Sensor & C2 Integration Engineer

About the role

Alta Ares builds AI‑guided interceptors for air‑defence and needs a Sensor & C2 Integration Engineer to own the interoperability layer that links its systems with external sensor and command‑and‑control networks of NATO‑aligned partners. You will design, implement and maintain data ingestion pipelines and C2 interfaces, and validate integrations during live joint test campaigns.

Key responsibilities

• Design, implement and maintain ingestion pipelines for heterogeneous external track sources such as Cursor‑on‑Target (CoT) XML streams, ASTERIX binary radar feeds and proprietary partner protocols.
• Build and evolve a normalized internal track model that abstracts source‑format differences for downstream systems (GCS, fusion, guidance).
• Develop parsers, decoders and protocol adapters with strict validation against partner ICDs and interface specifications.
• Handle multi‑sensor track correlation, deduplication, track continuity across sensor handoff and timestamp alignment.
• Ensure resilience to malformed, late, duplicated or out‑of‑order messages.
• Own the integration of Alta Ares' systems with partner C2 infrastructure via the SAPIENT protocol, implementing registration, detection reporting, task and command handling.
• Lead technical integration work with partner C2/radar vendors, including interface review, joint test planning and real‑time troubleshooting.
• Produce and maintain partner‑facing integration deliverables and documentation.

Required profile

• Strong knowledge of radar and sensor data protocols (CoT, ASTERIX, proprietary).
• Experience designing and maintaining protocol adapters, parsers and decoders.
• Ability to work directly with partner engineers during live test campaigns.
• Understanding of track normalization, multi‑sensor correlation and basic fusion concepts.

Required skills

• Cursor‑on‑Target (CoT) XML handling
• ASTERIX binary radar protocol
• SAPIENT protocol integration
• Sensor data ingestion and normalization
• Protocol adapter development
• Parser and decoder implementation
• Multi‑sensor track correlation and basic fusion logic
• ICD validation and interface specification compliance