Systems Engineer / System Architect – Maritime Navigation Systems

Project overview

For our client, we are looking for an experienced Systems Engineer / System Architect for the development of complex systems in the maritime and nautical environment. The client is an established technology provider from Northern Germany that develops and produces professional navigation, control, and integrated bridge systems for ships. The technical environment includes, among others, radar, ECDIS, and Conning functionalities, navigation sensors, gyrocompass and course control systems, as well as complex system solutions where different hardware and software components are integrated into an overall system.

In the project, you will play a central role between stakeholders, systems engineering, and technical realization. You will analyze requirements, derive system requirements from them, develop system concepts and architectures, and support the system throughout its entire lifecycle. In addition to experience in systems engineering, software development, and model-based development, well-founded knowledge in the field of nautical science is explicitly important, as the technical interrelationships of maritime navigation systems must be understood and considered at the system level.

Work will be done with the client's existing tool landscape.

Responsibilities

Must-have Skills

Nice-to-have Skills

Personal Requirements

-Project Data-

• Recording and analyzing stakeholder requirements and deriving system requirements
• Performing technical analyses at the system level, considering the overall system design
• Designing and further developing system concepts and system architectures
• Creating and maintaining system specifications
• Supporting technical realization within the development team
• Analyzing system components, their capabilities, interfaces, and interaction at the overall system level
• Identifying suitable starting points for new features and changed requirements
• Actively participating in the further development of the product roadmap
• Performing error analyses and developing suitable technical solutions
• Taking over system responsibility throughout the entire lifecycle
• Utilizing the tools and development environment already established at the client's site
• Well-founded knowledge in the field of nautical science / maritime systems
• Experience in Systems Engineering
• Experience with system architectures and system design
• Experience in analyzing and deriving system requirements
• Experience in creating system specifications
• Experience in software development
• Experience in model-based development
• Understanding of complex systems and the interaction of different system components
• Experience with systematic error analyses and technical solution finding
• Completed technical university degree, e.g., Computer Science, Communications Engineering, or comparable field
• Experience with maritime navigation or bridge systems
• Familiarity with systems such as radar, ECDIS, Conning, navigation sensors, or course control is particularly relevant for the specific technological environment. These points are a researched addition and not explicitly mentioned requirements from the original client profile. The client develops corresponding systems and technologies.
• Responsible and independent way of working
• Structured approach to complex technical tasks
• Strong team player
• Ability to motivate other team members
• Technical curiosity and quick comprehension
• Very good communication skills
• Customer-oriented demeanor
• Negotiation skills

Project details

01.01.2027

Contract Type: Freelance / Service Contract

Duration / End: min. 12 months, option to extend

Kiel / Remote, 50% on-site and 50% remote

Utilization / Volume: Full-time

• Start: ab sofort
• Duration: 12 Monate
• Remote: hybrid
• Location: Kiel, Deutschland, DE
• Languages: German