Lead Systems Engineer - EO/IR Sensing

In this role you will own the end-to-end integration of the airborne EO/IR targeting system, translating mission needs into performance requirements and guiding the system through flight test to operational release. You will lead verification, data interfaces, and supplier coordination to deliver a robust, fully qualified capability. You’ll work with cross-functional teams to ensure sensor concepts of operations and multi-sensor cueing meet mission objectives. This position offers a chance to influence cutting-edge defence tech while upholding ethical and geopolitical considerations.

• competitive compensation and stock options
• relocation support
• social and education allowances
• regular company events and all-hands across Europe
• equal opportunities employer

• Own end-to-end system engineering and integration from requirements to flight test and release
• Translate mission needs into sensor performance requirements (detection, tracking, ID, FOV, stabilization, latency)
• Define sensor CONOPS and mission-phase behavior including sensor scheduling
• Lead target detection, tracking, and classification pipeline integration (thresholding, false-alarm control, confidence metrics)
• Ensure robust multi-sensor cueing with other sensors
• Manage data interfaces/ICDs to mission computer and C2 (video formats, metadata, track outputs) and health reporting
• Plan and execute verification and test campaigns (lab/HIL, flight test)
• Coordinate with software/avionics teams on data interfaces
• Manage supplier technical control (reviews, tests, change requests, closure)
• Produce program artifacts (requirements, verification matrices, test plans, performance reports, flight readiness)

• Hold a relevant degree in Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related field
• Experience delivering EO/IR targeting systems through integration, test, and operational release
• Ability to translate mission scenarios into detailed DRI requirements and sensor performance constraints
• Experience with sensor mode design/CONOPS and sensor scheduling across mission phases
• Experience integrating detection/tracking/classification pipelines with confidence metrics
• Understanding of multi-sensor cueing and data handover (radar/EO-IR) and metadata alignment
• Led verification & test activities (lab/HIL, ground range, flight test) and debugging from imagery to algorithms to avionics/software
• Experience in supplier technical control and driving issues to closure

• critical thinking
• results-focused
• strong communication and collaboration
• EO/IR sensing systems (gimbals/EOTS/EORTS/ISR pods)
• requirements translation to performance specs
• sensor CONOPS design (wide-area search, cueing, track, ID, geo-pointing)