Lead Systems Integration Engineer

Lead UAV Integration Engineer

Location: Warsaw preferred, London also considered

Travel: EU 1-2 times per month

Language: English required; Polish useful but not essential

Key Responsibilities

UAV Integration & Scale-Up

• Own and manage integration engineering activity across existing UAV platforms and new product development.
• Act as the key interface between design engineering, production, quality, supply chain and programme teams.
• Support the scale-up from prototype builds to repeatable production processes.
• Identify integration risks early and propose practical mitigation plans.
• Drive standardisation of integration processes, tooling, checklists and working methods.
• Support training of technicians, production staff and external manufacturing partners.
• Ensure integration traceability, configuration compliance and consistent engineering standards.
• Support root cause analysis and corrective actions for integration issues.

Systems Engineering Ownership

• Build a deep understanding of the full UAV platform and the rationale behind existing design decisions.
• Work across mechanical systems including airframe structures, propulsion and fuel systems.
• Work across electrical, avionics, control, payload and mission equipment systems.
• Evaluate subsystem compatibility and support practical engineering decisions during integration.

Documentation & Knowledge Management

• Capture UAV knowledge held by external stakeholders and ensure it is transferred into internal systems.
• Manage integration documentation including checklists, quality control records, integration training materials and tooling requirements.
• Support the preparation, review and maintenance of assembly instructions, wiring diagrams, BOMs, drawings, test records and production procedures.
• Maintain accurate integration records to support traceability and configuration control.

Hands-On Assembly & Integration

• Provide hands‑on support for assembly and integration of airframe structures, avionics, wiring, payloads and mission equipment.
• Assist with fit checks, mechanical modifications, cable routing, mounting solutions and integration problem solving.
• Resolve technical issues during build, integration and test activity.

Electrical Systems, Testing & Flight Readiness

• Support configuration, troubleshooting and functional testing of integrated electrical and control systems.
• Support ground testing, system verification and readiness activities ahead of flight testing or deployment.
• Develop and manage detailed commissioning and factory acceptance test protocols.
• Support preparation of UAVs for flight testing, demonstrations and customer‑facing trials.

Supplier, Subcontractor & Manufacturing Partner Support

• Manage and support external subcontract integration partners through introduction, ramp‑up and ongoing delivery.
• Ensure subcontractors and manufacturing partners work to internal quality standards, safety procedures and engineering best practice.
• Work closely with partners onsite where required, typically around 1-2 times per month.

Product Development & Continuous Improvement

• Collaborate with design and engineering teams to integrate new functionality in line with the product roadmap.
• Support the engineering team in capturing knowledge required for full digital twins in Onshape.
• Create and manage updated BOMs for new variants.
• Support supply chain teams in evaluating alternate component sources and ensuring compatibility.
• Contribute practical engineering insight to improve build efficiency, maintainability, reliability and overall product quality.

Candidate Profile

• Experience in UAVs, aerospace, defence, autonomous systems, robotics, avionics or complex electromechanical hardware.
• Strong whole‑systems engineering understanding across mechanical and electrical systems.
• Comfortable working strategically and hands‑on.
• Experience supporting prototype‑to‑production scale‑up.
• Able to work closely with design, production, quality, supply chain and programme teams.
• Strong documentation, configuration control and process standardisation mindset.
• Practical problem solver with strong communication skills.
• Able to support external manufacturing partners and subcontractors.
• English required; Polish useful but not essential.
• Onshape or digital twin experience would be useful but is not essential.

This is an opportunity to play a key role in bringing advanced UAV platforms into repeatable production within a high‑growth defence technology environment.