Senior Energy Systems Architect

Optics11 Life; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Optics11 is seeking a System Lead Energy to oversee system architecture, technical integrity and end-to-end integration of Energy monitoring products. You translate objectives into requirements, interfaces and decisions ensuring hardware, software, sensing, edge, cloud and AI components work as one reliable system.

The role combines hands-on engineering leadership with practical validation, ensuring traceability and release readiness across product lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Degree in Systems/Electrical/Applied Physics/CS or equivalent practical experience.
• 7+ years of relevant engineering experience with hardware/software products.
• Ownership of system requirements, architecture and interfaces.
• Strong depth in embedded or software systems across electronics, sensing, networking and data processing.
• Experience defining data flows and processing chains and their impact on performance.
• Hands-on integration and troubleshooting using measurements, logs and experiments.
• Experience with traceability, configuration management and verification planning.
• Clear English communication and independent technical leadership.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain system requirements, architecture, interfaces and criteria; allocate to subsystems.
• Lead technical decisions and design reviews across disciplines for performance, reliability and cost.
• Define data exchange and interpretation requirements, data quality, timing and compatibility.
• Identify risks, failure modes and operating limits early; guide design decisions.
• Drive system integration with component owners and resolve dependencies across hardware/software/AI.
• Represent Energy requirements in the shared OptimAE platform and maintain compatibility.
• Lead complex system investigations and root-cause analyses for improvements.
• Collaborate with IVVQ on testability, verification, and release readiness.
• Guide deployment, diagnostics, recovery and serviceability with clear documentation.

Skills

System engineering

Embedded software

Data processing

Diagnostics

Technical leadership

English communication

Education

Engineering degree (Systems/Electrical/Applied Physics/CS)

Tools

Python

Embedded Linux

Docker

Job description

Optics11 is seeking a System Lead Energy to oversee system architecture, technical integrity and end-to-end integration of Energy monitoring products. You translate objectives into requirements, interfaces and decisions ensuring hardware, software, sensing, edge, cloud and AI components work as one reliable system.

The role combines hands-on engineering leadership with practical validation, ensuring traceability and release readiness across product lifecycle.