Chief System Architect

MKU; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 6,500,000 - 9,000,000; Full time

Job summary

MKU is seeking a senior architect to own the C2 software and system architecture under technical authority. You will define core services, data structures, and abstraction layers for sensor/effector integration, with an emphasis on redundancy and high availability.

The role includes supervising multi-sensor fusion, mission planning, and external C2 integration, while reviewing designs to enforce baselines across the codebase.

Qualifications

• Own overall software/system architecture under technical authority.
• Define core C2 services, data architecture and abstraction layers.
• Supervise multi-sensor fusion, mission planning and external C2 integration.
• Review code/designs and enforce architecture baselines.

Responsibilities

• Own C2 software that coordinates sensor and effector data flows.
• Define command hierarchy and service architecture with redundancy.
• Oversee interface with external C2 systems and GCS integrations.
• Ensure interoperability across radar, EO/IR and EW components.
• Review Tier-2/Tier-3 designs to uphold standards.

Skills

C2 architecture

C4ISR

Real-time systems

Multi-sensor fusion

Software architecture

Tools

ASTERIX

CoT

JSON/XML

REST APIs

TCP/UDP

Message buses

Job description

Role & responsibilities

• Own overall software/system architecture under technical authority.
• Define C2 core services, data architecture, sensor/effector abstraction layers, command hierarchy, role architecture, service architecture, redundancy and degradation behaviour.
• Supervise Common Operating Picture, multi-sensor fusion, TERA/TEWA, UDTL/database, mission-planning and external C2 integration.
• Own the C2 side of Interceptor GCS integration, including target handover, command/acknowledgement, telemetry and status flow.
• Review code/designs produced by Tier-2 and Tier-3 C2 resources and enforce architecture and interface baselines.

Preferred candidate profile

• Command-and-control applications, C4ISR/BMS/air-defence software, distributed real-time systems, multi-sensor architectures and high-availability software.
• Microservices/service-oriented architecture, messaging middleware, databases, network architecture and mission-system integration.
• Understanding of radar tracks, EO/IR, RF/DF, ADS-B/IFF, EW systems, effectors and C2 interoperability.
• Protocols/formats such as ASTERIX, CoT, JSON/XML, REST APIs, TCP/UDP and message buses.

Preferred projects undertaken

• Air-defence C2, battlefield-management system, ATC, ISR fusion, command-post, surveillance, mission-management or UTM application.
• Real-time multi-sensor software system with operator consoles and external interfaces.