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# Senior System Engineer

- **Company:** TNO
- **Location:** Den Haag, Netherlands (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** €6,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Systems Engineering, Requirements Management, Verification and Validation (Software), Systems Architecture
- **Published:** June 5, 2026
- **Apply:** https://nl.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=bb08211cdd03e048

## About the Role

Do you have experience in Risk management?, Do you have a Master's degree?, * 7-8+ years of experience as a Systems Engineer across different contexts (domains, TRL levels, client types).

 * A Master's degree (or higher) in applied physics or engineering; acoustics specialisation/track record is strongly preferred.
 * Strong command of Systems Engineering management techniques, including: requirements management, engineering planning and control, system breakdown, estimating/scheduling engineering effort, and risk management/mitigation.
 * Proven ability to bring multiple disciplines together to develop beyond state-of-the-art systems.
 * Able to motivate and guide a team of technical experts in highly complex situations.
 * Experience with acoustic measurement systems is a plus, not a requirement.
 * A drive to continuously improve quality, share best practices, and contribute to the growth of other SEs.
 * Ability to lead the development of IP/patents where relevant.
 * A good command of Dutch and English, both written and spoken.

## Description

As a Senior Systems Engineer in the Acoustics Measurement Systems department, together with our scientists, you take end-to-end technical leadership for the development and realisation of advanced acoustic measurement systems. These systems range from early low-TRL proof-of-principle work to proof-of-concept demonstrators to full client prototypes. You will work closely with project managers, lead scientists, and systems engineers, contributing to technical solutions by connecting expertise and requirements. You are the technical anchor in complex and multidisciplinary projects and help chart the technical route of maximum likelihood of success. Together with our lead scientists, you shape the system definition, translate stakeholder needs into a robust technical baseline, and steer architecture, interfaces, verification/validation and operationalisation with a clear view on the broader system context in which the solution will be used.Our systems are multidisciplinary
by nature. Alongside deep acoustics expertise, you quickly build working knowledge in adjacent domains, such as RF electronics, opto-acoustic concepts (light instead of electricity) or metamaterials. You will lead technical trade-offs across disciplines and guide the team toward balanced, defensible decisions.This is a senior role: you are recognised as a broad-based expert and, for complex projects, the customer sees you as thetechnical point of contact. You also act as an ambassador for Systems Engineering, contributing to the professionalisation of SE within the department and TNO.

You will be responsible for:

 * Technical leadership & system ownership
Owning the overall technical result and quality, from concept of operations and requirements down to subsystem allocation and integration, verification and validation.

 * Architecture, interfaces & trade-offs
Establishing and safeguarding the system architecture, making well-founded trade-offs between design options, and ensuring interfaces across hardware, software, processes, people and information are coherent and traceable.

 * Risk leadership
Driving risk identification, reduction and mitigation as a continuous discipline. Prioritising what matters most to project success and stakeholder confidence.

 * Delivery accountability
Steering the team to a successful delivery: the right performance, the right evidence, the right documentation, and a solution that works in its intended context.

 * Stakeholder alignment at senior level
Connecting disciplines and aligning internal and external stakeholders-often in complex, multi-party environments (customers, partners, subcontractors, consortia).

 * Roadmaps & propositions
Actively contributing to technology roadmaps and translating technical opportunities into credible propositions, linking what is technically possible to what the market and customers need.

 * Acquisition & proposal leadership (technical)
Taking a leading role in acquisition by shaping the technical story, validating feasibility and scope, defining the technical approach, and helping build winning proposals together with the project manager and business development.

 * IP and innovation pull-through
Identifying protectable innovations and, where relevant, guiding the development of IP/patents in line with the project and proposition strategy.

 * SE professionalisation & coaching
Strengthening the SE way of working at TNO (standards, practices, lessons learned) and coaching other Systems Engineers as a senior technical role model.

What we expect from you

You combine deep domain expertise with strong systems thinking and senior-level leadership. You bring structure to ambiguity, decide with judgement, and keep the team focused on what makes the system succeed, technically and in its real-world use.You are comfortable operating at the interface of technology, stakeholders and strategy: you challenge assumptions, create alignment, and turn complex requirements into pragmatic, high-quality solutions.


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