(SENIOR) ENGINEER, IRIS2 GROUND OPERATIONS 5G AND NETWORKING

IRIS2 is the new European Union secure satellite constellation. This project is the European Union’s answer to the pressing challenges of tomorrow to provide secure connectivity services and enhanced communication capacities to the EU and its Member States as well as to governmental users, private companies and European citizens while ensuring high-speed internet broadband to cope with connec-tivity dead zones.
SES – together with other consortium partners and core members - was selected by European Commission to build and to operate the IRIS2 multi-orbit satellite constellation.
The IRIS2 team enters the next project phase and there is a strong need for support for all the activi-ties around service provisioning and products that the system can offer in the future.

QUALIFICATIONS, BACKGROUND AND EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, RF Engineering or Telecommunications, or similar
• Minimum 3 years of relevant engineering experience in the satellite communications domain as De-velopment, Systems Engineer or Operations Engineer, Test & Integration Engineer, and/or NOC/Teleport Senior Operator
• Hands-on experience in RF measurement techniques, test and verification of ground stations and auxiliary systems
• Highly experienced in developing and maintaining high availability satellite or telecommunications systems using manned and unmanned facilities
• Experience in the application of VSAT baseband equipment, gateway antenna systems and associat-ed equipment
• Understanding of MEO and LEO telecommunications satellite technologies and systems
• Good command of MS Office package (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Visio), AutoCAD, Excel VBA
• Fluency in English (any other language being an asset)

OTHER KEY REQUIREMENTS

• The candidate must be eligible for a “SECRET” security clearance, in accordance with the “loi modifiée du 15 juin 2004 relative à la classification des pièces et aux habilitations de sécurité”, as well as EU/ESA/NATO equivalents
• Willing to work at least 60% onsite from office
• Travel as required for project realization purposes
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ROLE DESCRIPTION

You will be part of an agile project organization where a flexible way of working and an adaptive mindset is required.
You will be responsible for designing and documenting the ground segment architecture and opera-tional processes essential to IRIS2’s multi-orbit (LEO/MEO) satellite service. With a holistic, end-to-end perspective, this role covers gateways, networking, and assurance operations. Rather than fo-cusing on a single subsystem, you will coordinate across multiple domains—gateway infrastructure, terrestrial networks, and service assurance frameworks—to ensure robust, integrated ground opera-tions for IRIS2.
Strong synchronization with SES-internal departments, collaboration with consortium partners, and frequent exchanges with the institutional customer are of essence in the role. Agility in the production of internal and deliverable documentation is fundamental to achieve.