Lead System Engineer - Defense & Critical Systems

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

Job summary

Médiane Benelux is seeking a Lead System Engineer Consultant to drive multidisciplinary engineering across complex defense and security systems. You will serve as the technical focal point between customer, PM and engineering teams, ensuring requirements and contractual obligations are met throughout the lifecycle.

You will manage a team of 10 to 15 engineers, promoting technical excellence, risk management and efficient project execution in an international environment.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of Systems Engineering methodologies and standards.
• Experience with requirements management tools such as IBM DOORS, Polarion, Jama, or equivalent.
• 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.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Ability to lead multidisciplinary teams in an international environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate a team of system, software, hardware, and integration engineers (10–15).
• 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.
• Report technical progress, issues, and recommendations to project management and customer representatives.
• Mentor junior engineers and promote engineering best practices.

Skills

Systems Engineering methodologies

Requirements management tools

Model-Based Systems Engineering

Defense / safety-critical industry

Software/hardware integration

Technical leadership

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional international teams

Education

Master's degree in Engineering

INCOSE certification (asset)

Tools

IBM DOORS

Polarion

Jama

Job description

Médiane Benelux is seeking a Lead System Engineer Consultant to drive multidisciplinary engineering across complex defense and security systems. You will serve as the technical focal point between customer, PM and engineering teams, ensuring requirements and contractual obligations are met throughout the lifecycle.

You will manage a team of 10 to 15 engineers, promoting technical excellence, risk management and efficient project execution in an international environment.