System Architect Engineering Director
Job Reference: 21803
Posted Date: 22/06/2026
Job Type: Permanent
Salary: 50000000 (VND) - 150000000 (VND)
Industry: Aviation
Specialization: Design/Architect
. Organizational Context
- Sits one level above the UAV System Architect (who leads architecture as a technical IC). The Director owns the SE function, process, team, and cross-platform consistency; the Architect owns the technical design synthesis on a given platform.
- Operates within the “Technology Ownership” doctrine — the division masters software, system design, power/thermal, BSP/RTOS, flight software/autonomy, and cybersecurity in-house, and deliberately does not self-manufacture commodity components (SoC, cells, ESCs at current volumes). The System Director is the guardian of this boundary.
- X-URBAN — urban multirotor; government and Japan-market entry platform
- X-FIELD — agricultural precision sprayer
- X-CARGO — long-range delivery (fixed-wing / VTOL)
3. Key Responsibilities
▍ 3.1 System Architecture & Design Ownership
- Own the reference architecture across all three platforms — driving modularity, component reuse, and a common flight-controller / mission-computer core to maximize leverage across the portfolio.
- Translate product strategy, market requirements (Vietnam government, Japan, Korea), and regulatory constraints into a coherent set of system-level requirements, with full traceability from stakeholder need to verification.
- Own all Interface Control Documents (ICDs) between FC, MC, payload/gimbal, datalink/C2, Remote ID module, and ground control segment.
- Govern Reuse / Adapt / Build decisions across FC firmware, perception, autonomy, and hardware — keeping in-house mastery where it matters and avoiding reinvention where it does not.
- Own system-level budgets and allocations: mass/CG, power/thermal, endurance, link budget, reliability/availability, latency.
▍ 3.2 Systems Engineering Process & Verification
- Establish and run the full SE lifecycle aligned to ARP4754A/B: requirements → design → integration → verification → validation, with disciplined configuration and change management.
- Own the V&V strategy end to end — bench, HIL/SIL, ground integration, and flight-test campaigns — and the evidence chain that proves the system meets its requirements.
- Drive safety and reliability engineering: FHA / PSSA / SSA (ARP4761A), FMEA/FMECA, and hazard/risk closure.
- Institutionalize design-review governance: SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR as real decision gates, not formalities.
▍ 3.3 Certification, Airworthiness & Regulatory Interface
- Own design assurance for DO-178C (airborne software) and DO-254 (airborne hardware) where the product tier requires it.
- Lead JARUS SORA / SAIL safety-case development and the operational safety argument.
- Drive certification pathways: CAAV type acceptance (Vietnam), JCAB Level 4 (Japan), KC/RRA (Korea) — serving as engineering authority before these bodies.
- Ensure compliance posture across ASTM F3411 (Remote ID), Decree 288/2025/ND-CP, QCVN 53, and export-control regimes (NDAA, UFLPA traceability).
▍ 3.4 Cross-Functional & Business Engagement
- Convert product and go-to-market strategy into a technical roadmap and architecture the whole organization can execute against.
- Provide technical credibility and depth in customer, partner, and regulator engagements (government customers, NEXCO/JA in Japan, expressway/port/logistics operators in Korea).
- Own program-level technical risk — surfacing, quantifying, and driving mitigation of issues that threaten schedule, cost, certification, or performance.
- Be the engineering voice in make-vs-buy, supplier, and IP-boundary strategy at the leadership table.
▍ 3.5 Team Leadership & Capability Building
- Build, lead, and grow the systems-engineering team across Hanoi and the Shenzhen hub.
- Establish SE standards, templates, MBSE practice, and RASIC responsibility matrices that scale beyond the founding team.
- Mentor architects and V&V engineers; own recruiting, performance, and the long-term capability roadmap for the function.
▍ 3.6 Supplier Technical Governance & IP Protection
- Set and enforce technical requirements on suppliers (vehicle-design/manufacturing partners); review their designs; require SBOM disclosure and open-BOM cost transparency.
- Protect IP boundaries — FC source code, ESC FOC firmware, hardware design files, BSP — and ensure contracts carry correct technical assignment and carve-outs.
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