Systems Engineering Lead

Thomas Thor; Helsinki; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Thomas Thor is seeking a Systems Engineering Lead to guide design reviews and ensure traceability from requirements through to evidence. This hands-on role has no direct reports but influences across all engineering disciplines within a Finnish SMR project.

Based in Finland with flexible hybrid and remote options, the candidate will oversee verification activities and drive corrective actions while communicating across teams in fluent English. Security clearance is required.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in system engineering/safety engineering within the nuclear industry.
• Experience with plant design, system architecture/integration, or safety-classified systems.
• Strong grounding in requirements management and design verification methodologies.
• Confident communicator, coordinating across multiple engineering disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate design reviews at system and plant level, including architecture, integration and interface assessments.
• Review engineering documentation for verifiability and testability.
• Plan and oversee verification activities across the project lifecycle, from concept through commissioning.
• Manage non-conformities, driving root cause analysis and corrective action.

Skills

Systems engineering

Safety engineering

Requirements management

Design verification

Cross-disciplinary coordination

Fluent English

Tools

MBSE

Job description

Join a Finnish nuclear technology company developing a Small Modular Reactor (SMR) designed to deliver safe, scalable, carbon-free heat for district heating and industrial use. The company’s mission is to accelerate the clean energy transition by combining uncompromising nuclear safety, modern systems engineering, and agile product development.

As Systems Engineering Lead, you’ll lead design reviews and ensure traceability between requirements, design and evidence. This is a hands‑on, technically‑led role with no direct reports, but with real influence across every engineering discipline on the project.

What you’ll be doing

• Lead and coordinate design reviews at system and plant level, including architecture, integration and interface assessments
• Review engineering documentation (MBSE models, architectures, schematics, requirements) for verifiability and testability
• Plan and oversee verification activities across the project lifecycle, from concept through commissioning
• Manage non-conformities, driving root cause analysis and corrective action

What you’ll bring

• Proven experience in system engineering/safety engineering within the nuclear industry, ideally covering plant design, system architecture/integration, or safety-classified systems
• Strong grounding in systems engineering, requirements management, and design verification methodologies
• A track record of reviewing and challenging system designs constructively and independently
• Confident communicator, comfortable coordinating across multiple engineering disciplines
• Fluent English

Location

Based in Finland, with flexible hybrid and remote working options where applicable.

This is a rare chance to shape the systems engineering frameworks of a nuclear SMR from the ground up, within a fast-moving, mission-driven team.

Interested?

Please note this position requires security clearance from the Finnish Security and Intelligence Service (Supo).