Experienced System Architect looking for an opportunity to spearhead system architecture within your own product range? Niko is looking for you!
Niko is an international family-owned company providing well-designed, intuitive, and user-friendly electrical solutions. Inspired? Then you might want to work with us!
Have you ever FAILED or worked on a bad system architecture? Then we are looking for you! We believe that in order to learn and be the best, you have experienced failure and suffered the results of wrong architecture decisions.
We are currently looking for an experienced System Architect to join our R&D team at Competence Centre Sensing in Sønderborg, to further strengthen our development of system architecture within our sensing product portfolio. Join us in developing state-of-the-art sensing devices!
Job description
As System Architect, your main responsibilities will be to define, design, and document the architecture for products, solutions, services, and software in order to ensure on time and within budget the creation of system architecture that reaches our high expectations.
You will collaborate closely with the business management. You will gather, analyze, interpret, integrate, and challenge the diverse information and requests as well as identify options related to capturing and conceptualizing the scope of the architectural work to be done. In addition, your key responsibilities will be:
In line with the overall Niko strategy determine and control a number of architecture policies
Provide architectural expertise, direction, and assistance to System Analysts, System Engineers, and other System Architects, and software development teams
Based upon the outputs of the scoping work gather, analyze, interpret, integrate a variety of specific requirements-related data; make related recommendations and propose an architecture road map
Based on long-term architecture vision evaluate, advise, and co-decide (with management) the adoption of technologies, new components and technics (make/buy) as well as various improvements
Conduct research on emerging technologies in support of systems development efforts, and recommend technologies that will increase cost effectiveness and systems flexibility
Drive, monitor, and guard the architecture implementation
In line with the strategic objectives define, create, maintain/update and publish architecture-related documentation and inform/train others on the related know how
Where applicable design, develop, and oversee implementation of end-to-end integrated systems
Your working base will be in Sønderborg, and you will be part of a development-oriented, open, and skilled R&D team. You will also collaborate with various people both internally in the organization and externally. You will refer to the R&D Manager at Competence Centre Sensing in Sønderborg.
Background and skills
For this position, you hold a Master’s degree in Engineering or similar. Furthermore, we expect you to have +10 years of experience working with system architecture in a similar position within R&D, preferably within the electronic business. In addition, you possess the following competencies:
Extensive experience in developing strategic systems architecture plan
Hands-on experience with business requirements
Proven experience in systems and network design and development
Strong understanding of information processing principles and practices
Strong knowledge of software evaluation principles and practices
Proven project planning and management experience
Good knowledge of applicable data privacy practices and laws
Exceptional understanding of the organization’s goals and objectives
Excellent architecture and technical support documentation skills
Able to conduct research within emerging technologies, trends, standards, and products
On a person level, you are a passionate system architect who is always up to date in terms of new technology, market development, customers and competitors in the market. You have strong interpersonal skills and appreciate working in a team-oriented, open and inclusive work environment. You have good communication skills and the ability to present ideas in a user-friendly language. Moreover, you have excellent written and verbal communication skills in English, optionally knowledge of Danish or wish to learn the language.
You apply for the position by sending your application to job@zubstanz.dk, please attach a motivational letter and CV.
If you have questions or would like to know more about this position, please contact Søren Mortensen from Zubstanz at +45 2548 8050 or e-mail skm@zubstanz.dk
We make buildings work better for you!
Niko is a family-owned company based in Sint-Niklaas, Belgium. Niko designs and produces switching material, lighting control and home automation. Our solutions minimize energy consumption and improve user comfort. Niko Group employs more than 700 people in 10 countries. Niko Nordic in Sønderborg, Denmark, is competence centre for detectors and handles sales and distribution of Nikos product range in Denmark, Sweden and Norway.
A good place to work
At Niko you get the opportunity to unfold and stimulate your skills in a highly technological and innovative environment. We aim at having a good and inspiring work environment where you can both use and develop your knowledge and talents. We do believe that dedicated employees are the fundament for the continued growth and development of Niko.