Head of Systems Engineering DUV (f/m/x)

• Responsibility for the strategic and operational development of Systems Engineering in the DUV environment.
• Establishment of standards, roles, and interfaces for architecture, requirements management, roadmaps, and decision processes.
• Technical and disciplinary development of Systems Engineering roles.
• Harmonization of activities across products, programs, and product lines
• Ensuring consistent roadmaps, system architectures, requirements, and interfaces in alignment with programs, product management, and development.
• Management of program-agnostic initiatives (task forces, focus teams, pre-feasibility).
• Transparency on backlogs, reports, risks, and dependencies; well-founded positions toward stakeholders.
• Continuing development of the Systems Engineering community and the Product & Solution Generation Process.

Your profile

• Completed university degree (ideally PhD) in engineering or natural sciences.
• Many years of experience in systems engineering, product development, or technical program management of complex high-tech systems.
• Proven technical and/or disciplinary leadership responsibility as well as team/role development.
• Proficient in systems engineering methods, requirements management, system architecture, roadmaps, and program management.
• Ability to structure and present complex technical, economic, and organizational contexts in a decision-ready way.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication skills, assertiveness, and confident presence at all levels (including internationally). Entrepreneurial mindset: solution-oriented, with a view to portfolio, scalability, risks, and feasibility.

Contact

Janina Kalmbach

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Posted Oct 27, 2026

Posted Oct 27, 2026