System Analysis Engineer (SAE)

Description

The company builds high-tech solutions for safety and security, and has 68,000 employees in 54 countries, 2,000 of them in the Netherlands.

It works across transportation, defence, space, aerospace and cyberspace, with a focus on AI, big data, connectivity, mobility, IoT and cybersecurity.

Dutch sites are in Huizen, Delft, Eindhoven and Hengelo, the headquarters. Work there includes naval radars, cyber security, transport systems, land force communications, cryogenic cooling, and research with TU Delft and the University of Twente on radar technology and serious gaming.

The Operational Analysis team is a dynamic group that supports the company with studies, sales support, product concepts, algorithms, requirements and sea trials.

Responsibilities

• Build a custom simulation framework and models of radars, optronic sensors, command and control systems, defence platforms and threats.
• Simulate and assess how defence products and integrated combat mission systems perform in operations.
• Turn operational scenarios into insight that sales teams can tailor for customers.
• Carry out scientific and technical studies that affect real defence operations.
• Develop and refine the algorithms that product functions rely on.
• Shape new concepts and improvements for new and existing products.
• Write clear, actionable requirements for new product development.
• Check performance metrics through sea trials.
• Work across teams and departments, and build your own specialist area over time with strong support.

Requirements

• Hold a relevant technical degree, such as electronics engineering, physics, mathematics, aerospace engineering or similar.
• Bring practical experience or a varied perspective from projects, interdisciplinary work or cross-functional collaboration.
• Communicate clearly and work well in diverse, multidisciplinary teams.
• Combine a solution-focused approach with strong analytical thinking.
• Handle complex system engineering designs and abstract concepts, and turn them into models and analyses.
• Program in one or more software environments.
• Turn customer and operational needs into clear technical specifications.
• Explain technical detail in an accessible way and manage expectations well.
• Be open to occasional international travel.
• Hold Dutch nationality, which is required by security and defence project regulations.
• Pass security screening (AIVD-B), which is mandatory.
• Speak Dutch and English fluently.
• Preferred: knowledge of electromagnetic wave propagation, control engineering, or simulation standards such as HLA/DIS.
• Preferred: experience with languages such as Matlab/Simulink, Java, C(++), Python or Fortran.
• Preferred: comfort working in Linux environments.
• Preferred: experience with distributed simulations.

Conditions

Work from one of four Dutch cities: Huizen, Delft, Eindhoven or Hengelo (HQ).

You can usually choose where and when you work. The company aims for a 60/40 balance, with at least two days a week from home where the role allows.

Occasional international travel is part of the role.

A government clearance will be requested under standard company procedures.

You may be asked to complete an assessment to confirm a good match.

Benefits

• Challenging work in a strong team, in a high-tech, innovative setting that welcomes initiative and good ideas.
• Room to grow personally and professionally, including technical, commercial or international skills.
• Collaboration with colleagues from 68 countries.
• A comfortable, modern workspace with a focus on flexibility and work-life balance.
• A good salary and a suitable travel allowance.
• Options to tailor your terms, such as trading PTO for internet costs, the bicycle plan, company fitness or relocation costs.
• 40 days of PTO per year.