Lead System Architect GNSS

Job Description

Are you ready to contribute to our 30 years of experience in Satellite Positioning? Join our innovation team as Lead System Architect. At Fugro, we are very much aware that Life as we know it would not be the same without satellites. They can collect more data than any equipment on the ground. And much faster, too. At Fugro, we readily tap into the potential of our global network of reference stations, monitoring satellite signals and correcting their accuracy. Why? So, we can provide our clients with precise, reliable, and real-time insights about your project site.

Your strong industrial experience is crucial to help us take the next steps into our journey to push the boundaries of technological development. You take on a leading role in the optimization of our global architecture that encompasses teams from Oslo to Houston. Our ideal candidate brings in work experience in similar international organizations and navigates easily within multicultural environments. By interacting with customers and our sales team, you know actually what our clients need and create value by translating these into technical requirements.

This role is for the GNSS experts out there that are up for a new challenge in a highly innovating and dynamic environment.

Role

• You take on the responsibility of technical leadership and management of various GNSS-related software development: from embedded libraries to server-based software and from application to research software;

• You collect business requirements by interacting with costumers and sales, you translate these requirements into technical specifications in collaboration with business product owners and technical project managers;

• You are responsible for the development, optimization and maintaining of overall architecture of a global system that includes software running on different servers at various locations around the globe as well as client software for precise localization of marine, land, and space objects;

• You coordinate the development between different stakeholders, from R&D, business development and marketing and sales;

• You contribute to the definition and design of new products.

Your track record

• You have a master’s degree in technical sciences, a PhD is considered a plus;

• You showcase deep technical knowledge of GNSS and PPP;

• You have 15+ years of industrial experience in system/software development of which 3+ years in a position as Principal System Engineer or similar;

• Excellent communication skills in English and proven ability to collaborate across functions and organisational levels (business management, project management, stakeholders);

• You have the ability to learn quickly in combination with the ability to grasp sophisticated software systems and the research heavy technology behind them;

• You have working knowledge of different development methodologies, such as Agile and V-model;

• Experience in working in QA/QM environments, ideally automotive or civil aviation, is a strong plus;

• Experience in working with remote teams is a plus.

What Fugro offers

• A competitive salary;

• 29 holidays per year based on a fulltime employment (of which 4 are appointed by Fugro management) and the possibility to purchase 12 additional days;

• Extensive career & training opportunities both nationally and internationally;

• Flexible working hours and the ability to work from home in accordance with your manager and corporate policies;

• Commuting allowance;

• Modern pension scheme;

• Collective health insurance;

• Possibility to register with our corporate fitness plan;

• Coaching options through our EAP (Employee Assistance Program).

Are you interested?

Please visit our Company Page to find out more on what it is like to work at Fugro.

For further information, please contact Bram van der Ploeg, Talent Acquisition Partner, +31 6 3458 0051.

After you have applied

• You will receive an automated confirmation-email of the receipt of your application.

• When we see a match, we will invite you for the first interview within a couple of days. Of course, you will also receive a message if we will not invite you;

• After a successful first round, you will be invited for the second round. There will be a total of three rounds of interviews;

• If we are both still positive after the interviews, we will make you an offer, and with that we hope to welcome you at Fugro!

Disclaimer for recruitment agencies:

Fugro does not accept any unsolicited applications from recruitment agencies. Acquisition to Fugro Recruitment or any Fugro employee is not appreciated**.**