CUAS System Engineer

Thales; Tubeke; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Thales in Tubize, Belgium, seeks a CUAS Systems Engineer with experience in military systems development or integration. The role covers electrical, electronic, and mission-system domains to ensure the Counter UAS system is integrated, interoperable, testable, and ready for qualification.

You will coordinate activities across suppliers and end users, elicit requirements, manage interfaces, troubleshoot issues, support testing and field deployment, and ensure documentation and configuration

Qualifications

• Master’s degree or higher in Electrical, Electronics, Aerospace, or Systems Engineering.
• At least 4 years of work experience, including 2 years in air defence systems.
• Experience with Systems engineering and requirements tools like Polarion or IBM DOORS.

Responsibilities

• Elicit, analyze, and manage technical requirements.
• Integrate Radar, Electro-Optic sensors, and effectors such as remote weapon systems and/or jammers.
• Identify and mitigate technical risks early in the design cycle.
• Define and manage technical interfaces between subsystems.
• Analyze constraints for installation on various platforms.
• Troubleshoot integration issues and perform root-cause analysis.
• Support prototype builds, laboratory integration, testing, and field qualification.
• Review and approve technical documentation and configuration records.
• Ensure configuration management and traceability throughout the project lifecycle.

Skills

Systems engineering

Requirements management

Stakeholder coordination

Troubleshooting

Education

Master's degree in Electrical/Electronics/Aerospace/Systems Engineering

Tools

Polarion

IBM DOORS

Job description

Mission

We are looking for a CUAS Systems Engineer with experience in military systems development, integration, or related defence engineering disciplines.

Location: Tubize, Belgium

Main Responsibilities

The role is responsible for carrying out systems engineering activities for the development of a Counter UAS system. The engineer will work across electrical, electronic, communication, and mission-system domains to ensure that the complete system is correctly integrated, interoperable, testable, and ready for qualification and field deployment.

The position requires strong systems-engineering skills, hands‑on integration experience, and the ability to coordinate technical activities across multiple suppliers, engineering teams, and military end users.

• Elicit, analyze, and manage technical requirements
• You will be working on development of Counter UAS and working with integration of Radar, Electro-Optic, and other sensors together with effectors such as remote weapon systems and/or jammers
• Identify potential technical risks (failure points) early in the design cycle and develop mitigation strategies. Work on the system-level integration activities from requirements definition through integration, testing, qualification, and delivery.
• Define and manage the technical interfaces between the subsystems and the platform
• Analyze electrical, data, mechanical, thermal, EMC/EMI and RF constraints associated with the installation of mission equipment on various platforms
• Troubleshoot complex integration issues at system level and drive root-cause analysis and corrective actions.
• Support prototype build, laboratory integration, testing (including field testing), qualification and acceptance activities.
• Review and approve technical documentation, including interface control documents, system specifications, test procedures, integration reports and configuration documentation.
• Ensure configuration management and traceability of mission equipment and interfaces throughout the project lifecycle.

Profile

• Education: Master’s degree or higher education Electrical, Electronics, Aerospace, or Systems Engineering.
• A minimum of 4 year of work experience
• A minimum of 2 work experience air defence systems
• Tools: Experience with Systems engineering and requirements tools like Polarion or IBM DOORS.

Soft Skills

• Strong ownership and accountability.
• Structured and analytical approach to problem solving.
• Excellent communication and coordination skills.
• Ability to work effectively in multidisciplinary and international teams.
• Comfortable working in a project environment with multiple priorities and technical interfaces.
• Ability to communicate complex technical subjects clearly to both engineering teams and non‑ specialist stakeholders.
• Willingness to work hands‑on during integration and test campaigns.

Nice to Have

• Air defense systems
• Radars
• Jammers
• ESM Equipment
• Remote controlled weapon systems
• C2 Systems