Senior System Architect - Resilient GNSS & Defense Platform

u-blox; Tampere; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

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Job summary

u-blox is seeking a System Architect to lead the technical development of resilient positioning solutions with a strong emphasis on GNSS, sensor fusion, antenna and CRPA technologies for defense and mission-critical applications. You will own end-to-end architecture, derive system requirements from stakeholder needs, and guide trade-off analyses across hardware, software, and platform decisions.

You will define platform resilience requirements, translate customer needs into product capabilities,

Qualifications

• Master’s degree or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Telecommunications, Geodesy or related field.
• Strong and broad GNSS knowledge, including applications.
• Experience in systems engineering and architecture methodologies.
• Proven analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Experience with APNT concepts, multi-sensor positioning, sensor fusion, or related areas.
• Knowledge of military navigation concepts and resilient PNT architectures is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Derive system requirements from stakeholder and product requirements.
• Lead and contribute to the creation, evaluation, and maintenance of technical solution concepts and system architectures.
• Define system-level requirements, interfaces, and performance budgets.
• Conduct trade-off analyses and technical feasibility assessments.
• Align architectural decisions with stakeholders and development teams.
• Guide component architects and ensure architectural consistency across subsystems.
• Support implementation, integration, verification, and validation activities.
• Identify technical risks and propose mitigation strategies.
• Define platform-level resilience requirements covering anti-jamming, anti-spoofing, signal authentication, APNT, sensor fusion, and interference mitigation technologies.
• Drive resilience strategy and guide product and technology development teams in resilience-related architectural decisions.
• Define and evaluate technical concepts for operation in contested, degraded, and GNSS-denied environments.
• Translate customer needs, operational use cases, market trends, and competitive insights into platform capabilities and product requirements.
• Act as the primary technical interface for resilience-related topics towards internal product teams, product strategists, and key customers.
• Evaluate emerging technologies in GNSS resilience, APNT, CRPA, sensor fusion, and navigation warfare applications.
• Contribute to long-term resilience and APNT technology roadmaps.
• Monitor market trends, defense requirements, and competitive developments related to resilient PNT.
• Participate in technical forums, industry collaborations, and standardization activities related to GNSS resilience and APNT technologies.
• Support strategic partnerships with technology providers, research institutions, and defense organizations.
• Support product, technology, and platform roadmap definition.
• Contribute to the definition and continuous improvement of systems engineering processes, methods, and tools.
• Support innovation initiatives and technical feasibility studies.

Skills

GNSS knowledge

Systems engineering

Requirements engineering

Stakeholder management

Communication

English proficiency

Travel willingness

Education

Master’s or PhD in Electrical Eng / CS / Telecom / Geodesy or related field

Job description

u-blox is seeking a System Architect to lead the technical development of resilient positioning solutions with a strong emphasis on GNSS, sensor fusion, antenna and CRPA technologies for defense and mission-critical applications. You will own end-to-end architecture, derive system requirements from stakeholder needs, and guide trade-off analyses across hardware, software, and platform decisions.

You will define platform resilience requirements, translate customer needs into product capabilities,