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SATCOM Engineer, Strategic Programmes

United Kingdom, United Kingdom (UK), Sapienza Consulting [TM - 1921]

Field(s) of expertise
Space Systems Engineering Telecommunications Engineering
Job type
Permanent
Education
BachelorDiplomaDoctorateMaster
Deadline
Closed

About this job

As an experience SATCOM Engineer, you will act as technical expert in satellite communications during the mobilisation of a UK MOD Satellite Communications Programme.

You will identify, capture and develop requirements, review the current services in place, support the procurement activity (RFI/RFPs/RFQs) of new services and produce the necessary technical documentation for programme delivery and implementation.

Responsibilities

  • Carry out mobilisation tasks under the direction of the Capacity Manager in accordance with the Mobilisation Plan
  • Review existing systems, process and procedure in place for all SATCOM-related services
  • Assist in the capture and/or management of Customer and derived requirements, decomposition and assignment or requirements to appropriate functional areas or responsibility
  • Develop end-to-end satellite communication systems design and solutions that encompass the satellite space segment, anchoring, colocation and terrestrial backhaul based on each specific Customer’s needs
  • Develop and present technical documentation to support Customer and stakeholder technical reviews
  • Build up the necessary documentation to assist the procurement process (e.g. writing of statements of work)
  • Serve as subject matter expert in all aspects of satellite communication services and networking
  • Develops satellite link budgets and link budget analysis
  • Conduct system engineering evaluation of SATCOM solutions and evaluate vendor capabilities to provide required products or services
  • Knowledge of engineering design, development, integration, installation, operations, and maintenance of SATCOM system into network architectures
  • Development of hand-over and training documentation to support continuity of knowledge transfer
  • Contribute to review and update relevant processes for procurement and management of SATCOM capacity.

Profile

  • 7 years’ minimum experience within a SATCOM Engineering role within commercial / defence environment
  • Educated to degree level in Engineering/Communications or a related discipline
  • A broad technical understanding of satellite communications networks and their end-to-end operation
  • Experience in communications engineering, specialising in satellite communications and network analysis
  • Practical hands-on experience, experience in troubleshooting, knowledge or IP & networking.
  • Experience in formal technical documentations in either telecommunication, data communications or network engineering
  • Strong attention to details
  • Experience in engineering design concepts along with basic understanding of the engineering practices and procedures requirements to develop, test and deploy systems
  • Must be able to achieve SC

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