HEAD OF SYSTEMS INTEGRATION

JOB OPPORTUNITY

Head of Systems Integration

DESIGNATION GMN-SYS-07

LOCATION ZONE Guimarães, Portugal

CONTRACT TYPE Full-time

SECURITY VETTING DIRECTIVE // MANDATORY REQUIREMENT

Requirements

This job position requires a mandatory National Security Clearance. Candidates must meet the essential NATO security requirements to be eligible for certification:

• ■ Nationality: Active citizenship of a NATO member state.
• ■ Background Check: Clean criminal record and a clean financial/legal history.
• ■ Vetting Authorization: Formal consent to personal, professional and security background vetting.

SUPPORT PROTOCOL: Gaman will actively assist the selected candidate throughout the vetting process and fully cover all associated costs. Please note that obtaining and holding this security clearance is a strict requirement for contract signature and onboarding.

01 / Objective & Overview

Responsible for the end-to-end systems engineering and integration of Gaman's complex platforms, ensuring all sub-systems — structural, electronic, software, power, communications and payload — function as a coherent, validated system meeting mission requirements. Owns the system architecture definition, interface control documents (ICDs), verification and validation (V&V) master plan, and the integration test environment. Acts as the technical bridge across all engineering departments and external partners, ensuring interoperability, traceability and certification readiness.

02 // BASE FORMATION

• > MSc or PhD in Systems Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent
• > Formal systems engineering qualification: INCOSE CSEP or ASEP certification is mandatory
• > Complementary training in ECSS-E-ST-10 (Space Systems Engineering), ARP-4754A, and MBSE tools
• > Knowledge of V&V methodologies, qualification test standards and model-based systems engineering (MBSE)

03 / Required Experience

• Minimum 6 years in systems engineering with at least 3 years as lead systems integrator on complex platforms
• Demonstrated experience managing system-of-systems integration across hardware, software and communications
• Track record in architecting and executing V&V campaigns from unit testing through full-system acceptance
• Experience producing and maintaining ICDs, SEMPs, and system verification matrices (SVMs)
• Expertise in MBSE tools (SysML, Cameo Systems Modeler, DOORS or equivalent)
• Experience in aerospace, defence or space programme integration with multiple sub-contractors is essential

04 // TECHNICAL COMPETENCY INDEX

SYSTEMS ARCHITECTURE

INTERFACE CONTROL (ICD)

V&V MASTER PLAN

MBSE / SYSML

Requirements Management

INCOSE SE PROCESSES

AIT & TEST MANAGEMENT

SUB-SYSTEM INTEGRATION

SW/HW INTEGRATION

C2 & DATABUS ARCH.

ECSS-E-ST-10

DO-160 / MIL-STD-461

RISK & HAZARD ANALYSIS

CONFIGURATION CONTROL

CAMEO / DOORS

SYSTEM ACCEPTANCE