Field Technician (Systems Integration Engineer)

SubSea Craft; Virginia Beach (VA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sick leave

401(k) plan

Health insurance

Dental & Vision insurance

Disability insurance

EAP

Annual bonus scheme

Professional development

Inclusive culture

PTO 10 days + holidays

Job summary

SubSea Craft is seeking a Field Technician (Systems Integration Engineer) to ensure vessels and mission systems are safe, reliable, and ready for demanding customer operations. You will own system-level integration of hardware, electronics, software, sensors, communications, navigation, control and power systems across multiple platforms.

You will lead and support integration, commissioning, testing, fault finding, and documentation, coordinating across mechanical, electrical, and software teams

Qualifications

• Essential – Degree in Mechatronics, Electronics Engineering or Computer Science or equivalent.
• Hardware integration and testing experience ideally within the marine sector.

Responsibilities

• Rapidly develop and deploy working prototypes within a multi-disciplinary team.
• Configure, integrate, commission, and test devices and subsystems (sensors, actuators, networking, navigation).
• Develop and integrate hardware, software, networking and vessel systems to meet requirements.
• Oversee system integration, prototyping, simulation, verification and testing.
• Produce robust technical documentation for integration, commissioning and deployment.
• Support sea trials and validate software, hardware and whole-system integration.
• Collaborate with software, electrical, mechanical and wider engineering teams to meet standards and timescales.
• Diagnose complex system faults using structured troubleshooting and data analysis.
• Maintain accurate records of system versions, tests and changes.
• Adhere to safety and engineering discipline across development, integration and operation.
• Apply hands-on problem solving to ensure integrated systems work reliably in real environments.

Skills

Teamwork

Initiative

Independent working

Honesty

Integrity

Agility

Adaptability

Commercial awareness

Education

Degree in Mechatronics, Electronics Engineering or Computer Science

Tools

CAN bus

CANOpen

NMEA2000

NMEA0183

Codesys

C++

Python

Basic electronics

Job description

Field Technician (Systems Integration Engineer)

• Full Time
• Permanent

Who we are:

SubSea Craft, is a fast-growing, privately funded, UK-founded innovative maritime technology company specialising in next-generation, high-performance watercraft and systems. As we expand internationally, we are establishing a presence in the United States and are seeking US-based talent to support this growth. Operating at the intersection of advanced engineering, cutting-edge design, and user-centric innovation, we deliver safe, effective, and enabling solutions for both commercial and defense applications.

What we offer:

• Sick Leave – 7 days of paid sick leave per year.
• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Access to a 401(k) plan to support your long-term financial wellbeing.
• Health Insurance – Comprehensive medical coverage to support your overall wellbeing.
• Dental & Vision Insurance – Additional coverage for routine and specialist care.
• Disability Insurance – Short-term and long-term disability cover to provide financial protection if you’re unable to work.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) – Access to confidential support services for personal, financial, and mental wellbeing.
• Annual Bonus Scheme – Eligibility to participate in the company’s discretionary bonus scheme, linked to individual and company performance.
• Professional Development – Commitment to ongoing learning and career growth.
• Inclusive Culture – A professional environment that values diversity, innovation, and collaboration.
• Paid Time Off (PTO) – 10 days of paid time off annually, plus public holidays.

Position Summary

The Systems Integration Engineer is responsible for ensuring our physical vessels and integrated mission systems are safe, reliable, operationally ready, and performing as intended across demanding customer-facing opportunities. The role owns the integration and system-level performance of vessel hardware, electronics, software, sensors, communications, navigation, control systems, power and energy systems, payloads, and associated mission equipment, ensuring that individual components and subsystems operate seamlessly as a complete platform.

Working as part of the Mission Success team, the role leads and supports system integration, commissioning, verification, and validation activities, including rigorous pre- and post-operation checks, functional testing, fault finding, configuration management, and preventative maintenance. The engineer applies intelligent, practical engineering judgement to diagnose complex cross-system issues, coordinates rapid resolution of integration failures, and ensures that interfaces between mechanical, electrical, software, and mission systems are clearly understood and robustly controlled.

The role also drives structured data capture and disciplined root-cause analysis, turning operational issues and emerging system behaviours into clear, actionable engineering lessons. Through close collaboration with engineering, operations, and customers, the Systems Integration Engineer helps identify failure modes early, improve system reliability, and continuously adapt and optimise the vessels and their integrated mission capabilities.

Responsibilities will include:

• Working as part of a multi-disciplinary engineering team to rapidly develop and deploy working prototypes, drawing on marine and systems engineering experience to establish appropriate system architectures and integration approaches.
• Responsible for the configuration, integration, commissioning, and testing of devices and subsystems, including sensors, actuators, communications, networking, navigation, control, and other mission-critical systems.
• Developing and integrating solutions spanning hardware, software, networking, and vessel systems that meet project, operational, safety, and regulatory requirements.
• Overseeing system integration, prototyping, simulation, verification, and testing activities to validate design assumptions and demonstrate system performance.
• Producing clear and robust technical documentation to support system integration, commissioning, setting-to-work, testing, and operational deployment.
• Conducting and supporting sea trials, including the testing and validation of software, hardware, networking, and whole-craft system integration in representative operating environments.
• Working closely with software, electrical, mechanical, and wider engineering teams to ensure systems, software, interfaces, and supporting documentation are delivered to the required standard and within project timescales.
• Diagnosing complex system-level faults and integration issues, using structured troubleshooting, data analysis, and root-cause investigation to identify and resolve problems efficiently.
• Supporting configuration management and maintaining accurate records of system versions, settings, test results, issues, and changes throughout the development and operational lifecycle.
• Working to the highest standards of safety and engineering discipline across system development, integration, testing, validation, and vessel operations.
• Applying a practical, hands-on and collaborative approach to problem solving, with a strong focus on getting integrated systems working reliably in real-world operating environments.

Qualifications and Experience:

Essential –

• Degree level qualification in Mechatronics, Electronics Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent
• Hardware integration and testing experience ideally within the marine sector

Desirable –

• An understanding of control strategy
• PLC programming, including Codesys
• An understanding of basic electronics
• Software development in modern C++ and/or Python
• Experience with CAN bus
• Experience with industry standard communication protocols, such as CANOpen, NMEA2000, NMEA0183

Values:

Our people are our greatest asset, we continually strive to provide an excellent working environment to enable our team to do their best work. We have an agile professional workforce: weare founded on the belief that our people are valued and our business is trusted, inclusive and commercially-adept.

What we expect from you:

• Teamwork, mutual respect and collaboration
• Initiative and independent working
• Honesty and integrity
• Business and commercial awareness
• Agility, adaptability and continuous development

We are committed to building an inclusive, diverse workplace where everyone can thrive. If you require any support or adjustments to interact with us, please let us know.

We regret that due to the high volume of applications we are unable to acknowledge every application. Please bear in mind that if you are selected for an interview we will aim to contact you within 14 days of your application or the closing date (if stated). However, if we think that your skills and qualifications may be suitable for other similar positions we may hold your details on our database and contact you in the future. Please let us know if you do not wish us to keep your details on file.

Salary $100,000-$120,000