Lead Systems Engineer - Autonomous Subsea Vehicle (Hybrid)

Right Search; Valkenburg; Hybrid; Confidential; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance bonuses

Future equity/options

Relocation support

Remote flexibility

Direct budget control

Prototype-adjacent work

25 vacation days

Job summary

Right Search is searching for a System Engineer – UUV for a Valkenburg-based hybrid role in the Netherlands. The position starts remotely with a transition to ~3 days on-site, offering €100,000–€110,000 plus performance bonuses and potential equity.

You will own the complete physical and systemic architecture of autonomous subsea vehicles, leading a small team and coordinating cross-disciplinary engineering to push hardware into saltwater reality.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated track record of leading the complete physical design cycle of complex vehicles
• Minimum 10 years of experience as a System Engineer
• Assembly, Integration, Test (AIT) experience
• Deep experience with watertight integrity, extreme shock/vibration, thermal management
• NATO-country nationality with eligibility for security clearance
• Business-fluent English (C1)

Responsibilities

• Own the complete physical and systemic architecture of autonomous subsea interceptor platforms
• Serve as focal point for the vehicle's physical design
• Own the vehicle's physical performance margins with absolute authority
• Lead a multidisciplinary team through a highly complex engineering environment
• Oversee Hardware-in-the-Loop testing and qualification logic before saltwater
• Plan test campaigns, operations, and future upgrades
• Wear multiple hats: system engineering, electrical, acoustic, avionics

Skills

System Engineering Leadership

Budget ownership

Hands-on hardware integration

Physical design of vehicles

Hardware-in-the-Loop testing

Education

Systems/ Naval/ Aerospace/ Mechanical Eng

Tools

AIT experience

HITL testing

Job description

Right Search is searching for a System Engineer – UUV for a Valkenburg-based hybrid role in the Netherlands. The position starts remotely with a transition to ~3 days on-site, offering €100,000–€110,000 plus performance bonuses and potential equity.

You will own the complete physical and systemic architecture of autonomous subsea vehicles, leading a small team and coordinating cross-disciplinary engineering to push hardware into saltwater reality.