Primary role purpose:

The RF Engineer has responsibility for the technical operation of L-band and Ka-band Leases that are used by Lease customers for their point-to-multipoint, internet-of-things or high bandwidth services. They work within a team of 6 and report to the Head of Lease Management.

The role require will require on-call support to be provided on a shift basis.

Key Responsibilities:

Process Lease Requests to Lease Authorisations and manage the technical data involved in this process
Maintain the technical record of Leases authorised. This record will be used by the team and other teams
Work with the Frequency Planners, Lease Customer, Lease Operations Analyst and Site Hosts to enable a Lease to be implemented on the required start date
Lead the calibration activity to ensure the Lease is introduced on to the Inmarsat network without causing disturbance to other services
Respond to incidents raised by the Network Operations centres that may affect the operation of the Leases and inform the Lease Customers affected as appropriate
Keep the Lease Operations Analyst informed on the status of your workflow and events that need to be tracked
Work with the Lease Service Assurance Engineer to ensure that the performance of Leases are reviewed and corrective action taken if needed
Manage the Lease Customer through changes to the Inmarsat infrastructure that may affect Leases
Investigate and respond to cases raised by the Lease customer on the performance of their Lease
Plan for the introduction of new Lease types to enable their smooth entry into operations
Work with other areas on the evolution of the network, to ensure that the Leases continue to operate successfully
Highlight improvements to the way of working to enable things to be done smoothly with less fuss

Essential Knowledge and Skills:

University degree level education or equivalent in Engineering
Experience within a similar role / environment such as Telecommunications
Experience of RF carrier power measurement
The ability to prioritise and manage multiple tasks efficiently and effectively
Strong verbal and written communication skills
An enthusiasm for consistent and unambiguous record keeping, with a keenness for information to be accessible for others
To work well within a team and have the ability to influence the actions of others outside of your team

Desirable Knowledge and Skills:

Familiarity/experience of communication monitoring systems, spectrum analysers and link budgets