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# Principal Engineer - Systems Engineering at SAP

LanguageEnglish
Nederlands

Compensation

€6,342 – €8,400/mo

**Location**
: Hoogeveen, Drenthe

**Type**
: Full-time

**Level**
: lead/mgmt

**Posted**
: Sep 11, 2026

## Summary from listing

GKN Fokker Aerospace is hiring a Principal Engineer - Design Architecture & Simulation in Hoogeveen to lead system architecture and concept development, trade studies, requirements, interfaces, and performance targets for autonomous and unmanned defence systems. The role also develops and maintains behaviour, performance, and mission-level models; performs aerodynamic, flight-mechanics, vehicle-performance, and system-interaction analyses; and supports systems engineering, verification, validation, and technical assurance. The engineer will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and international partners, travel approximately 15%, and require a bachelor's or master's degree in aerospace engineering or a related discipline plus experience with design architecture, modelling, and simulation tools such as MATLAB/Simulink, ANSYS, Star-CCM+, Comsol, Simscape, and Amesim.

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