Senior Systems Integration Engineer / Tech Lead Counter-UAS at Emergent Swarm Solutions

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Senior Systems Integration Engineer / Tech Lead Counter-UAS

Emergent Swarm Solutions

Delft, South Holland, Netherlands

On-Site

Expert

Starts as soon as possible

posted 16 days ago

Vacancy Summary

Join Emergent, a pioneering company in autonomous aerial systems, as a Senior Systems Integration Engineer. Lead the integration of complex C-UAS systems, ensuring seamless operation in challenging environments while contributing to impactful defense technology.

Required skills

PYTHON

PX4

MAVLink

Field Testing

Verification

Validation

Ambition

simulation

distributed systems

Growth

Combine

Teams

Algorithms

Technical Leadership

Electrical

Interface Control

Communication Skills

Design

GPU

SOLID

Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)

Hardware

Motivation

Debugging

Docker

Dutch

Integration Architecture

Radar

English

Compensation

Communications

Prioritization

Logic

system integration

Drones

Technology

Sensor Fusion

Strategy

ArduPilot

systems architecture

Aerospace

Detection

influence

Continuous Integration/Deployment (CI/CD)

Capital

(C)MOS

Evaluation

Technical Projects

Tech Lead

Interfaces

Make

Regulation (EU) 2023/1542

Classification

Management

Tracking

Behave

data

Continuous Delivery (CD)

Loop

Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD)

Analyzing

Front-end

FME(C)A

Linux

Mechanical

technical direction

Interoperability Standards

Development

Signals

emergency response

reasoning

NICE

Integrated Air and Missile Defense

JOIN

Campaigns

System Architecture

Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS)

ISAD(G)

C++

English level

Fluent

Languages

English

Dutch

Emergent is a Delft-based company dedicated to revolutionizing autonomous aerial systems for defense and emergency response. We develop and deploy software for unmanned aerial systems (UAS) that enables platform-independent collaborative autonomy, and we build the Counter-UAS (C-UAS) systems that detect, track, and defeat hostile drones in denied and cluttered environments. Our technology leverages decentralized swarming algorithms and multi-sensor fusion to tackle real-world challenges at scale.

We have successfully attracted significant capital and grants, and we are working with clients and strategic partners across Europe and allied countries — strong signals of market traction. Backed by experienced advisors, we offer the chance to join a 20-person team pushing the boundaries of autonomy and counter-drone defense, with real autonomy and influence over what we build.

The Role

As Senior Systems Integration Engineer / Tech Lead for our C-UAS product line, you will own how our detection, tracking, command-and-control, and effector subsystems come together into a single, coherent system that works in the field. This is a system-of-systems role: your job is to make heterogeneous sensors, data links, C2 software, and effectors behave as one; reliably, under time pressure, against real threats.

You will set the technical direction for integration, lead a group of engineers, and stay hands-on. This is not a UI-design or front-end role, and it is not about building simple, self-contained features. We are looking for someone who has integrated complex systems (of systems) before — ideally C-UAS or IAMD — and who knows where the hard problems hide: interfaces, timing, sensor fusion, decision logic, and interoperability.

Responsibilities

Own C-UAS system integration end to end — architect and lead the integration of radar, RF, EO/IR, acoustic and other sensors with our C2 and effector subsystems into a deployable, interoperable whole.
Lead command-and-control (C2) integration — define the interfaces, message buses, and data models that connect detection, tracking, decision-making, and effector cueing across the kill chain.
Drive sensor fusion and track management — integrate and validate multi-sensor fusion, track correlation, and classification so the system produces a single, trustworthy air picture.
Own the decision-making layer — integrate threat evaluation, prioritization, and effector-assignment logic (human-on-the-loop / human-in-the-loop) into robust, testable software.
Set the technical direction — maintain the integration architecture, ensuring modularity, interoperability, and adherence to relevant standards and ICDs.
Lead and mentor — guide a small, high-performing engineering team, set code standards, testing frameworks, and review processes, and grow the technical capability of the people around you.
Stay hands-on — contribute directly to development, debugging, simulation, HIL/SIL, and field testing; own V&V strategy from bench to deployment.
Bridge to the real world — collaborate with founders, clients, and partners to translate operational requirements into scalable system architecture, and take integrated systems from prototype through customer acceptance trials.

About Emergent Swarm Solutions

Emergent Swarm Solutions

Emergent enhances safety and efficiency in the most demanding scenarios through fully autonomous swarming. Our technology enables intelligence gathering in the most challenging environments, navigating through cluttered areas with ease. Our technology is cost-effective, platform independent and operational even in GNSS and communications-denied environments. Our technology meets critical defense needs and supports disaster response and law enforcement. By providing reliable solutions in various high-stakes scenarios, Emergent ensures that crucial operations can be carried out with precision and minimal risk.

Locations

Delft, NL

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