Lead Systems Engineer

Kamstrup; Denmark; On-site; DKK 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working hours

Canteen & gym facilities

In-house dental clinic

Hairdresser on site

Health care and insurance package

Employee association

Job summary

Kamstrup is seeking a Lead Systems Engineer to define and realise complex smart metering solutions across hardware, firmware, connectivity and cloud domains. You will ensure system requirements, interfaces and validation are aligned from concept to deployment.

You will collaborate with Solution Architects, developers and product teams in an international environment to shape technical direction, drive risk assessments, and lead cross-disciplinary alignment for robust, verifiable systems.

Qualifications

• Hold a degree in Systems Engineering, Software Engineering, Embedded Systems, Computer Science, or a similar field.
• Bring extensive experience developing and delivering complex embedded or hardware-based products.
• Possess strong knowledge of systems engineering, requirements engineering, system integration, verification and validation.
• Demonstrate the ability to drive technical decisions across hardware, firmware, software, connectivity, and cloud domains.
• Have a proven track record of leading technical alignment across multiple teams and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Defining and maintaining system requirements, system behavior, and technical specifications.
• Leading technical alignment across hardware, firmware, software, connectivity, and cloud domains.
• Driving system integration and supporting cross disciplinary troubleshooting.
• Ensuring traceability between requirements, design, verification, and validation activities.
• Playing a central role in technical reviews, risk assessments, and critical engineering decisions.

Skills

Systems thinking

Technical leadership

Embedded systems

Education

Degree in Systems Engineering / Software Engineering / Embedded Systems / Computer Science

Tools

Requirements management tools

System specification

Job description

Are you passionate about defining and realizing complex technical systems? Do you thrive at the intersection of architecture, development, integration, and validation? Do you want to play a key role in shaping the technical foundation of Kamstrup's next generation of smart metering solutions?

Here Is What The Job Entails

In the role as our next Lead Systems Engineer, your job will be to drive the technical definition and realization of complex smart metering solutions across hardware, firmware, connectivity, and cloud domains, ensuring robust and verifiable solutions throughout the product lifecycle.

You will act as a key technical authority between architecture and implementation, governing the system's perspective across disciplines and ensuring that system requirements, interfaces, integration, and validation are aligned from concept to deployment.

More specifically you will be:

• Defining and maintaining system requirements, system behavior, and technical specifications.
• Leading technical alignment across hardware, firmware, software, connectivity, and cloud domains.
• Driving system integration and supporting cross disciplinary troubleshooting.
• Ensuring traceability between requirements, design, verification, and validation activities.
• Playing a central role in technical reviews, risk assessments, and critical engineering decisions.

You will experience the opportunity to join a growing Systems Engineering capability and help shape how future smart metering solutions are developed at Kamstrup. Therefore, you will work with advanced connectivity and Internet of Things technologies while collaborating closely with Solution Architects, developers, and product teams. This is a highly visible technical role with significant influence on product direction, engineering excellence, and the future development of the Systems Engineering discipline.

Meet your future team

With direct references to the Director of Connectivity, you will become part of the Solutions Architects team within the Water Division. Together with colleagues in Connectivity Development and Connectivity Technology, the team is responsible for defining the solution foundations that enable smart metering products across the Kamstrup portfolio. In the team you will experience an informal and collaborative environment characterized by technical excellence, strong knowledge sharing, and a shared ambition to continuously improve the way we develop products and solutions.

Did you know? Our teams bring together specialists within architecture, connectivity, embedded systems, and product development, creating a unique environment where complex technical challenges are solved through close collaboration across disciplines.

Less About Us, More About You

We are looking for an experienced Systems Engineer with a proven track record of delivering complex technical solutions in multidisciplinary environments. You achieve work-related goals by combining strong systems thinking with the ability to influence technical direction, drive alignment across engineering domains, and take ownership of technical outcomes.

In order to succeed, we imagine that you:

• Hold a degree in Systems Engineering, Software Engineering, Embedded Systems, Computer Science, or a similar field.
• Bring extensive experience developing and delivering complex embedded or hardware-based products.
• Possess strong knowledge of systems engineering, requirements engineering, system integration, verification, and validation.
• Demonstrate the ability to drive technical decisions across hardware, firmware, software, connectivity, and cloud domains.
• Have a proven track record of leading technical alignment across multiple teams and stakeholders.

As an added advantage, you may also have experience with requirements management tools, system specification, verification and validation, and wireless communication technologies; familiarity with IoT connectivity solutions across short-range, long-range, and cellular networks; knowledge of standardized interoperability protocols and industry frameworks and the ability to apply a structured and analytical approach to solving complex technical challenges.

As we are an international organization it is important that you are fluent in English. Danish proficiency is considered an advantage.

Whilst you may not meet all the qualifications listed above, you could still be a good candidate for the position. If you find the role intriguing, do not hesitate to apply.

We are more than the ordinary workplace

We cherish the good colleagueship which we all contribute to, the only limit is your engagement. As we are a big organization you are bound to find one or more colleagues who share the same interest as you. This might be in our board game club, cycle team, during our yearly summer festival or on the padel court. For example, is our Head of System Engineering and Information Technology Denmark also our volunteer padel instructor while our Software Test Engineer runs weekly spinning classes.

Besides the best colleagues you could imagine, we also offer:

• Work life balance through flexible working hours.
• Employee benefits include a healthy canteen, fitness facilities, in house dental clinic, hairdresser, and a free health clinic
• An active employee association that fosters a collaborative and supportive workplace community.
• Beneficial health care and insurance package.

The job will be located at Kamstrup's headquarters in Stilling, between Aarhus and Skanderborg.

If you have any questions about the position, please contact Director, Connectivity, Kristen Kasper Hansen, by phone: [phone].

Get to know us

At Kamstrup, you'll become part of a close-knit community that genuinely cares about one another, fostering connections both in and out of the workplace. Our team comprises innovators, dreamers, and doers, united by an unyielding passion to challenge the status quo, find better solutions, and constantly push the boundaries of what's possible all with the purpose of securing clean water and energy to the maximum number of people. With an unwavering commitment to growth, we offer opportunities for you to leverage your skills and drive our business to new heights, empowering you to leave your mark on our future and grow with us. Explore more on our website, see the annual report and stay updated through LinkedIn for the latest news and job openings.