Primary role purpose:

The ideal candidate will above all be able to demonstrate a thorough grasp of multidisciplinary thinking and the ability to synthesize new technical and commercial information extremely rapidly.

The successful candidate has strong engineering skills. You will be responsible for exploring, validating and unlocking the option value of new advanced concepts, ranging from infrastructures, down to components or algorithms. As a lead and deliver the new product and service concepts you will be in charge of and be responsible for defining the strategic fit for our client.

Through feasibility studies, you will perform technological assessments and determine if the technology has potential to be disruptive, whether our client should be a key player, and/or protect the business from risks associated with it. Additionally, you will manage the scoping and development of prototype demonstrators in order to de-risk the biggest challenges of an advanced concept at the lowest cost.

You will be expected to take an entrepreneurial approach to your work seeking out opportunities proactively and making connections between different external partners and potential new business lines.

The responsibilities of the candidate will be split between Advanced Concepts End to End Systems Engineering and Spectrum engineering work.

Advanced Concepts Engineering - Key Responsibilities:

Lead new concepts development from ideation to prototype delivery and business case approval
Maintain the strategic focus of the projects in charge of, turning ideas into concepts and concepts into reality
Contribute to securing anchor customers for these concepts, working closely in collaboration with business units
Articulate strategy, performance, technical, legal, regulatory and commercial value to prospect customers targeted for these concepts
Engage with and develop relevant ecosystems to unlock new concepts delivery and new capabilities leveraging on our client's existing assets and enabling company growth
Conduct feasibility studies to assess technology trends and whether these new concepts adopted by various industries could become major disrupters to our client and its current markets
Deliver cutting edge innovation prototypes designed to explore and measure feasibility (Proof of Concepts), value (Proof of Value), and usability (prototypes) of new and advanced concepts at minimum cost
Provide structure, directional clarity and drive for fact-finding, data-driven decision making and intellectual rigour
Explore for each concepts in charge of a wide range of topics across strategy, commercial, marketing, finance, legal
Become the key technical point of contact for large delivery programmes with national space agencies for the programme in charge of
Influence national and international policies relevant to the concepts being explored

Essential Knowledge and Skills:

Master’s Degree or equivalent in a science, physics or technology discipline
Solid understanding of Space Segment, Network, User Terminals and Platform Development innovations on-going within and outside the organisation
Solid Programme Management skills
Experience and ability to understand new technical fields quickly in areas such as: Software Defined Radio technologies, programming and simulation tools for RF systems, AI/ Machine learning, and more as technology evolved.
Familiar with concepts such as: Internet of things, Interference management and spectrum situational awareness, 5G and its challenges, Inter-satellite link communication technologies, outer space communication systems, Space debris management, Low Earth Orbit satellites architectures and orbital dynamics, High Altitude Platforms market and capabilities, in-orbit manufacturing, etc
Hands-on expertise and willingness to lead test campaigns for new prototype developments
Superb analytical skills and the ability to bring them to bear on a new subject or requirement to rapidly identify key drivers, features, implementation choices and pitfalls. Data driven and precise, you will be able to constantly replace this knowledge to match a highly dynamic market
Ability to matrix-manage a diverse set of colleagues as projects and experimentations evolve
You will be able to fully engage, challenge and debate technical solutions with the Subject Matter Experts, both internal and external
Excellent self and team awareness skills to guide interactions to the most positive outcomes
Curious and capable of self-training on technology trends to support shaping the strategic focus of the corporate innovations
Comfortable working on concepts with a lot of unknowns, Creative thinker and problem solver
Articulate and engaging written and presentation skills are considered gating criteria to communicate concepts and to support the writing of proposals
Ability to thrive in an uncertain, ambiguous, entrepreneurial environment requiring adaptability and agility, by bringing structure, directional clarity and a drive for fact-finding, data-driven decision making
Take an active role in establishing the baseline scope, timeline and cost of investment cases ensuring open, fair and reasoned analysis building upon inputs from all members of the team, including the Space Segment, Network, UT and Platform Development teams, the Infrastructure Investment team.

Desirable Knowledge and Skills:

Demonstrated adaptability and curiosity within the start-up environment
Writing skills: capable of preparing Request for Proposal documentation, producing technology white papers etc
Story telling skills to build awareness of the new concepts being developed
Project management skills: Capable of leading and producing RFI/ RFP responses to partners and national/ international agencies
Familiarity with lean start-up innovation methodologies
Track record of integrity and commercial acumen
Track record of strong negotiation skills in highly political environment
Project management/planning skills
Professional proficiency in English

Principal Engineer - Advanced Concepts