Principal/Senior/Consultant â Military Tactical Data Links
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Principal/Senior/Consultant Military Tactical Data Links (T&E / Data Analysis / Business Development)
Location: Preston / Haydock / Egremont / Westlakes / Hybrid / Remote
Attendance: Hybrid (1 day a week Whilst the role is mainly remote there is a requirement to drive to Delkia worksites or client facilities. (Travel requirement 25%)
Job type: Permanent / Full time
Salary: Competitive
Delkia is a specialist engineering and technology company for safetyrelated and mission critical systems in highly regulated sectors including aerospace clean energy and maritime sectors. Our offer incorporates: engineering design technical consultancy and systems integration.
We believe that engineering is not just about technology manufacturing and innovation. Its about the people behind it. Delkia ensures that its teams are the focus of its business through passion belief and simply a better way of working resulting in great outcomes for our customers. Were also proud to have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and invest in future talent through supporting STEM initiatives apprenticeships placements and summer interns.
The companys Head Office is at Westlakes Science and Technology Park in West Cumbria with systems integration assembly & testing facilities in Egremont Cumbria and design offices in Preston Lancashire. This is augmented by a manufacturing and test facility at Haydock Merseyside.
Come and join a company that values our people and is growing fast.
Overview of the role:
We are seeking a seasoned Consultant with deep expertise in military tactical datalinks (TDLs) to support both technical execution and strategic business development. This role requires a strong foundation in test and evaluation (T&E) TDL data analysis and the ability to engage with clients to develop and grow opportunities in the defence communications space.
The successful candidate will act as a subject matter expert (SME) on TDLs (including Link 16 Link 11 Link 22 VMF JREAP and future/emerging Links) supporting the full lifecycle of operational and technical initiativesfrom analysis and validation through to client engagement and solution development.
What youll be responsible for:
Technical Execution & Data Analysis:
- Develop test plans verification procedures execute and evaluate test events for tactical datalink systems across lab simulation and live environments.
- Analyse performance data from TDL systems to assess interoperability latency throughput and Lead or support rootcause analysis performance optimization and reporting of findings to stakeholders.
Tactical Data Link Consulting:
- Serve as a trusted advisor on military communications architectures standards (e.g. ATDLP516 (STANAG 5516) etc) and operational deployment of those architectures.
- Advise on system design and procurement to enhance C4ISR capabilities.
Business Development:
- Identify and pursue new business opportunities with MoD clients and industry partners.
- Establish and maintain relationships with key stakeholders and decisionmakers in the defence communications realm.
What youll bring:
- 8 years of relevant recent experience with TDL systems in a military government or defence contractor setting.
- Handson experience in test and evaluation environments using protocols such as DIS SIMPLE and JREAP including data instrumentation and analysis tools.
- Good working knowledge from an operational and/or an engineering perspective of NATO TDL standards in particular J and Fseries message standards and systems such as MIDS and other Tactical communication systems.
- Demonstrated ability to support or lead business development activities (e.g. proposals capture management).
- Strong written and verbal communication skills including briefing senior defence stakeholders.
- Active security clearance or ability to obtain one.
Nice to have
- Prior military experience or support to C4ISR TDL or ICO organizations.
- Experience with simulation environments (e.g. C4I/tactical simulators).
- Familiarity with data analysis tools (Excel MANDRIL etc) or test data environments.
- Familiarity of US Military TDL Standards (e.g. MilStdetc)
The Person:
- Team player
- Willing to travel occasionally at short notice.
What we offer:
- Competitive salary
- Flexible working
- Training and development
- Excellent company standards
- Cycletowork scheme
- Health care
- Company bonus scheme
- Birthday leave
- Great team spirit
- Organised social events
- Professional membership
Our Vision:
To be the UKs leading engineering and technology partner for safetyrelated and missioncritical systems.
Our Mission:
To enable a safer more resilient world through the provision of engineering and technological solutions. We take pride in our role as a partner for safetycritical systems ensuring the protection of people assets and missions that matter most.
Our Values:
- Collaboration and teamwork
- Integrity trust and accountability
- Safety and security
- Client focused
- Positive social value and impact
- Continuous improvement
Our Purpose:
At Delkia we are driven by our purpose to protect lives and critical assets.
Equal opportunities: Delkia is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex race disability age sexual orientation gender reassignment religion or belief marital status or pregnancy and maternity.
Please be aware that many roles working for Delkia will be subject to UK national security vetting restrictions. Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK and satisfy requirements for national security vettingclearance as appropriate.
All applications will be dealt with in the strictest of confidence. If you require any reasonable adjustments during any part of the application process please get in touch to discuss.
Note to Agencies: Delkia has a commitment to sourcing candidates directly and as such we do not accept speculative CVs from agencies. Please note that any unsolicited CVs submitted will be deemed as gifted to Delkia and any terms & conditions associated with the use of such CVs will be null and void.
Employment Type
Full Time
