Soldier Systems Jobs in European Defence

Soldier systems covers the equipment that individual troops carry, wear and train with. That includes body armour and ballistic protection, night vision and thermal optics, tactical communications worn on the body, combat medical devices, VR/AR training platforms and haptic feedback systems. The sector is unusually broad, which means hiring spans materials science, optics engineering, embedded electronics, medical device development and simulation software. Major primes like Saab (Carl-Gustaf weapon systems, Barracuda camouflage), Rheinmetall (soldier electronics, Gladius system) and Thales (soldier C4I systems) run large programmes in this space, alongside a growing number of European startups focused on specific capability gaps.