Lead Systems Engineer (Solution Architecture, Multi-Domain Integration) for NATO with security clearance

WLG; Eigenbrakel; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

WLG, a multinational defence organisation near Brussels, is seeking a senior solution engineer to translate operational needs into deployable communication and IT systems. You will own the technical aspects of these systems in service and ensure alignment with roadmaps.

Responsibilities include turning requirements into architectures, performing trade-offs across performance, security, resilience, and cost, and integrating networks, satellite, cloud and security specialists.

Qualifications

• Degree in systems, telecommunications, computer or electronic engineering, CS or similar.
• About ten years in engineering complex ICT, defence, aerospace or telecoms systems.
• Experience as a technical lead, lead systems engineer or solution architect.
• Strong requirements engineering, interfaces, traceability and system integration.
• Professional English for writing and reviewing technical documentation.

Responsibilities

• Translating operational and project requirements into a solution and a system architecture.
• Running trade-off analyses across performance, security, resilience, cost and schedule.
• Applying model-based systems engineering and reusing approved building blocks wherever possible.
• Acting as technical product owner for systems already in operation: changes, obsolescence, roadmap.
• Integrating work from networks, satellite and radio, cloud, storage, security and identity specialists.
• Being the main technical focal point for your projects and turning issues into clear engineering tasks.

Skills

Technical leadership

Systems thinking

Requirements engineering

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Education

Degree in systems/telecommunications/computer/electronic engineering or CS

Tools

Model-based systems engineering

Systems integration tools

Job description

One engineer who sees the whole system, while the specialists each see their part.

A multinational defence organisation near Brussels needs a senior solution engineer to turn operational needs into deployable communication and IT systems, and to stay the technical owner of those systems once they are in service.

What You Would Be Doing

• Translating operational and project requirements into a solution and a system architecture
• Running trade-off analyses across performance, security, resilience, cost and schedule
• Applying model-based systems engineering and reusing approved building blocks wherever possible
• Acting as technical product owner for systems already in operation: changes, obsolescence, roadmap
• Integrating work from networks, satellite and radio, cloud, storage, security and identity specialists
• Being the main technical focal point for your projects and turning issues into clear engineering tasks

What you would bring

• A degree in systems, telecommunications, computer or electronic engineering, computer science or similar
• About ten years in engineering complex ICT, defence, aerospace or telecoms systems
• Experience as a technical lead, lead systems engineer or solution architect
• Strong requirements engineering, interfaces, traceability and system integration
• Broad knowledge across networking, infrastructure, security, cloud and communications
• Experience looking after complex systems once they are live: configuration, change and lifecycle
• Professional English for writing and reviewing technical documentation

Why this one is worth a look

Real design authority over systems that have to work in the field, not just on paper.