Senior Satellite Communications Engineer

3 weeks ago


Meade, United States QinetiQ Full time
About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Satellite Communications Engineer to join our team at QinetiQ. As a key member of our team, you will provide expert engineering support and advice in the areas of systems engineering and Commercial Satellite Communications (COMSATCOM).

Key Responsibilities
  • Provide SATCOM expertise to the office regarding COMSATCOM technologies, including managed and transponder bandwidth, multi-orbit constellations, and innovative technology.
  • Support the development of a new Department-wide COMSATCOM acquisition strategy, providing expertise and technical insight to senior leadership and acquisition experts.
  • Participate in government and commercial reviews, symposia, and industry technology conferences to ensure leading edge technology strategies are employed.
  • Conduct technology assessments, market research, and analysis of COMSATCOM systems.
  • Develop and review engineering documents related to COMSATCOM architectures.
  • Must be able to serve all COMSATCOM mission functions; to be able to engineer complex solutions and develop corresponding acquisition documentation, from initiation through award.
  • Deliver high quality products and assessments, including those in support of network design, Information Assurance (IA) and cybersecurity, technology assessment, interface/design specification, solutions analysis, and technical project management.
  • Provide advice and recommendations on, oversee or otherwise deliver (as applicable) preparation of scope of work documentation, network traffic engineering designs, analyses, models, and simulations; Satellite Communications (SATCOM) Management and Control (M&C) architectures; mission assurance strategies and evaluations (e.g., for cybersecurity and resilience); interoperability testing; inspection; technology roadmaps and capability insertions; industry standards; and capacity optimization.
  • Provide regular and routine engineering advisory support to various contract negotiations/evaluations and be able to communicate findings and recommendations in well-written artifacts.
  • Serve as a technical Subject Matter Expert liaison to the SATCOM industry, including with service, technology, and product providers.
  • Communicate Determinations and Findings (D&Fs) in well-written artifacts and shall be available on-demand to communicate highly technical concepts and strategies.
Requirements
  • Minimum of 10 years of systems engineering in the field of SATCOM or telecommunications.
  • Bachelor's Degree in an Engineering or technical discipline.
  • Secret clearance is required.
  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making capabilities.
  • Excellent verbal and written Executive level communication.
  • Team player with the ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment.
  • Must be deadline driven, fast-paced, organized, and detail-oriented.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to give and receive candid feedback in an open, results-oriented environment.
Preferred Qualifications
  • Master's Degree in an Engineering or technical discipline.
  • Knowledge of current COMSATCOM vendors, technology, and business models preferred.
  • Knowledge of emerging COMSATCOM capabilities (e.g., proliferated Low Earth Orbit [LEO] vendors, optical links) preferred.
  • Ability to support client site meetings.
  • TS/SCI eligible.


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