Senior Systems Engineer - Photonics & Sensing (NL)

Darwin Recruitment; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Darwin Recruitment is seeking a Systems Engineer for a senior, high-impact role in the Netherlands. You will take full technical ownership of photonic sensing projects from concept through to deployment, leading cross-functional teams across optics, mechanics, electronics, and software.

The position requires hands-on leadership, production experience, and QMS familiarity. The role is based in Alkmaar with office work expected in a fast-moving, entrepreneurial environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of experience as Systems Engineer, Architect, or Lead Development Engineer.
• Proven ability to lead system definition, requirements traceability, and technical risk management across the full development lifecycle.
• Multi-disciplinary engineering leadership spanning optics, mechanics, electronics, and software.
• Track record of taking products through to production in a high-tech/precision engineering environment.
• Experience working with a professional quality management system.
• Based in the Netherlands and able to work from the Alkmaar office.

Responsibilities

• Take full technical ownership of complex photonic sensing projects from concept to customer deployment.
• Lead system definition, architecture decisions, and lifecycle management across multidisciplinary teams.
• Collaborate with customers and external partners to co-develop solutions and ensure production readiness.

Skills

Systems engineering

Technical leadership

Requirements traceability

Technical risk management

Cross-disciplinary leadership

Education

Physics

Systems Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

Electrical Engineering

Aerospace Engineering

Informatics

Job description

Darwin Recruitment is seeking a Systems Engineer for a senior, high-impact role in the Netherlands. You will take full technical ownership of photonic sensing projects from concept through to deployment, leading cross-functional teams across optics, mechanics, electronics, and software.

The position requires hands-on leadership, production experience, and QMS familiarity. The role is based in Alkmaar with office work expected in a fast-moving, entrepreneurial environment.