Senior Requirements Engineer (m/f/d)

About the role

As a Senior Requirements Engineer , you will be responsible for the quality, structure and traceability of our requirements throughout the entire development lifecycle. The primary focus of this position is Requirements Engineering and Requirements Management. In addition, you will take on selected Systems Engineering responsibilities and work closely with System Architecture, Development, Integration, Test, Safety, Security, Quality Assurance, Project Management and Product Management.

You will ensure that stakeholder needs, requirements, system architecture, verification and management decisions are consistently linked. To achieve this, you will establish clear methods, standards and processes within an interdisciplinary development environment.

Your responsibilities

Elicit, analyse, structure and document stakeholder, customer, system and subsystem requirements

Translate operational scenarios, technical constraints and regulatory requirements into clear, complete and verifiable requirements

Ensure requirements quality with regard to clarity, consistency, completeness, atomicity and testability

Maintain the requirements hierarchy, prioritise requirements and facilitate the resolution of conflicting objectives

Ensure end-to-end traceability from stakeholder needs through requirements and architecture to verification and validation

Create traceability overviews, status reports and maturity assessments

Prepare and facilitate requirements reviews and cross-functional alignment meetings

Create, approve and manage requirements and architecture baselines

Define and monitor baseline processes, approval criteria and change rules

Conduct impact analyses for changes affecting requirements, architecture, interfaces, schedules, costs and risks

Create, implement and continuously improve the Requirements Management Plan

Create and maintain Requirements Engineering guidelines, templates, quality criteria and work instructions

Develop and maintain architecture and modelling guidelines together with the System Architects

Advise project teams on Requirements Engineering, Systems Engineering and the effective use of tools

Tool ownership for Jama and Cameo

Provide functional administration and continuous improvement of Jama Connect

Manage users, roles, permissions, projects and relevant configurations

Maintain requirements structures, relationships, workflows, reviews, baselines, views and reports

Support and enable Jama users through consultation, training and guidance materials

Ensure data quality and methodological consistency in Jama

Provide functional ownership and continuous improvement of Cameo Systems Modeler and the relevant Cameo environment

Define and maintain modelling and architecture standards in Cameo

Support the development and maintenance of models, packages, relationships, interfaces and architecture artefacts

Ensure consistency between requirements in Jama and the system architecture and models in Cameo

Work with IT and tool owners on integrations, updates and continuous improvements to the tool landscape

Management reporting and Systems Engineering

Develop and maintain management dashboards providing transparent insight into the status, quality, coverage, maturity and risks of the requirements and architecture baselines

Define suitable metrics and evaluation criteria together with Project Management, Engineering and senior management

Prepare metrics on requirements progress, traceability coverage, review and approval status, open and overdue requirements, change volume, baseline status, and verification and validation coverage

Analyse trends, bottlenecks, dependencies and quality risks, and derive appropriate measures

Prepare regular status reports and decision-ready management materials

Present status, risks, required actions and improvement proposals to management, project leadership and technical stakeholders

Ensure that dashboards are based on reliable, consistent and traceable data from Jama and Cameo

Support the definition and analysis of system functions, system boundaries, interfaces and technical constraints

Contribute to the decomposition and refinement of requirements at subsystem and component level

Support System Architecture in evaluating solution alternatives, dependencies and conflicting objectives

Contribute to architecture and design decisions and assess their impact on requirements and verification evidence

Support system integration, verification and validation, including the assignment of appropriate verification methods

Review consistency between requirements, architecture models, interface descriptions and test or verification artefacts

Collaborate with Product Management, Systems Engineering, Software, Hardware, Integration, Test, Safety, Security, Quality and other specialist functions

Facilitate cross-functional alignments to clarify requirements, interfaces, responsibilities, dependencies and outstanding decisions

Document outcomes, decisions, assumptions and open points, and consistently follow up on agreed actions

Your profile

Degree in a technical discipline such as Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering or a comparable qualification

Several years of professional experience in Requirements Engineering, Requirements Management or Systems Engineering

Excellent practical knowledge of Jama Connect , including administration, user and access management, reviews, baselines, traceability and reporting

Excellent knowledge of Cameo Systems Modeler , ideally combined with experience in SysML and MBSE

Experience creating and maintaining Requirements Management Plans, guidelines, templates and quality standards, as well as experience with configuration and change management

Experience creating traceability overviews, dashboards and meaningful engineering metrics

Sound understanding of functional and non-functional requirements, system architecture, interfaces, verification and validation

Experience in a regulated, safety-critical or technically complex environment is an advantage

Analytical, structured and quality-conscious approach to work

Confident communication and facilitation skills in workshops, reviews and cross-functional meetings

Strong communication and teamwork skills, combined with the ability to drive topics forward

Excellent written and spoken German and English

What We Offer

Join a mission-driven European defense tech company at a pivotal stage of growth, where you can help shape meaningful technology, take ownership early, and grow with the business!

Competitive compensation package including a bonus opportunity

27 vacation days to start, increasing with tenure up to 30 days

Employer-supported pension contribution

Learning & development support and team events budget

Employee discounts and flexible benefits budget via Probonio

Hybrid working setup depending on role and team needs

Structured salary bands, levelling framework, and bi-annual development conversations

Referral bonus program, dog-friendly office, and relocation support where applicable

About Us

ARX is a dual-use technology company that specializes in developing autonomous unmanned systems and sensors for the European defence sector. Our dual-use unmanned ground systems and sensors assist NATO Armies and civilian first responders in tackling their most challenging problems by providing them with training and information to make better decisions and take effective actions in life-or-death situations.

As our team continues to expand rapidly, we are seeking motivated candidates who are excited to work in a highly energetic, creative, and innovative team dedicated to developing autonomous systems for challenging environments. We operate in a dynamic sector where collaboration, sharing innovative ideas, an