Senior Communications Engineer (027dm) – Hybrid- Regular travel to Worcestershire and London

Job Summary by the Career Balance Team:

A company is seeking a Senior Communications Engineer to provide technical leadership in the area of secure military communications. The role involves working with programme managers to develop proposals and deliver consultancy on secure military network solutions. The engineer will also support the technical strategy within the business and oversee technical work. The ideal candidate will have experience leading and delivering high-value research and engineering activities, as well as strong knowledge of military communications systems. Eligibility for security clearance is required, and the role is based in Malvern with flexible working options.

Job Description:

Senior Communications Engineer (027dm) – Hybrid- Regular travel to Worcestershire and London- £55000-£65000 DOE

 

As a Senior Communications Engineering Consultant – Technical Lead, you’ll have a role that is out of the ordinary, providing technical leadership in the area of Secure Military communications to meet business objectives and deliver growth.

 

DUE TO THE NATURE OF THIS RECRUITMENT CONSULTANCY, WE ARE ONLY ABLE TO REPRESENT INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE EX MILITARY.

 

This would fit a Yeoman of Signals or a similar background.

 

You’ll work with Programme Managers to develop winning proposals and to deliver compelling consultancy on future secure military network solutions. You’ll also support the technical strategy within a business area. This will involve interpretation of business goals and drivers, the identification of required changes in capabilities. They will oversee technical work and be forward leaning, shaping the solutions for the future.

 

Responsibilities:

-Leadership: Lead project teams to deliver solutions using best practices. Success will depend on your ability to manage and guide junior staff to deliver solutions for new and existing customers.

-Delivery: Responsible for providing technical leadership for programme, project and bidding activities.

-Provide effective technical leadership and support to the business both in delivery or programmes and bidding activities.

-Provide technical assurance by understanding and interpreting the appropriate technical standards that comply with statutory, regulatory, company and project specific processes and procedures.

-To understand the market requirements and future technology developments and apply them to technical solutions.

-Responsible for the development of:

-Design Certifications

-Technical Delivery Plans

-High Level Documentation

-Detailed Design Documentation

-Testing schedules at component, system and user levels

-This role is full time, based at Malvern with flexible working options.

 

Experience needed:

-A technical leader with experience of successfully leading and delivering multiple, high value, research, consultancy and engineering activities with large, multi-disciplinary and cross-Industry and Military partner organisations.

-Being a Subject Matter Expert (SME) that has experience resolving problems where a precedent may not yet exist.

-Good commercial awareness; has a good knowledge of how the technical function contributes to the business and a good understanding of competitors. Being key in the budgeting, bidding and estimating activities for projects.

-A knowledge of Line of Sight (LOS) and Beyond Line Of Sight (BLOS) systems, including any of the

-HF including 2G/3G and 4G

-VHF Combat Net Radio

-UHF wideband including Mobile Adhoc NETworks (MANET)

-Satellite Communications (SATCOM) including Mil Sat/Civ Sat LEO MEO and GEO constellation services

-802.11 WiFi based solutions including ad and ay 60 GHz

-Understanding of RF propagation in both LOS and BLOS environments and the physical layer elements of the system relating to key performance attributes e.g. antennas, spectrum access, modulation and coding.

-Strong system engineering background understanding requirements capture, integrations planning and testing.

-Expert technical ability to collect and analyse data from multiple sources, reason out trends and outliers and provide actionable advice pitched at the correct level for the audience through reports or presentations.

 

Desirable experience:

-Awareness of military communications systems including Bowman and/or Skynet5/6.

 

Please note that all applicants must be eligible for SC clearance, as a minimum.

UKSV National Security Vetting Solution: guidance for applicants – GOV.UK ( )

 

Benefits:

-Adaptive and flexible working

-Generous holiday allowance

-Health Cash Plan, Private Medical Insurance and Dental Insurance

-Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance

-Employee discount portal: Personal Accident Insurance, Travel Insurance, Restaurants, Cinema Tickets and much more.

-Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows most employees to buy up to 5 days additional leave

-We are proud to support the Armed Forces community by honouring the Armed Forces Covenant

-Payroll Giving and Volunteering – helping charities and local community

 

If you are interested in applying, please send a copy of your CV by email to .uk or via the website outlining why this would be the ideal opportunity for you.

 

Location: Worcester, Worcestershire