Chief Engineer - HSPN Program

Description

**Location:** Madrid, MD, ES **\#job\-location.job\-location\-inline { display:** inline; } **Professional Profile:** D\&S Engineering, Mobility, and ATM **Required Experience:** Over 2 years of experience **Work Modality:** Hybrid At Indra Group, we protect what matters most. We lead the development of cutting-edge technological solutions that reinforce national and international security. ️ Join our Systems Engineering team! We are seeking a Chief Engineer to technically lead the HSPN program, assuming global responsibility for the project’s technical decisions and ensuring the balance among performance, cost, risk, schedule, and industrialization throughout the system’s entire lifecycle. **Location:** Torrejón de Ardoz What will you do? * Technically lead the program, serving as the highest engineering authority and primary technical reference for clients, partners, and internal teams. * Define, integrate, and evolve the system architecture and its main subsystems. * Coordinate multidisciplinary teams in a matrix environment, fostering collaboration among Program, Engineering, Production, Quality, Procurement, and ISS. * Ensure proper management and traceability of technical, regulatory, certification, and safety requirements. * Lead technical reviews, configuration management, change control, and resolution of critical incidents. * Manage technical risks by defining mitigation plans and ensuring technological and industrial maturity of solutions. * Define technical milestones, deliverables, and program acceptance criteria. * Actively participate in technical planning and project monitoring. * Represent the program’s technical position before clients, certification bodies, strategic suppliers, and partners. * Ensure correct integration of hardware, software, embedded systems, and industrialization technologies. What are we looking for in you? **✅ Education:** Telecommunications Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Computer Science, or related field. **✅ Minimum Experience:** Proven experience performing technical leadership roles in complex engineering programs, preferably within Defense or critical systems domains. **✅ Technical Knowledge:** * Systems engineering and architecture of complex systems. * Integration of multidisciplinary systems. * Product lifecycle management. * Requirements management and technical traceability. * Configuration management and change control. * Technical risk management. * Hardware, software, and embedded systems. * Validation, verification, and acceptance of complex systems. **✅ Valuable Functional Knowledge:** * Defense systems development programs. * Technical review and certification processes. * Planning and execution of complex programs. * Engagement with institutional clients and certification bodies. * Aviation regulations, methodologies, and standards (e.g., DO\-178, DO\-254, ARP4754, or similar). * Industrialization and production processes. **✅ Key Competencies:** * Technical leadership and organizational influence. * Decision-making capability in complex environments. * Holistic product and system vision. * Ability to engage effectively with clients and strategic stakeholders. * Results orientation and commitment to delivery. * Capability to manage and coordinate multidisciplinary teams. **✅ Languages:** * Advanced English is mandatory. What we offer you * Stability and Future ✨: Participation in high-impact strategic programs within the Defense sector. * Innovation: Work on advanced technologies and complex systems. * Leadership: A key role in the technical direction of a strategic program. * International Environment: Collaboration with top-tier clients, partners, and suppliers. * Career Plan: Development toward technical leadership and program management positions. * Continuous Training: Open University and Udemy for Business. * Exclusive Benefits and Flexible Compensation. As a company, we understand equality as a cross-cutting principle and a driver of social change. From this conviction, we reaffirm our commitment to equal treatment and opportunities between women and men, non-discrimination, pay equity, and work-life balance. This commitment translates into promoting respectful and inclusive workplaces where all individuals are treated with dignity, can develop professionally, and enjoy equal opportunities in selection, training, and promotion processes—ensuring a workplace free from any discrimination based on gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, ethnicity, marital status, or any other personal or social circumstance. INDRA is a Top Employer 2026! Join a company certified as one of Spain’s best employers, thanks to our comprehensive HR management and the conditions we provide for our professionals.