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# Systems Innovation Engineer

- **Company:** Twentyfour GmbH
- **Location:** München, Germany (Remote available)
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Software Requirements Analysis
- **Published:** July 12, 2026
- **Apply:** https://de.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=484351c086726f3b

## About the Role

* Track record: you bring exceptional systems-engineering expertise in unmanned systems/UAVs, with a deep understanding of how components integrate into a complete airborne platform
 * Technical depth: you have deep knowledge of drone sub-systems (propulsion, power/batteries, flight control/autopilot, sensors/payloads, RF/datalink, airframe)
 * Evaluation skills: you can technically evaluate, benchmark, and qualify components and suppliers against system-level requirements
 * Collaboration: you work closely with R&D/engineering, translating system needs into component requirements and sourcing criteria
 * Education: you hold a degree in aerospace, mechatronics, electrical engineering, or a related field - or equivalent hands-on experience that speaks louder than the diploma
 * Languages: you're fluent in English; German is a plus, * Production lifecycle: hands-on experience across the prototype-to-series-production lifecycle of an unmanned system
 * Defense experience: military/defense UAV experience and familiarity with relevant standards and constraints
 * Technical procurement: supplier-facing or technical-procurement experience rather than a pure design-house background

## Description

We're looking for an exceptional Systems Innovation Engineer to bring deep UAV systems expertise into our supply chain organization. In this role, you'll assess drone components and sub-components at a full-system level, ensuring sourcing and evaluation decisions are technically sound, integration-aware, and aligned with how the complete platform performs. This is a technical authority role where you'll bridge R&D and supply chain, directly shaping how Twentyfour sources components for a scaling defense program.

The day-to-day

 * Systems authority: act as the systems-engineering authority for SCM, assessing components at the full unmanned-system level
 * Component evaluation: proactively evaluate, benchmark, and qualify drone components and suppliers against system-level requirements
 * Technical deep-dives: run component-evaluation projects jointly with R&D and the AI team
 * Requirements translation: translate R&D system requirements into clear component specifications and sourcing criteria
 * Supplier relationships: build and maintain technical relationships with strategic component suppliers, assessing roadmaps and capabilities
 * Risk feedback: feed integration, reliability, and obsolescence risk back into sourcing and design decisions


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