Software Architect   ISR

Main responsibilities 

This position offers a great balance between technical depth and leadership, allowing you to grow your architectural skills while contributing to meaningful, high-impact projects within a dynamic and collaborative high-tech environment.  

• Work closely with system engineers and stakeholders to translate functional and non-functional requirements (such as performance, security, availability, and compliance) into clear architectural designs and technical roadmaps.
• Design, create, and maintain architectural documentation, including diagrams, technical specifications, decision records, and system documentation.
• Support and mentor software engineers by sharing architectural insights, design patterns, and best practices, helping to strengthen technical capability across the team.
• Define and apply architectural standards to ensure solutions are scalable, secure, and high-performing. 
  

Requirements 

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Computer Science, Applied Physics, or a related technical field — or equivalent practical experience.
• Proven experience in designing and architecting modular, maintainable, and scalable software, ideally with containerized applications running in the cloud.
• Familiarity with Agile ways of working.
• Relevant technical experience in Earth observation technologies, preferably within a military or defence-related context.
• Experience or interest in embedded programming is a plus.
• An entrepreneurial mindset, with the ability to spot opportunities to grow the team and reduce time-to-market for ISR products.
• Strong people and leadership skills, with the ability to inspire, guide, and support others.
• Excellent communication skills in English (spoken and written). Knowledge of Dutch is preferred.
• An affinity with working in the Defence domain and the ability to obtain security clearances at SECRET level (Dutch, NATO, EU) is required.

Please note that if you do not hear back from us within 10 days of your application, you may assume that we have selected another candidate we would like to interview for this position. We do our best to get back to you individually; however, due to a high volume of responses, it can be that we have not been able to reject your application in person.

We kindly request that recruitment agencies do not contact us regarding this vacancy. We are not seeking assistance and will not be liable for any fees or charges associated with unsolicited CVs or candidate introductions. Any candidates submitted by agencies without prior written agreement will be considered our direct applicants and may be employed without obligation or fee.