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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.

Systems Engineer – Maritime/Defence – Advanced Level

Holt Executive are partnered with a global maritime and defence technology innovator who provide advanced defence and commercial technologies to aerospace, aviation, land and sea, delivering solutions that meet customers’ mission-critical needs.

They require a Systems Engineer – Maritime/Defence to join the team in Bristol who design and develop products and systems that focus on marine automation, control systems, and simulation equipment. The successful applicant will perform technical planning, system integration, verification and validation, cost and risk and supportability and effectiveness analyses for total systems.

They are looking to bring on an Advanced level professional with 4+ years’ experience in a related field, to manage projects or processes with general supervision.

Key Responsibilities for the Systems Engineer – Maritime/Defence:

• Definition and management of system level requirements;
• Management of Verification and Validation (V&V) evidence and understand the importance of traceability to customer requirements;
• Development of V&V test plans;
• To review the verification evidence received from key suppliers for compliance, either personally or through liaison with suitably qualified experienced personnel;
• Support lower level decomposition of requirements traceable to customer requirements;
• Production of acceptance and selection criteria; and the technical evaluation of supplier responses.

Knowledge, Skills And Experience required by the Systems Engineer – Maritime/Defence:

• Equivalent of Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 4 years of prior relevant experience. Post graduate Degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience working on complex engineering projects;
• Excellent IT skills (Experience with DOORS is essential; System Architect or Rhapsody would be beneficial);
• Excellent understanding of systems concepts, context, boundaries, interfaces, system hierarchy and the principles of system partitioning in order to help manage complexity;
• Knowledge of marine systems engineering would be beneficial.

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 Systems Engineer – SATCOM to work on various aspects of the systems engineering lifecycle in the development of new satellite communications systems for defence and government programmes.
 
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 Systems Engineer – SATCOM:

• Support the engineering teams to meet the technical objectives set by the project plan and statement of work.
• Develop and provide performance reports as requested.
• Prepare and maintain system / sub-system requirements specifications, interface requirements, and test documents.
• Evaluate network solutions and assess vendors ability to provide required services.
• Supports testing and integration of new equipment prior to Factory Acceptance Testing and final delivery.

 
Experience Required by the Systems Engineer – SATCOM:

• Must be a UK national and hold or qualify for UK SC Clearance.
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience working within Space/SATCOM in Defence, European or UK Space programmes or a similar field.
• Degree educated in an engineering discipline (mechanical, systems, computer science, or similar) or professional experience demonstrating equivalent competence in the discipline may be acceptable.
• Systems engineering experience using best practice methodologies (V-Model, Agile etc).

Holt Executive are currently partnered with a global leader in Space and Satellite sustainability, a dynamic and rapidly growing technology innovator who are making hugely positive contributions to the growing problem of orbital space debris.

They require a Senior Ground Segment Software Engineer to design, develop, validate and maintain Ground Segment Software subsystems needed for operating current and future missions.

The company offer hybrid working and flexible hours, and you will join a team of highly talented engineers working on cutting edge technology, in their office and cleanroom facility in Oxford.

Responsibilities for the Senior Ground Segment Software Engineer:

• Design, develop, validate and maintain Ground Segment SW subsystems needed for operating missions.
• Participate in the design of the systems including:
• Requirements capture, definition, tailoring, analysis and conversion to use cases and stories.
• Development support and solution testing.
• Definition of Software Engineering approaches to apply in the developments
• Participate and or support the Ground Segment verification, validation and integration.
• Support in the Mission System Test and or Simulation campaigns.

Skills & Experience required by the Senior Ground Segment Software Engineer:

• University degree in Computer Science, Telecommunications, or other relevant engineering discipline.
• Minimum 3+ years of industry experience in software development and software engineering.
• Minimum 3+ years of industry experience in the design and development of satellite user or ground segment products and technologies.
• Knowledge of C/C++, Java and or Python programming languages.
• Basic Linux system administration, shell scripts, make, etc.
• Experience with Mission Control Systems, preferably based on SCOS-2000.
• Overall knowledge of the main components of a ground segment and how they interact.
• Team leadership – ability to lead small team of software engineers.
• Software product development experience (requirement, design, development, integration & testing, deployment, maintenance).

Benefits

• Competitive base salary
• Opportunity to work with a highly talented international team working on cutting edge technology
• Flexible working around core hours
• Hybrid working available
• 25 days holiday (increasing yearly up to a maximum of 28 days)
• Life insurance and long-term sick pay
• Private healthcare (taxable benefit)

Holt Executive are currently partnered with a global leader in Space and Satellite sustainability, a dynamic and rapidly growing technology innovator who are making hugely positive contributions to the growing problem of orbital space debris.

They require a Senior Flight Software Engineer to focus on flight software development for satellite onboard computers; defining solutions based on requirements, working with other subsystem teams on software needs, performing verification, integration, and test activities. Responsibilities will involve integrating Computer Vision and Guidance, Navigation and Control software into the flight software environment.

The company offer hybrid working and flexible hours, and you will join a team of highly talented engineers working on cutting edge technology, in their office and cleanroom facility in Oxford.

Responsibilities for the Senior Flight Software Engineer:

• Lead Flight Software validation and verification efforts.
• Develop V&V plans for Flight Software.
• Manage the set up and maintenance of test environments for Flight Software.
• Identify test equipment and solutions to support Flight Software.
• Perform Flight Software verification, validation, and integration.

Skills & Experience required by the Senior Flight Software Engineer:

• Bachelor or master’s degree in computer science, software engineering, or relevant engineering / science discipline.
• 5+ years’ experience in software development for real-time embedded systems (C/C++).
• Knowledge of software development methodologies & embedded software engineering.
• Experience of implementing real-time systems and software.

• Experience developing software for the aerospace sector.
• Experience of development for VxWorks or RTEMS platforms
• Experience of all stages of mission design lifecycle from initial concept to design, test, and operations.
• Familiarity with UML.

Benefits

• Competitive base salary
• Opportunity to work with a highly talented international team working on cutting edge technology
• Flexible working around core hours
• Hybrid working available (dependent on individual role requirements)
• 25 days holiday (increasing yearly up to a maximum of 28 days) + 8 days Bank Holiday
• Life insurance and long-term sick pay
• Private healthcare (taxable benefit)

Holt Executive are currently partnered with a global leader in Space and Satellite sustainability, a dynamic and rapidly growing technology innovator who are making hugely positive contributions to the growing problem of orbital space debris.

They require an AIT / EGSE Support Engineer to shape AIT solutions for their missions and be responsible for supporting the commissioning of the EGSE for spacecraft level testing, and be involved in spacecraft ground test operations.

The company offer hybrid working and flexible hours, and you will join a team of highly talented engineers working on cutting edge technology, in their office and cleanroom facility in Oxford.

Responsibilities for the AIT / EGSE Support Engineer:

• Commissioning of an EGSE.
• EGSE Specification and Design.
• Maintenance and calibration of EGSE test racks: Radio Frequency (RF), Power, Telemetry & Telecommand (TMTC), Central Checkout System (CCS)

• Spacecraft level operations and testing.
• EGSE TMTC database maintenance.
• Preparing and running sub-system and spacecraft level verification and testing.

Skills & Experience required by the AIT / EGSE Support Engineer:

• 5+ years of running EGSEs at a spacecraft level.
• Experience with EGSE integration, commissioning and maintenance at a spacecraft level.
• Strong experience with RF, Power and TMTC test racks.
• Strong experience in Terma’s CCS5/TSC (creating test scripts and operating a spacecraft).
• Strong experience with interfaces such as SpaceWire, CanBus, RS422.
• Knowledge of EDEN protocol.
• Bachelor or master’s degree in relevant engineering or science discipline.

Benefits

• Competitive base salary
• Opportunity to work with a highly talented, diverse & dynamic international team with cutting edge technology
• Flexible working around core hours in a friendly and supportive environment
• Hybrid working available (dependent on individual role requirements)
• 25 days holiday (increasing yearly up to a maximum of 28 days) + 8 days Bank Holiday
• Life insurance and long-term sick pay
• Private healthcare (taxable benefit)

Holt Executive are supporting a leader in the global aerospace industry. Our client provides MRO services and is the principal aircraft repair and overhaul service in Europe. They are currently recruiting for experienced B1 Mechanics to work on a bespoke aircraft modification programme in Birmingham.

The successful B1 Mechanics will have in-depth knowledge and experience of Aircraft Structures and will be part of a highly skilled structures team carrying out structural disassembly, modification and rebuild of aircraft. 

Rates: Inside IR35, £27 p/h – no max contract duration.
            Outside IR35, £23 p/h – 6 months max contract duration.  

Key Responsibilities for the B1 Mechanics: 

• Complete strip/removal of aircraft equipment.
• Installation of complex mechanical assemblies.
• Executing the highest levels of maintenance standards and ensuring the aircraft maintenance activity is performed in a timely and efficient manner to customer’s full satisfaction.
• Maintain the highest standard of safety and cleanliness, complying with all company procedures and policies.
• Fully comply with the minimum requirements for Health & Safety in the workplace and COSHH regulations.
• Major component removal and installation.
• Aircraft system testing.

The successful B1 Mechanics will have:

• Demonstrate a minimum of 5 years aircraft experience.

• Previous aircraft production supervisory experience.
• Previous live aircraft mechanical supervisory experience.
• Military aircraft experience advantageous.
• Good knowledge of Aircraft systems.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Organisational skills.
• Excellent leadership and communication skills.
• Knowledge of MS Office applications.

Holt Executive are partnered with a Global Satellite Connectivity Organisation, a market leader in providing voice and high-speed data communications to a number of critical industries. With massive recent investment in their latest network infrastructure, they are at the forefront of space and satellite innovation.
 
They require a Service Desk Engineer to support the Global Government (G2) direct customers’ telecommunications needs and be the first point of contact for their operational support requirements. This will include receiving and actioning customer standard service requests, responding to service incidents and outages to diagnose faults and restore services, maintaining customer facing IT services, as well as testing and preparing satellite terminal hardware for field operations.

The Service Desk Engineer will need to engage with both the end customer in the field as well as other internal teams to manage the delivery and/or restoration of services within required time frames. You will work under the direct supervision of the Regional Engineering Manager with minimal supervision and instruction on daily work and more detailed guidance on new assignments to develop the skills required to support customers.

The Service Desk will operate a 24/7/365 follow the sun model between Sydney (8hrs), London (8hrs) and Ottawa (8hrs), requiring strong communications skills, interpreting and applying policies and processes to resolve technical problems with accurate and clearly documented case notes, to enable support cases to be transitioned seamlessly between regional team shifts.
 

Key Responsibilities for the Service Desk Engineer:

• Answer customer technical support calls and emails in fluent English language
• Triage the requests and incidents, conduct further investigation as required and progress the delivery or resolution of technical problems
• Work a rotating shift pattern to ensure the service desk is supported at all times (24/7/365)
• Provide customer staff in the field with telephone support on equipment operation and fault-finding
• Understand satellite terminals from a set up and support perspective
• Completion of allocated tasks to required quality within the agreed completion schedule
• Ensure all support Service Level Agreements are met, keeping customer updated on progress
• Conduct maintenance activities on IT systems and satellite terminal hardware in accordance with documented Work Instructions
• Generation of knowledge articles to assist or speed up future operations

 
Essential Knowledge and Skills for the Service Desk Engineer:

• A Diploma or Degree in an Engineering discipline relevant to IT server administration or IP network engineering or telecommunications

• Must hold citizenship and have a suitable background to qualify and maintain a government security clearance for the location country

• Maintenance and support of physical and virtual Windows Server systems
• Troubleshooting and resolving networking or communications systems incidents
• Ability to prepare technical documentation and reports under supervision
• Must be able to listen and empathise with customer issues – putting the customer first
• Must have a sense of urgency and ownership of customer requirements and incidents

• Motivated to achieve required task to industry BEST standard in a busy environment

 
Desirable Knowledge and Skills:

• Certifications in IP Networking / Cisco networking
• Experience in satellite communications, telecommunications and/or IP networks
• Knowledge of Linux and Microsoft operating systems
• Knowledge of network virtualisation technologies (VMware, Hyper-V)
• VSAT installation and fault-finding experience

Holt Executive are partnered with a leading global satellite communications service provider. They require a Project Manager to support the primary interface with customers from contract award until the project equipment is fully deployed and operational.

The successful incumbent will be responsible for the management of key client projects and will support all phases of the assigned projects and be accountable to deliver the services or products in accordance with the client contracts.

The Project Manager will work with all project stakeholders and resources to develop and deliver the client solution to the agreed and documented specifications whilst raising any variation orders and managing both technical, scope and commercial risk to the project.

Responsibilities for the Project Manager – SATCOM:

• Delivery of assigned projects within Cost, Quality and Schedule constraints.
• Coordinate with internal team managers/leads for the execution of projects
• Ensure that all projects are delivered on-time, within scope and within budget
• Review resource allocation and availability with managers/leads and escalate issues
• Develop detailed project plans to monitor and track progress
• Manage changes to the project scope, project schedule, and project costs using appropriate verification techniques
• Successfully manage the relationship with assigned clients
• Perform risk management to minimize project risks
• Provide and track project accounting information
• Project accounting for all the financial information contained in the project financial tracker, including the project financial summary
• Present oral and written reports defining plans, problems, and resolutions to appropriate levels of management.
• Ensure that project status, issues and successes are communicated to clients, project teams and all levels of management and documented appropriately.
• Addresses delicate situations and handles conflicts in such a way as to maximize opportunity and minimize exposure to risk.

 
Skills and Experience for the Project Manager – SATCOM:

• HND or Degree in Electrical, Electronic, Telecommunication or Computer Sciences or relevant experience
• Professional Accreditation such as PRINCE 2 or APMP
• Minimum 3 years’ experience within the telecommunications environment, deploying projects in remote and harsh environments.
• Effective delegation and time management skills to all levels of the organization and client interfaces
• Experience in Visio and standard MS Office applications including Microsoft Project
• Travel may be required locally and internationally

Satellite Network Technologist – SATCOM

Holt Executive are currently partnered with a leading Global Satellite Operator who provide reliable and secure satellite-delivered voice and high-speed data communications solutions to broadcast, telecommunications, corporate and government customers worldwide.

They require a Satellite Network Technologist – SATCOM to join the network operations team in Montreal, and be responsible for tasks supporting the operations and maintenance of satellite teleport and network operations infrastructure, and to support customer networks and various customer Gateway sites/services.
 

Responsibilities for the Satellite Network Technologist – SATCOM:

• Maintain services, satellite gateways, site and system programming, daily checks, satcom services
• Support of landing stations and networks associated with a LEO Satellite network service
• Support the Teleport and Network Operations in performing corrective and preventative maintenance activities
• Provide level 2 support for hub and network systems
• Travel to support remote groups, for installations and corrective maintenance
• Work directly with customers and/or third party suppliers as required

 
Education & Experience required by the Satellite Network Technologist – SATCOM:

• Bilingual (French & English)
• Electronics/Telecommunications Technologist Diploma, or the equivalent
• Familiarity with RF systems, especially satellite-based RF systems
• Knowledge of IP based LAN/WAN networks and routing protocols (Ethernet, TCP/IP, UDP/IP, RIP, EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, VLAN, QinQ)
• Familiarity with interconnection of network devices and complex network architecture
• Familiar with various types of telecommunications test equipment
• Knowledge of basic scripting tools and Network Management protocols (SNMP, SYSLOG)