Senior Systems Integration Engineer (All Genders)

About the Team

Your Mission

As a Senior Systems Engineer, you will drive the development and maintenance of our system architecture and requirement baselines. You will coordinate with hardware and software teams to allocate subsystem requirements and technical requirements across critical elements like the airframe, Ground Control Station (GCS), and Flight Control systems. By establishing clear traceability and managing the Systems Engineering Management Plan (SEMP), you will enable STARK to deliver safe, highly reliable, and compliant defence technologies within aggressive timelines.

You will work across engineering disciplines to design, test and build top-of-the-line solutions to some of the largest challenges facing the defence sector. In addition to academic and industrial experience in any technical field, candidates should also possess excellent communication skills, and an aptitude for turning complex challenges into direct, actionable solutions.

Responsibilities

• Define, decompose, and document system-level requirements down to subsystem and technical requirements.
• Maintain and evolve system engineering artefacts for Loitering Munition Systems across various configurations.
• Work closely with software and hardware teams to define interfaces, ensuring accurate allocation of requirements to system architecture elements.
• Assist in generating safety documentation, such as the Systems Engineering Management Plan (SEMP), Traceability Matrices, and System Hazard Analyses in compliance with MIL-STD-882E and IEC61508.
• Assist in the definition of IV&V (Integration, Verification, and Validation) processes for ground and flight testing, ensuring all customer requirements are verifiably met.
• Maintain technical documentation, including test protocols, subsystem design documents, and the overall system design baseline.
• Help refine our Data Models and Systems Engineering workflows to balance rapid development with rigorous documentation and traceability.

Required Skills

• Degree (Bachelor) in Systems Engineering, Aerospace, Electrical Engineering or a related field (or comparable practical experience). Qualifications in other technical fields will be strongly considered if they demonstrate relevant skills.
• Experience managing complex requirements databases and traceability matrices (e.g., Jama Connect, DOORS).
• Strong understanding of Systems Engineering V-model processes, System Breakdown Structures (SBS), and requirements decomposition.
• Initial experience in system integration and working with communication protocols (e.g., CAN, DroneCAN, MAVLink, Ethernet) is an advantage.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills are a must, as is a motivation and willingness to learn and grow in a dynamic, innovation-driven environment.
• Experience in at least one of the following technical skillsets: 3D CAD; CFD/FEA or similar simulation techniques; Systems modelling and analysis in MATLAB/Simulink/SysML or similar.
• Code development in object-oriented languages (e.g. C, Python, Java, Javascript); Flight or similar vehicle testing.

Nice-To-Have

• Fluent English (C1 preferred). German language skills are advantageous but not required.
• Industry certifications or qualifications in Systems Engineering (e.g. from INCOSE).
• Familiarity with defence or aerospace functional safety standards, particularly MIL-STD-882E or IEC61508.
• Familiarity with unmanned aerial systems (UAS), loitering munitions, and autopilot platforms (e.g., Ardupilot, PX4, DroneCore).