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System Engineer - Unmanned Underwater Vehicless (Remote)
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Role: Principal Systems Engineer – Defense & Autonomous Subsea Systems
Location: Netherlands (Hybrid/Remote setup available; access to physical test facilities)
Industry: Defense Technology / Unmanned Maritime Systems
Security Vetting: NATO-member citizenship mandatory; must be eligible for national security clearance
Salary: €100,000 – €110,000 base + performance bonus + equity package
Contract Type: Full-time, Permanent
Position Overview
A rapidly expanding defense technology pioneer focused on autonomous subsea interceptors is seeking a Lead Systems Engineer. The organization develops resilient marine robotics engineered for harsh oceanic conditions, including the North Sea. You will maintain full end-to-end technical leadership over vehicle architecture, driving mechanical, hydrodynamic, and electrical integration from initial design models to live ocean deployments.
Key Responsibilities
Submit an updated CV to apply. Candidates who satisfy the security clearance parameters and core engineering qualifications will be contacted for an initial screening interview.
Location: Netherlands (Hybrid/Remote setup available; access to physical test facilities)
Industry: Defense Technology / Unmanned Maritime Systems
Security Vetting: NATO-member citizenship mandatory; must be eligible for national security clearance
Salary: €100,000 – €110,000 base + performance bonus + equity package
Contract Type: Full-time, Permanent
Position Overview
A rapidly expanding defense technology pioneer focused on autonomous subsea interceptors is seeking a Lead Systems Engineer. The organization develops resilient marine robotics engineered for harsh oceanic conditions, including the North Sea. You will maintain full end-to-end technical leadership over vehicle architecture, driving mechanical, hydrodynamic, and electrical integration from initial design models to live ocean deployments.
Key Responsibilities
- Architecture & Systems Budgeting: Define core subsea platform frameworks while managing critical resource allocations, including mass, power draw, buoyancy, drag profiles, communications, and positioning.
- Trade-Off Analysis: Conduct detailed engineering trade studies to balance payload capacity, range, speed, and mission longevity.
- Cross-Disciplinary Engineering: Direct the technical convergence of high-voltage battery systems, autonomous control logic, and mission payloads within space-constrained hulls.
- AIT & Sea Trials: Build hardware-in-the-loop (HITL) testing standards, oversee validation protocols, and lead offshore testing from early prototype phases to deployment.
- Technical Leadership: Guide a multidisciplinary engineering crew, offering direct technical troubleshooting across acoustic, electrical, and control domains.
- Professional Background: 10+ years in systems engineering delivering complex physical platforms (subsea, marine, aerospace, or high-performance motorsport) across full lifecycles.
- Education: Degree in Systems Engineering, Naval Architecture, Aerospace, Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent practical background.
- Practical Skills: Deep expertise in Assembly, Integration, and Testing (AIT), alongside hands-on exposure to ingress protection, thermal management, shock absorption, and dynamic vibration dynamics.
- Core Requirements: Fluent command of English; citizenship in a NATO member state with clear path to security clearance.
- Direct experience with Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUVs) or subsea engineering projects.
- Track record of personal technical builds (e.g., custom robotics, motorsport engineering, or experimental aviation).
- Familiarity with high-voltage power distribution, acoustic sensor integration, or fluid dynamics modeling.
- End-to-end engineering authority over platform design and performance metrics.
- €100k – €110k base salary, annual performance bonus, and stock options.
- 25 paid annual leave days, flexible work options during onboarding, relocation support to the Netherlands, and direct access to state-of-the-art testing labs.
Submit an updated CV to apply. Candidates who satisfy the security clearance parameters and core engineering qualifications will be contacted for an initial screening interview.