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SATCOM Engineer (NATO-NCIA)

Mons, Belgium, Sapienza Consulting [AAS4869]

Field(s) of expertise
Electronics Engineering Telecommunications Engineering
Job type
ContractTemporary
Education
Bachelor
Deadline
Closed

About this job

Sapienza Consulting is recruiting a SATCOM Engineer to join NATO – NCIA, at Mons, Belgium

Responsibilities

  • Assisting with the engineering necessary for sustaining operations and maintenance of assigned CIS and associated networks to include network management and control systems and supporting systems throughout their in-service life
  • Contributes to the planning of interfaces/gateways to SATCOM operating in tactical communications networks and their interoperability
  • Contributes to planning of SATCOM networking in support of changing operational requirements, exercises and crisis management
  • Performs work supporting acquisition of Satellite-based communications systems and support equipment; develop system performance requirements, objectives and integration, and the estimation of time and resources for system design
  • Supports the acceptance testing and validation processes of new Satellite Communications systems
  • Validating the performance of RF receivers, exciters, analog/digital conversion equipment, and digital signal processing equipment including the design and development of software required to control the subsystems
  • Manages system and network configurations where applicable
  • Provides technical expertise in screening of CEP for SATCOM and SATCOM-related projects
  • Works in close co-ordination with system managers for system (network) management
  • Participates in the technical portion of inspections and JFAI as new systems arrive and conducts follow-up actions on clearance of deficiencies
  • Coordinates SATCOM Service Area contributions to NCIA managed Approved Fielded Product List (AFPL) and Application and Technology (A&T) portfolios, supporting configuration change managers as necessary

Profile

  • Required Security Clearance: NATO Secret
  • University Degree in Electrical and/or Electronics Engineering, Telecommunications, or a related discipline with 4 years post related experience, or a Higher Secondary education and completed advanced vocational training in that discipline leading to a professional qualification or professional accreditation with 5 years post related and 2 years function related experience
  • Antenna sub-system including: radomes, feed horn, reflector, pedestal, waveguides, tracking receiver, servo and drive equipment
  • Transmit and receive chains including up and down converters, Low Noise Amplifiers, High Power Amplifiers
  • Satellite Communications Modems; Electronic Protected Modems (EPMs), Bandwidth Management Equipment (BME), cryptographic equipment, routers, switches
  • Computer-assisted Monitor and Control System (M&CS)
  • GPS-disciplined Frequency Reference Standards and associated distribution systems
  • AC Power distribution equipment, emergency AC Power generation and associated fuel storage, Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS)
  • Digital techniques, TCP/IP fundamentals, video transmission principles and telecommunications quality assurance practices
  • The implementation, fielding, and maintenance of modern communications equipment
  • On-line performance, accounting, fault, security and configuration management of digital networks and associated transmission systems
  • Familiarity with related international / commercial / industrial standards
  • Thorough knowledge of English, both written and spoken
  • Proven ability to communicate effectively orally, using tact and diplomacy, and in writing with good briefing skills
  • The ability to read, analyze and comment on developmental documents
  • The ability to write technical documents
  • Proven ability to manage small projects
  • 10+ years of experience in applying information technologies in industry, government and/or defence organizations
  • Candidate shall have 7+ years of experience in area of defence systems design, development or procurement

In depth knowledge and experience in:

  • Virtualization, containerization, and micro services
  • Service Oriented Architecture• o requirements engineering, system specification, architectural design and data modelling
  • distributed systems, database applications, and web-based applications

Candidates must be eligible to work in the EU

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