(SENIOR) ENGINEER, IRIS2 GROUND OPERATIONS ASSURANCE

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 connectivity 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 next project phases and there is a strong need of support for all the activities 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 Development, 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 associated 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
• Willing to support a rotation based 24/7 on-call role
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ROLE SUMMARY

This role is a fixed-term 12 month contract. 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 operational 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 focusing on a single subsystem, you will coordinate across multiple domains—gateway infrastructure, terrestrial networks, and service assurance frameworks—to ensure robust, integrated ground operations 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.