Senior V&V Systems Engineer - Hypersonica

Help Build Europe's Hypersonic Capability

At Hypersonica , we’re redefining what’s possible in European defence technology. We exist to deliver speed, resilience, and technological independence at a pace that sets a new standard. We are a small, elite team working on problems that matter, and solving them fast.

By joining Hypersonica , you’re not stepping into a predefined role. You’re joining a talent dense environment where every individual shapes the direction of the company. Our philosophy is to hire a small number of exceptional people with broad, deep technical capability, strong judgement, and the ability to operate autonomously.

We hire for talent, not rigid boxes. This role represents a business need, but the way it evolves will be shaped by the individual. If you’ve achieved what others said was impossible, or you bring a unique combination of skills that doesn’t fit a traditional mould, we want to hear from you. The work you do here directly contributes to Europe’s technological independence.

Own the system architecture and system model for Hypersonica’s high‑speed flight vehicles, ensuring mission intent, vehicle dynamics, avionics, and GNC form a coherent, verifiable whole.

Lead aerospace systems architecture design , taking responsibility for how the vehicle is defined across disciplines from early concept through Preliminary Design Review (PDR) and beyond .

Build and maintain the authoritative system requirements model , decomposing mission‑level objectives into clear, testable system and sub‑system requirements.

Define and own the end‑to‑end system V‑model , including requirements validation, verification strategy, and clear readiness gates for Kick‑off and PDR.

Apply model‑based systems engineering (MBSE) as a practical engineering tool, not a documentation exercise, ensuring traceability between requirements, models, analyses, and tests.

Develop and deliver a 6‑DoF Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC) model to PDR standard, in close collaboration with flight physics and avionics engineers.

Apply closed‑loop control theory in the context of high‑speed flight and military guidance, ensuring controllability, stability, and performance are understood at the system level.

Integrate vehicle dynamics, control laws, sensors, and actuators into a coherent closed‑loop system representation.

Identify system‑level risks early particularly around requirements gaps, controllability, observability, and verification — and drive mitigations decisively.

Act as a technical authority across disciplines, keeping architectural decisions coherent as designs evolve at pace.

An experienced Systems Engineer with a strong track record in system architecture, requirements decomposition, and delivery in safety‑ or mission‑critical environments.