Job
- Level
- Senior
- Job Field
- IT, System, Embedded
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Contract Type
- Permanent employment
- Location
- Munich
- Working Model
- Onsite
Job Summary
In this role, you will be responsible for systems engineering and integration of airborne sensor systems, including defining technical requirements and conducting extensive tests.
Your role in the team
- End-to-End responsibility for system engineering, integration, testing, and operational readiness of airborne sensor systems.
- Translation of mission scenarios and threat profiles into measurable technical requirements, KPIs, and verification criteria.
- Definition of sensor concepts, operating modes, and CONOPS across different mission phases.
- Management of integration with platform, avionics, mission computer, software, data interfaces, and ICDs.
- Assessment and optimization of sensor performance, e.g., range, coverage, track quality, latency, false alarms, or calibration.
- Planning and execution of verification and test campaigns, including laboratory, HIL, range, chamber/anechoic, and flight tests.
- Analysis of technical issues across sensor technology, RF/Optics, algorithms, avionics, software, and test data.
- Technical management of suppliers, including specification reviews, acceptance tests, change requests, and issue tracking.
- Creation and maintenance of central engineering artifacts such as requirements, verification matrices, test plans, reports, and flight readiness inputs.
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Our expectations of you
Education
- Completed degree in Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering, Physics, or a related field.
Qualifications
- Proven responsibility for sensor integration, performance evaluation, verification, testing, and operational approval.
- Ability to translate mission scenarios and threat profiles into precise, verifiable technical requirements.
- Very good understanding of sensor KPIs such as range, RCS, coverage, revisit rate, track quality, latency, or error budgets.
- Experience in integration with platforms, avionics, mission computers, software, data interfaces, and ICDs.
- Proficient in managing technical suppliers, specifications reviews, acceptance tests, and change management.
- Advantageous: AESA/MFR radar, radar modes, low observability/LPI, direction finding, emitter libraries, ATR, multi-sensor cueing, track association, or defense/aerospace systems.
- Fluent German and English skills as well as interdisciplinary problem-solving competence.
Experience
- Several years of experience with aerostat-mounted or complex EO/IR, Active RF/Radar, or Passive RF/ESM/ELS/RWR sensor systems.
- Experience with bench/HIL, laboratory, range, chamber/anechoic, or flight tests.
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What we offer
- Long-term assignments with the possibility of being taken over by the client's operations.
- Attractive compensation based on qualifications and experience.
- Professional support through dedicated contacts at YER.
- Workplace in a growing, future-oriented market.
- Access to renowned client companies in the defense, aerospace, or security technology sectors.
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About Your Employer
Yer Group
The YER Group, headquartered in the Netherlands, is an internationally operating recruiting company specializing in the placement of professionals in the fields of mobility, technology, and energy. In addition to temporary employment, the company also offers permanent placements and has a strong presence in Germany.
Description
- Company Type
- Recruiting Agency
- Working Model
- Full Remote, Hybrid, Onsite
- Industry
- Recruitment Agency
Senior Systems Engineer Airborne Sensor Systems
- Location
- Munich
- Working Model
- Onsite
- Diversity
- Open for all genders
