Quantum Systems next-generation unmanned solutions across air, land, and sea. From advanced aerial drones to underwater and ground platforms, our systems combine cutting-edge hardware with AI-driven software for seamless control and real-time data insights. Trusted by defense, security, and public sector clients worldwide, we redefine mission versatility and performance.
Quantum-Systems is a strong supporter of Ukraine and has it’s local Ukrainian office since 2022.
As Senior Systems Engineer you will be responsible for become a core member of the newly established Systems Engineering function in Ukraine, supporting the development and evolution of complex unmanned aerial systems and their supporting software, communication, payload, and ground-control components.
This is a full-time office job. Candidates must be located in Kyiv.
System Context & Functional Analysis – Translate product Capabilities, operational scenarios and ConOps into a clear technical system context, including system boundaries, actors, operating modes, states, assumptions and external interactions.
Trade Studies & Technical Feasibility – Perform structured technical feasibility assessments and trade studies, evaluating alternatives, constraints, risks and system-level consequences and preparing evidence-based engineering recommendations.
System Requirements Engineering – Develop, analyze, refine and maintain system-level requirements that are unambiguous, feasible, measurable and verifiable, including rationale, applicability, criticality and traceability.
System Architecture Development – Contribute to and develop functional, logical and physical system architectures covering HW, SW, communication, payload, ground-control and other relevant system elements.
Requirements Decomposition & Allocation – Decompose system requirements and allocate functions, performance constraints and technical responsibilities to subsystems and engineering domains while maintaining end-to-end traceability.
Subsystem Technical Contracts – Define the system-level technical expectations for individual subsystems, ensuring engineering teams have clear requirements, constraints, interfaces and verification intent without prescribing their detailed implementation.
Interface Management – Define, coordinate and maintain cross-domain system interfaces, including mechanical, electrical, RF, data, API and HW/SW interfaces, and ensure consistency between participating engineering teams.
System Budgets & Constraints – Support definition, allocation and assessment of relevant system budgets and cross-domain constraints such as mass, power, timing, bandwidth, computational resources and performance.
Verification & Validation Basis – Define how system requirements shall be verified, including verification method, level, configuration, environment, measurable pass/fail criteria and expected evidence; contribute to the technical basis for capability validation.
Requirements Traceability – Maintain end-to-end traceability between product Capabilities, system requirements, subsystem requirements, interfaces, implementation scope and verification evidence.
Engineering Change Impact Assessment – Analyze proposed changes, development constraints and V&V findings to identify their impact on requirements, architecture, interfaces, configurations, system risks and verification coverage.
Technical Risk Management – Identify and assess system-level technical risks, assumptions, uncertainties and unresolved items and drive them toward technically justified resolution.
Cross-Functional Engineering Collaboration – Work closely with Chief Engineers, Product Managers, Product Owners, HW/SW Team Leads, domain experts and V&V teams to resolve cross-domain technical topics and maintain overall system consistency.
Engineering Reviews & Documentation – Prepare and review system requirements, architecture descriptions, interface definitions, trade studies, technical decisions, verification strategies and other systems engineering artefacts.
Continuous Systems Engineering Development – Contribute to establishing and improving Systems Engineering methods, templates, tools and working practices as the function is built and scaled within the organization.
Degree in Systems Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Robotics, Computer Engineering or a comparable technical discipline.
3+ years of relevant engineering experience, including substantial work on multidisciplinary products or systems combining several of the following domains: mechanics, electronics, embedded systems, software, communication systems, control systems, sensors or payloads.
Demonstrated experience working at system or subsystem level, rather than exclusively within a single component or narrow technical discipline.
Strong practical understanding of requirements engineering, including requirement formulation, decomposition, allocation, verification criteria and traceability.
Experience developing or contributing to system architecture, including functional decomposition, subsystem boundaries, allocation of functions and management of technical constraints.
Practical experience with system interfaces and cross-functional integration involving multiple engineering disciplines.
Ability to convert incomplete or high-level product and operational needs into structured and testable engineering definitions without prematurely prescribing a detailed implementation.
Experience performing technical trade-off analysis, feasibility assessment and structured engineering decision-making involving competing constraints.
Good understanding of verification and validation principles, including the relationship between requirements, verification methods, test levels, acceptance criteria and objective evidence.
Experience analyzing engineering changes and understanding their cross-system impact on requirements, architecture, interfaces and verification.
Strong understanding of multidisciplinary engineering fundamentals and ability to communicate effectively with specialists from HW, SW, embedded, controls, RF, mechanical and testing domains.
Strong analytical thinking and ability to distinguish system-level responsibility from subsystem detailed design.
Ability to communicate complex engineering topics clearly, structure technical discussions and drive ambiguous cross-functional topics toward explicit technical decisions.
Strong ownership mindset while being comfortable operating in an environment where technical responsibility is distributed between Chief Engineer, Systems Engineering and domain engineering teams.
Fluent English required for technical communication and documentation.
Strong advantages
Experience in UAV, aerospace, robotics, autonomous systems, automotive, defence or other complex embedded cyber-physical systems.
Previous work within a formal Systems Engineering lifecycle using approaches derived from the V-model or comparable development frameworks.
Familiarity with standards and practices such as ISO/IEC/IEEE 15288, ISO/IEC/IEEE 29148 or ISO/IEC/IEEE 42010.
Experience with requirements and traceability tools such as Jama, DOORS, Jira/Confluence or equivalent platforms.
Experience with system modelling approaches such as SysML/MBSE is an advantage, but is not a prerequisite.
Experience with FMEA/FMECA, hazard analysis, system safety or compliance engineering is advantageous.
Practical exposure to system integration, laboratory testing, field testing or flight testing.
We Stand with Ukraine!
We believe in the power of combined efforts: straightforward tech expertise paired with a customer-centric focus.
We are industry pioneers who are ambitious, bold, and visionary.
We push limits, think outside the box, and strive for technological excellence to shape the future of aerial data.
We promise to be your runway for individual and professional growth.
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Quantum-Systems GmbH develops and manufactures unmanned aerial systems and drone technology for commercial and industrial applications.