client sites.
• Collaborative, cross-functional team environment with a strong focus on quality and compliance.

Rewards & benefits

Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive – at every stage of your life and your career.

This includes:

• Comprehensive life insurance coverage.
• Premium medical insurance for you and your dependents.
• Generous annual leave balance.
• Flexible and hybrid work solutions.
• Remote work opportunities outside of country.
• Company gratuity scheme.
• Discretionary bonus program.
• Relocation assistance.
• Employee Wellbeing Program: 24/7 access to specialists in finance, legal matters, family care, personal health, fitness, and nutrition.

Seize every opportunity to sharpen your skills, expand your expertise, and be recognized for the impact you make.

About AtkinsRéalis

We're AtkinsRéalis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We're committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.

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At AtkinsRéalis, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.