# UAV Systems Engineer

**Company**: TEKEVER
**Location**: Lisbon
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

Join TEKEVER and become part of the engineering team behind the AR5 Uncrewed Aircraft System (UAS). As a Systems Engineer, you will work at the digital core of the platform, collaborating closely with Systems Architects and the Airworthiness team to ensure reliable, secure, and high-performance communication across all aircraft systems.

This is an opportunity to contribute to the design, integration, and certification of cutting-edge aerospace technology, helping deliver mission-critical capabilities in a highly innovative environment.

**Responsibilities**

- Design, define, and manage electrical, control, and communication systems across the AR5 platform.

- Implement, optimize, and maintain communication architectures using MAVLink, DroneCAN, IP networking, and serial communication protocols (RS232/422/485).

- Evaluate system architecture and identify opportunities to improve performance, reliability, and integration across the UAS.

- Collaborate with multidisciplinary engineering teams to define system interfaces, resolve integration challenges, and ensure technical alignment.

- Support the definition, analysis, and traceability of system requirements throughout the product lifecycle.

- Partner with the Airworthiness team to ensure hardware and software solutions comply with aerospace certification and flight safety requirements.

- Act as the technical bridge between software development and hardware integration, maximizing the performance of onboard computing and sensor systems.

- Produce and maintain high-quality technical documentation, including system architecture diagrams and interface documentation.

**Requirements**

- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related technical discipline.

- 4+ years of experience in systems engineering, ideally within aerospace, robotics, autonomous systems, or other safety-critical industries.

- Strong knowledge of communication protocols, including IP, CAN, and Serial.

- Experience working with Real-Time Operating Systems (RTOS) and/or Embedded Linux.

- Strong systems thinking with the ability to understand interactions between multiple hardware and software subsystems.

- Excellent communication skills and fluency in English.

**Nice to Have**

- Experience with Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS/UAVs).

- Knowledge of aerospace development and certification standards such as DO-178C, ARP4754A, or equivalent.

- Experience developing embedded software in C/C++ and/or Python.

- Familiarity with systems engineering methodologies and requirements management tools.

**Benefits**

- A dynamic and collaborative working environment, with the opportunity to make a real impact

- A competitive salary package, aligned with your proven level of experience

- Meal allowance and health insurance for employees

- Shuttle transport service to the offices in Leiria, Caldas da Rainha and Ponte de Sor

- Bonus in line with company policy

- Access to the Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

## Skills

### Required
- Aerospace Engineering
- Electrical Engineering
- Systems Engineering
- communication protocols
- RTOS
- Embedded Linux

### Nice to have
- UAS/UAVs
- DO-178C
- ARP4754A
- C/C++
- Python

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