Lead Systems Engineer – Fuzes & Warheads (Wirksysteme)
Core
Lead systems engineering for warhead and lethality package programmes, focusing on safety-critical ESAD and MSAD architectures, fuzes, and target-sensing systems.
Role type
Lead Systems Engineer (Defence AI & Hardware)
Builds
Warhead systems, lethality packages, fuzes, and target-sensing technologies for loitering munitions
Domain
Defence industry, AI integration, safety-critical hardware
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Systems engineering, requirements management, integration/verification/validation (IV&V), supplier relationship management, technical stakeholder communication, safety-critical architecture design, test planning and coordination
Preferred skills
Experience delivering lethality package programmes across multiple defence domains
Technologies
ESAD, MSAD, loitering munitions, reinforcement learning, distributed systems, generative AI
Responsibilities
Define and manage system requirements for ESADs, MSADs, fuzes, and lethality packages; Plan and deliver integration, verification, validation, and qualification activities; Act as technical point of contact for internal teams, suppliers, and external customers; Coordinate with firing ranges and test centres; Manage supplier relationships
Seniority
Lead, hands-on IC with mentorship