Principal Engineer - Advanced Concepts

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 derisk 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 clients 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 factfinding datadriven 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:

• Masters Degree or equivalent in a science physics or technology discipline
• Solid understanding of Space Segment Network User Terminals and Platform Development innovations ongoing 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 Intersatellite link communication technologies outer space communication systems Space debris management Low Earth Orbit satellites architectures and orbital dynamics High Altitude Platforms market and capabilities inorbit manufacturing etc
• Handson 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 matrixmanage 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 selftraining 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 factfinding datadriven 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 startup 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 startup 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

Required Experience:

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