Lead Defense Systems Engineer

M; Tubeke; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Médiane Benelux, a specialist engineering firm in software, electronics and cybersecurity, seeks a Lead System Engineer Consultant to drive complex defense and security systems. You will be the technical focal point between customer, PM and engineering teams, ensuring solutions meet requirements through the full lifecycle.

You will manage a 10–15 engineer team, promote technical excellence, and coordinate interfaces across disciplines while ensuring compliance with safety and quality standards.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of Systems Engineering methodologies and standards.
• Experience with requirements management tools such as IBM DOORS, Polarion, Jama.
• Familiarity with Model-Based Systems Engineering concepts.
• Experience in defense, aerospace, transportation, or another safety-critical industry.
• Good understanding of software, hardware, integration, verification, and validation activities.
• Strong technical leadership and risk management capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate a team of 10 to 15 system, software, hardware, and integration engineers.
• Define and maintain system architecture, requirements, and technical baselines.
• Manage system engineering activities throughout the full V-cycle development process.
• Translate customer and operational needs into technical requirements and system specifications.
• Ensure requirements traceability, consistency, and verification readiness.
• Coordinate interfaces between internal engineering disciplines and external stakeholders.
• Conduct technical reviews, design reviews, and engineering decision boards.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate technical risks and opportunities.
• Support project planning, resource allocation, and workload prioritization.
• Ensure compliance with defense, safety, cybersecurity, and quality standards.
• Contribute to proposal preparation, feasibility studies, and technical roadmaps.
• Support integration, validation, qualification, and customer acceptance activities.

Skills

Systems Engineering

Requirements management

Model-Based Systems Engineering

Defense / aerospace experience

Integration & verification

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Education

Master's degree in Engineering

INCOSE certification is a plus

Tools

IBM DOORS

Polarion

Jama

Job description

Médiane Benelux, a specialist engineering firm in software, electronics and cybersecurity, seeks a Lead System Engineer Consultant to drive complex defense and security systems. You will be the technical focal point between customer, PM and engineering teams, ensuring solutions meet requirements through the full lifecycle.

You will manage a 10–15 engineer team, promote technical excellence, and coordinate interfaces across disciplines while ensuring compliance with safety and quality standards.