Field Technician (Systems Integration Engineer)

SubSea Craft is a fast-growing, privately funded, UK-founded maritime technology company specializing in next-generation, high-performance watercraft and systems. As we expand internationally, we are establishing a presence in the United States and are seeking US-based talent to support this growth. We deliver safe, effective, and enabling solutions at the intersection of advanced engineering, cutting-edge design, and user-centric innovation for both commercial and defense applications.

Benefits

• 7 days of paid sick leave per year
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Comprehensive health insurance
• Dental and vision insurance
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for confidential support services
• Annual discretionary bonus scheme linked to individual and company performance
• Professional development opportunities
• Inclusive and collaborative culture
• 10 days of paid time off annually, plus public holidays

About the role

The Systems Integration Engineer ensures our physical vessels and integrated mission systems are safe, reliable, operationally ready, and performing as intended across demanding customer-facing opportunities. This role owns the integration and system-level performance of vessel hardware, electronics, software, sensors, communications, navigation, control systems, power and energy systems, payloads, and associated mission equipment. The engineer ensures individual components and subsystems operate seamlessly as a complete platform.

As part of the Mission Success team, the role leads and supports system integration, commissioning, verification, and validation activities, including pre- and post-operation checks, functional testing, fault finding, configuration management, and preventative maintenance. The engineer applies practical engineering judgment to diagnose complex cross-system issues, coordinates rapid resolution of integration failures, and ensures robust interfaces between mechanical, electrical, software, and mission systems.

The role drives structured data capture and disciplined root-cause analysis, turning operational issues into actionable engineering lessons. Through collaboration with engineering, operations, and customers, the Systems Integration Engineer helps identify failure modes early, improve system reliability, and continuously optimize vessels and their integrated mission capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Work as part of a multi-disciplinary engineering team to rapidly develop and deploy working prototypes, establishing appropriate system architectures and integration approaches.
• Responsible for the configuration, integration, commissioning, and testing of devices and subsystems, including sensors, actuators, communications, networking, navigation, control, and other mission-critical systems.
• Develop and integrate solutions spanning hardware, software, networking, and vessel systems that meet project, operational, safety, and regulatory requirements.
• Oversee system integration, prototyping, simulation, verification, and testing activities to validate design assumptions and demonstrate system performance.
• Produce clear and robust technical documentation to support system integration, commissioning, testing, and operational deployment.
• Conduct and support sea trials, including testing and validation of software, hardware, networking, and whole-craft system integration in representative operating environments.
• Collaborate with software, electrical, mechanical, and wider engineering teams to ensure systems, software, interfaces, and documentation are delivered to the required standard and within project timescales.
• Diagnose complex system-level faults and integration issues using structured troubleshooting, data analysis, and root-cause investigation.
• Support configuration management and maintain accurate records of system versions, settings, test results, issues, and changes throughout the development and operational lifecycle.
• Uphold the highest standards of safety and engineering discipline across system development, integration, testing, validation, and vessel operations.
• Apply a practical, hands-on, and collaborative approach to problem-solving, focusing on reliable real-world system performance.

Requirements

Qualifications and Experience

• Essential: Degree-level qualification in Mechatronics, Electronics Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent.
• Essential: Hardware integration and testing experience, ideally within the marine sector.
• Desirable: Understanding of control strategy.
• Desirable: PLC programming, including Codesys.
• Desirable: Understanding of basic electronics.
• Desirable: Software development in modern C++ and/or Python.
• Desirable: Experience with CAN bus.
• Desirable: Experience with industry-standard communication protocols, such as CANOpen, NMEA2000, NMEA0183.

Values

• Teamwork, mutual respect, and collaboration.
• Initiative and independent working.
• Honesty and integrity.
• Business and commercial awareness.
• Agility, adaptability, and continuous development.

Pay

$100,000–$120,000