Lead Systems Engineer - Defense & Embedded Solutions

M; Tubeke; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Médiane Benelux, an engineering company specializing in software, electronics, and cybersecurity, seeks a Lead System Engineer Consultant to drive the development of complex defense systems. You will oversee multidisciplinary teams and coordinate between customers, project management, and engineering groups.

You will define architecture, manage the full V-cycle, ensure requirements traceability, and mentor engineers while delivering compliant, high-integrity solutions for international clients.

Qualifications

• 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 10–15 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.
• Report technical progress, issues, and recommendations to project management and customer representatives.
• Mentor junior engineers and promote engineering best practices.

Skills

Systems Engineering

Requirements management tools

Model-Based Systems Engineering

Defense / safety-critical

Systems integration

Technical leadership

Stakeholder management

Multidisciplinary team leadership

Education

Master's degree in Engineering

Tools

IBM DOORS

Polarion

Jama

Job description

Médiane Benelux, an engineering company specializing in software, electronics, and cybersecurity, seeks a Lead System Engineer Consultant to drive the development of complex defense systems. You will oversee multidisciplinary teams and coordinate between customers, project management, and engineering groups.

You will define architecture, manage the full V-cycle, ensure requirements traceability, and mentor engineers while delivering compliant, high-integrity solutions for international clients.