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# Payload Integration Lead

- **Company:** Skydweller Aero Inc.
- **Location:** Tres Cantos, Spain
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Test Suite, Systems Engineering, Confluence, Signals Intelligence, Hardware-In-The-Loop Simulation, Network Topologies, Internet Protocol, Network Monitoring, Real-Time Operating Systems, Satcom, Software Engineering, Systems Integration, Information Technology, DO-178B, Polarion, Software Coding
- **Published:** September 24, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.es/contact-us.html

## About the Role

Bachelor's Degree (or higher) in Engineering or Computer Science
Experience integrating payloads/sensors onboard aircraft
Strong understanding of payload integration requirements (e.g. electrical, mechanical, environmental, EMI/EMC, thermal, etc.)
Understanding of flight safety requirements for payload integration
Demonstrated history across all aspects of the systems engineering process: requirements development, design, development, integration, test, verification, and validation.
Knowledge of aircraft command and control functions
Experience with payload management software and PED tools, Experience integrating payloads/sensors onboard unmanned aircraft
Experience developing ground control system software for unmanned aircraft.
Experience with safety-critical software development
Strong coding skills.
Experience with line-of-sight and beyond-line-of-sight (SATCOM) datalinks
Strong understanding of IP network architectures
Experience with DO-178C
Experience with STANAG 4586
Experience supporting UAV flight tests
Experience working in hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) or system integration labs (SIL)
Experience with real-time operating systems
Working knowledge of RF communication links and interfaces
Experience building command centers
Preferred Tools / Process Experience
SCADE
Polarion
Jira
Confluence

## Description

Responsible for the selection and integration of payloads/sensors onboard the Skydweller Unmanned Air System (UAS).
Define all system-level and subsystem-level requirements for payloads and sensors (e.g. EOIR, Radar, SIGINT, comms-relay, etc)
Work with vendors around the world to perform trade studies on payload candidates according to mission-level and system-level requirements and performance objectives.
Responsible for establishing the Skydweller payload-bay ICD to enable plug-and-play of future payloads/sensors. Includes defining all aspects of the payload bay(s) including thermal/environmental, electrical, mechanical, data/networking, EMI/EMC, apertures)
Manage hardware and software engineers to integrate payloads/sensors onto the aircraft
Work with Ground Segment team to integrate and/or develop software to be installed in the ground segment to control payloads, downlink data, and perform processing, exploitation, and dissemination (PED).
Work with network and communications team to design the air-to-ground network topology, router configurations, network management software, and air-to-ground data parameters and format to enable effective operations of the payloads.
Work with ground segment and communications leads to develop a hardware-in-the-loop simulation environment to test the end-to-end system from operator command to payload action and downlink and dissemination of data.
Develop a verification, and validation approach and test suite