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Destinus

European defense firm manufacturing missiles

Sales Engineer - UAV Systems

Pre-Sales Solution EngineeringConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeMadrid, SpainNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree in Engineering (Aerospace, Electrical, Radio Engineering, Mechanical), or a related field.
  • Three to five years of experience in sales engineering or technical business development, ideally in the defense, aerospace, or UAV sectors.
  • Strong understanding of UAV subsystems, including avionics, datalinks, payloads, and ground control stations.
  • Familiarity with defense procurement cycles and customer requirements, such as MoD, DoD, and NATO.
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office.
  • Advanced English proficiency (C1 or higher), including excellent written and spoken communication skills.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as the technical point of contact for customers, understand their mission requirements, and align them with UAV capabilities.
  • Support the sales process from lead generation through contract award, including presentations, demonstrations, proposal preparation, and release to production.
  • Collaborate with sales, engineering, research and development, and product management to tailor solutions and address technical queries.
  • Create and maintain sales technical documentation, including technical proposals, presentations, performance materials, and production orders.
  • Support presales activities by completing technical sections of RFIs, RFQs, contracts, and other submissions.
  • Provide full technical support for tender and bid submissions.
  • Conduct technical evaluations and cooperate with partners, consortium members, and subcontractors.
  • Participate in negotiations as technical support and a subject matter expert.

Desired Qualifications

  • Knowledge of MIL-STD protocols, NATO STANAGs, and SWaP-C optimization.
  • Experience with ISR payloads, radar systems, communication systems, or electronic integration.
  • Additional language skills, such as French, Dutch, German, Arabic, or Hindi.

About the Company

Destinus

European defense firm manufacturing missiles

Destinus designs and manufactures defense systems for European and allied armed forces, focusing on scalable missiles, air defense, and interception. Key products include the Ruta cruise missile and the HORNET interceptor, which can perform precision strikes and operate in GPS-denied environments with AI-assisted guidance. It serves as a prime contractor under fixed-price contracts, and collaborates on naval applications (containerized HORNET) with Rheinmetall while leading the Bliksem EXO program for Europe’s sovereign exo-atmospheric missile defense. The company aims to scale production to deliver near-term military capability for European governments and to build sovereign defense capabilities through integrated, multi-domain, cost-effective technologies.

Company size
501-1,000
Company stage
N/A
Total funding
$267.4M
Headquarters
Valkenburg, Netherlands
Founded
2021

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