Systems Engineer - Armament Control System

The day-to-day

• Take technical responsibility for the full ACS lifecycle, from concept and architecture through hardware and software development, integration and test, to qualification and safety release.
• Ensure compliance with industry standards and regulations such as MIL-STD-1760, ARP-4754A, or MIL-STD-882.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including hardware, software, and systems integration, to ensure a cohesive and robust system design.
• Author and coordinate ACS specifications for suppliers and interfaces for other systems, as well as description documents and user manuals.
• Act as the technical point of contact in supplier management, ensuring the right delivery of the ACS items.
• Define, model, test and integrate the ACS software, using Matlab Simulink and Speedgoat target machines.

You should apply if you

• Have strong background and experience in the development of complex, safety-critical systems within the aerospace or defence industry.
• Have experience in developing and managing system specifications and interface control documents.
• Proficiency with systems engineering tools for requirements management, modelling, and simulation, such as Jama, Gitlab, Simulink.
• Have applied airworthiness and safety standards, for example ARP4754A, MIL-STD-882 or MIL-STD-1760.
• Communicate technical reasoning clearly in written and spoken English, to customers and suppliers as well as engineering colleagues.
• Hold, or are willing and able to obtain, an extended German security clearance (erweiterte Sicherheitsüberprüfung, Ü2 or Ü3).

Note: We operate in an industry where women, as well as other minority groups, are systematically under-represented. We encourage you to apply even if you don't meet all the listed qualifications; ability and impact cannot be summarised in a few bullet points.

Nice to have

• Have integrated stores or weapons onto an airborne platform, whether crewed or uncrewed.
• Have a software development experience in aeronautical and military embedded systems (on Real-Time Operating Systems, applying DO-178C standard, with MIL-STD-1553 sequencing, etc.).

What we offer

• Competitive salary and VSOP options
• Relocation support: up to €2,500 and 4 weeks temporary accommodation
• Learning: €500/£450 yearly allowance
• Health & wellness: gym membership and mental health support (Nilo.health)
• Social: regular company events and monthly social allowances
• Enhanced parental leave: 22 weeks fully paid for primary caregivers & 6 weeks for secondary caregivers
• Family support: 5 days of paid family emergency leave, 100% remote work option during pregnancy and phased return to work

These are the core benefits across all locations; there may be additional benefits in specific sites.

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Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis), table; dl-de/by-2-0; StarIn's calculation

Posted Nov 01, 2026

Posted Nov 01, 2026