Sensing Programme Lead: Field Deployments & Partners

Onodrim Industries; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Onodrim Industries is building Europe’s largest defence and industrial platform. The Programme Manager for Sensing leads a single engagement from scope to accepted result, with hands-on field work and partner coordination across Europe.

This role requires a technical background, grating experience in sensor systems, and the discipline to manage budgets, timelines, and users to a successful hand-off. Extensive travel across Europe is needed.

Qualifications

• What you'll bring: degree in electrical or mechanical engineering, physics, geophysics, acoustics, DSP or closely related discipline.
• 5+ years in sensing or sensor systems, with at least 3 years hands-on as an engineer before moving to programmes.
• At least 2 years running programmes or projects with ownership: budget, schedule, external partners.
• Experience with physical signals detection concepts: sensor physics, DSP, deployment effects.
• Experience with acoustic, seismic, vibration sensing or similar modalities.
• Experience with field deployments or operational testing with military or critical infrastructure users.
• Comfort managing external engineering partners and holding to commitments.
• Structured, numbers-driven approach: risk registers, test plans, status reports.
• Clear, direct English communication with engineers, partners and users.

Responsibilities

• Run the engagement: own scope, plan, budget, risk register and schedule; report weekly; escalate early.
• Write requirements: convert needs into ops concepts and system requirements with acceptance criteria.
• Manage the partner: statements of work, milestones, data sharing, IP and terms; resolve conflicts.
• Judge the engineering: chair reviews, evaluate data, challenge choices, decide readiness.
• Run the trials: plan and execute lab tests, field deployments, user demos; turn results into decisions.
• Coordinate our engineers: assign work packages and integrate with partner teams.
• Support the deal team: provide sensing-domain diligence on targets and partnerships.
• Plan the hand-off: design outputs for industrialisation and ownership by a portfolio manufacturer.

Skills

Programme management

Sensing systems

Budget management

Stakeholder communication

Travel readiness

English communication

Field deployments experience

Education

Engineering or related degree

Job description

Onodrim Industries is building Europe’s largest defence and industrial platform. The Programme Manager for Sensing leads a single engagement from scope to accepted result, with hands-on field work and partner coordination across Europe.

This role requires a technical background, grating experience in sensor systems, and the discipline to manage budgets, timelines, and users to a successful hand-off. Extensive travel across Europe is needed.