System Security Architect – High-Tech Systems

Full time Master, PhD Eindhoven At Sioux Technologies, cybersecurity is rapidly becoming a core engineering discipline. Rather than treating security as an afterthought, we help our customers design cyber-resilient products from the earliest system concepts onward.

In this role you are responsible for designing secure, resilient high-tech systems that comply with the latest European cybersecurity legislation and international security standards, such as CRA, Machine Regulation, NIS2 and IEC 62443.

You work on complex multidisciplinary products in the semiconductor, medical, analytical instrumentation and industrial automation domains, where software, electronics, mechanics and mechatronics come together. What excites you as a System Security Architect – High-Tech Systems?

From any Sioux office in the Netherlands, you work closely with system architects, software architects, electronics engineers, mechatronics designers and cybersecurity specialists, you ensure that cybersecurity becomes an integral part of system design from concept through validation and product lifecycle.

You enjoy:

• Defining secure system architectures for complex high-tech equipment.
• Translating the Cyber Resilience Act, IEC 62443 and other related regulations and standards into practical system requirements.
• Performing system-level cybersecurity risk analyses and leading Threat Analysis & Risk Assessment (TARA) and threat modelling workshops.
• Allocating security requirements across software, electronics, mechanics and infrastructure.
• Designing secure operational concepts, maintenance strategies and software update mechanisms.
• Defining cybersecurity requirements for suppliers and subsystem partners and supporting certification and compliance activities
• Working together with multidisciplinary engineering teams throughout the complete product development lifecycle.

Sounds good so far? We’d love to tell you more…

This is what you bring to the table

You combine systems engineering with cybersecurity expertise, helping our customers translate business, operational and regulatory requirements into secure system architectures.

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• MSc or PhD in Systems Engineering, Mechatronics, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or a related technical discipline.
• At least 10 years of experience developing complex multidisciplinary high-tech systems, preferably in the semiconductor, medical, analytical instrumentation and industrial automation domain.
• Several years of experience as System Architect, Lead System Engineer or Principal Design Engineer.
• Experience integrating software, electronics and mechatronics into complete products.
• Proven experience implementing one or more of the mentioned security standards and cybersecurity risk assessments.
• Experience translating customer and regulatory requirements into system specifications.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Ability to coach multidisciplinary engineering teams. This is what you can expect in return from Sioux

---

• Flexible 32-40 hour working week, with room to work from home.
• A healthy work-life balance is very important to us. We have 28 holidays with an option to acquire an additional 12 holidays.
• You will work with passionate colleagues who share your drive for technology and business success.
• By combining our expertise in software, electronics, mechanics, mechatronics, mathematics and assembly, we make the impossible possible for our customers and get to work on challenging high-tech projects.
• You get a lot of freedom and responsibility; after all, you know exactly what you are doing.
• Personal coaching and a training budget of €6000 per year, so that you can continue to develop yourself.
• We also find it important to have fun together. We organize a lot for our employees, from family festivals and sparkling Christmas parties, to inspiring knowledge sessions for the high-tech community.
• You will be working at a prime location in the heart of the Brainport region. You will be working on the Sioux Campus and can use our Sioux Labs living room every day for lunch, sports, making music, and sharing your knowledge with colleagues in one of our Tech Labs. High Tech & High Fun

---

We can tell you all about the typical Sioux-culture and the high-tech challenging projects. About how you can develop yourself, like nowhere else. But we’d rather have you hear it from our own employees.

Go to testimonials >

If you want to know more about our challenging projects, please click here.

Important note:

This position requires access to controlled technology, as defined in the US Export Administration Regulations (15 C.F.R. § 730, et seq.). Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to access such controlled technology prior to beginning work. Business demands may require Sioux to proceed with candidates who are immediately eligible to access controlled technology. Are you interested? Your new job in 5 steps

Thank you for your interest. We are happy to share our selection process with you. Below you will find the steps we go through. If you have any questions, feel free to contact us. We wish you the best of luck with your application at Sioux Technologies!

• Interested?
  • Send us your CV and motivation letter.
• Application received
  • One of our recruiters will review your application and get back to you asap.
• Introduction
  • We will plan an (online) introduction with a Sioux colleague to find out if there is a match.
• Follow-up conversation(s)
  • In follow-up conversation(s), we dive into the (technical) depth. In some cases a personality test will be part of the conversation and will be discussed with you. In other cases you will be presented with a (technical) case.
• Both excited?
  • If we are both enthusiastic, we would like to make you an offer. We will talk you through the offer and discuss it with you. Are you already curious about our terms of employment? You can find them here for the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany.
• Welcome to Sioux Technologies!
  • We welcome you to Sioux and wish you success with your new challenge!

Privacy Notice for applicants

• Pre-employment screening and background checks might be part of your application procedure.

• Your personal information is managed in compliance with the GDPR regulations.

Eric Everstijn

Talent Acquisition

+31 6 08 51 64 21 15