Systems Engineer

Systems Engineer - Help us build the system and device controls that the world can rely on. 

About Priva  

Your Future Ecosystem  

Located between Rotterdam and The Hague, in the heart of the world’s leading greenhouse region, lies Westland, home to Priva’s modern campus in De Lier. This innovative region has been the foundation of our family-owned company since the 1950s.  

What started as a hardware business has grown into a global leader in horticulture and building automation. Today, Priva develops advanced hardware, software, and digital services for climate control, energy efficiency, and water optimization. Our solutions support horticulture, indoor and city farming, as well as offices, hotels, hospitals, and retail environments worldwide.  Our next ambition? Becoming a leading digital service provider with “Climate as a Service” solutions that help customers operate more sustainably.  

With over 600 colleagues, 16 international offices, and more than 400 installation partners, we deliver smart, sustainable solutions in over 100 countries. 

If you want your work to have impact on sustainability, food security, and the way cities grow, then this is where you belong.  

 
Why this role matters 

At Priva, we are building the next generation of IoT-enabled building automation systems: cloud-connected, security-first, and designed for long-term reliability. As a Senior Requirements Engineer (Systems Engineering / IoT / Cloud), you play a key role in shaping how complex systems are defined, validated, and maintained over their full lifecycle. 

You will work on an innovative platform combining embedded systems, edge gateways, and cloud services, ensuring buildings operate safely and efficiently for 10+ years with minimal maintenance. 

Your work in requirements engineering and systems engineering ensures clarity, traceability, and quality across hardware and software domains. Your work will directly impact the safety, compliance, and long-term success of our products. 

Your role 

As a Systems Engineer, you lead the translation of stakeholder needs into clear, structured, and testable requirements. You operate at the heart of our systems engineering process, working closely with product, hardware, software, and QA teams. 

You ensure that requirements are consistent, traceable, verifiable, and support the long-term maintainability of our solutions. 

What you’ll do 

• Capture stakeholder needs and translates them into clear, testable requirements and acceptance criteria 

• Build and maintain a structured requirements hierarchy aligned with systems engineering principles 

• Ensure end-to-end traceability from system requirements to implementation and release artifacts 

• Manage bidirectional traceability to support impact analysis (changes, defects, incidents) 

• Facilitate requirements workshops, reviews, and stakeholder alignment 

• Apply risk-based thinking (e.g. FMEA) to identify failure scenarios 

• Define and support Verification & Validation (V&V) strategies 

• Maintain versioning, baselining, and change control in line with audit and compliance standards 

• Ensure requirements are accessible, maintainable, and usable across teams 

What you bring 

• 8+ years of experience in requirements engineering / systems engineering for complex systems 

• Strong expertise in writing clear, unambiguous, and testable requirements 

• Experience working across hardware, embedded systems, and software teams 

• Proven experience with requirements management and traceability 

• Experience with V-model, lifecycle management, and V&V processes 

• Experience with tooling such as DOORS, Polarion, Jama, or Azure DevOps (or similar) 

• Experience with baselining, versioning, and change control 

• Comfortable facilitating workshops and aligning stakeholders 

• Experience in IoT, embedded systems, or building automation 

Nice to have 

• Familiarity with BACnet, Modbus, KNX 

• Experience with ISO 27001, IEC 62443, or similar standards 

• Experience with Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), UML or SysML 

What You Get  

In Numbers  

• Competitive salary and benefits package for senior engineers  

• Flexible working hours and 30 vacation days, with the option to buy more  

• 8% holiday allowance  

• Travel allowance of €0.23/km (max. 150 km per day)  

For Your Well-Being and Growth  

• Solid pension plan and participation scheme  

• Personal development budget and training opportunities  

• Healthy cafeteria  

• Free on-site gym with CrossFit, Pilates, Spinning, table tennis, and table football  

Our Culture and values  

At Priva, our mission is to create environments where people can work, grow, and thrive. We deliver sustainable solutions for horticulture and building automation that reduce resource consumption and contribute to global sustainability goals.  

Our culture is built on four core values: Sustainable, Innovative, Make it Happen, and Human.  

Colleagues describe Priva as open, ambitious, innovative, friendly, and down-to-earth. We offer a flat, informal, and fast-paced environment where you are encouraged to take ownership and grow.  

We believe diversity drives success. We welcome people from all backgrounds and perspectives and create a workplace where everyone feels valued, respected, and empowered to be their authentic self. 

Ready to join us? 

Talk is cheap, and action gives you confidence. Sound good? Feel free to contact one of our recruiters.