Lead System Architect – Autonomous Subsea Vehicle (Equity)

surge marine; Valkenburg; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity/Options

On-site hub at Valkenburg

Job summary

Surge Marine in Valkenburg, Netherlands, is seeking a System Engineer to drive the physical and systemic architecture of our autonomous subsea interceptor platforms. You will own budgets, lead complex integration, and oversee HITL validation from digital models to saltwater reality.

You will report to the Program Lead and help form the core project team, pushing boundaries on payload, speed, and endurance while meeting strict constraints in harsh marine environments.

Qualifications

• Experience leading the complete physical design cycle of complex vehicles.
• Proven assembly, integration and test experience on hardware.
• Strong background in systems engineering and multidisciplinary integration.

Responsibilities

• Architecture Ownership: focal point for vehicle physical design across mechanical, hydrodynamic and systems domains.
• Own System Budgets: manage navigation, power, communications, drag, mass, buoyancy budgets and analyses.
• Complex Systems Integration: lead multidisciplinary teams to integrate high-voltage battery architectures, control loops and payloads.
• Hardware-in-the-Loop (HITL) Validation: oversee HITL testing and qualification before saltwater deployment.
• Plan Test Campaigns and Operations and Future upgrades: hands-on system engineering responsibilities.

Skills

Vehicle design

Systems engineering

Budget management

HITL testing

Team leadership

Education

Engineering degree (Systems/Naval/Aero)

Job description

Surge Marine in Valkenburg, Netherlands, is seeking a System Engineer to drive the physical and systemic architecture of our autonomous subsea interceptor platforms. You will own budgets, lead complex integration, and oversee HITL validation from digital models to saltwater reality.

You will report to the Program Lead and help form the core project team, pushing boundaries on payload, speed, and endurance while meeting strict constraints in harsh marine environments.