Holt Executive are currently partnered with a market leader across the Satellite Communications industry, who are at the forefront of innovation in the space sector. To their world-wide partners, they offer unrivalled expertise to design, develop and operate state-of-the-art solutions and systems on the most exciting global projects in Satellite Communications. Innovation and ingenuity are the leading principles in everything that they do.
They require a Solutions Architect – SATCOM to support system design, system analysis, major bids, implementation, and testing of military satellite communications networks. The successful incumbent will have an excellent understanding of satellite and network projects at both system and subsystem levels, incorporating space and ground segments.
The offering includes a competitive salary based on experience, and home-based/remote working with limited on-site work in line with project requirements.
Key Responsibilities for the Solutions Architect – SATCOM:
- Analysing customer requirements that involve complex technical aspects and trade off studies.
- Designing, developing, and preparing system designs.
- Chairing design reviews.
- Ground segment engineering, solution development, documentation, and test scripting.
- Approving supplier technical proposals.
- Technical Project Management.
- Preparing inputs for RFI responses, commercial proposals, and quotations.
Experience Required by the Solutions Architect – SATCOM:
- Must be a UK national and hold or qualify for UK SC Clearance.
- Degree educated in an engineering discipline (mechanical, systems, computer science, or similar) or professional experience demonstrating equivalent competence in the discipline may be acceptable.
- Minimum of 5 years’ experience working within Space/SATCOM in Defence, European or UK Space programmes or a similar field.
- Strong practical knowledge of Systems Engineering practices from requirements engineering through design/development.
- A good understanding of emerging satellite technology platforms and solutions-service capabilities.
