Senior Remote Sensing Space Systems Technical Manager

Primary role and responsibilities

Lead or support engineering activities for remote sensing projects:

Understand and capture Customer needs,

Assess and identify the technologies necessary for the implementation of the system architecture,

Analyze ground system operations and contributes to the generation of the Concept Of Operations,

Review or generate requirements (e.g., Contractual Technical Annexes). and definition baselines of the overall system,

Analyze/review or perform the development, verification and validation of mission procedures,

Interface with customers for systems topics,

Prepare and participate to project reviews and workshops,

Participate to technical proposals and studies.

Desired skills & experience

Master’s degree in engineering, preferably in aerospace and remote sensing,

At least ten years of practical industry experience in Remote Sensing space instruments and/or systems

At least five years of experience of technical management of Remote Sensing space projects & teams in an international environment.

Good knowledge of: Electro-Optical (EO) instruments and systems, Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), Other remote sensing systems, e.g. ELINT, Lidar, etc, Knowledge in laser communication (Laser Communication Terminals for Optical Intersatellite Links) would be an asset. Requirement generation & management, System engineering, System operations.

Ability to appreciate both the commercial and operational requirements.

You are proficient in writing reports and prepare corresponding PowerPoint presentations, adjusted to the message to be transmitted and to the level of the audience.

Fluent in English,

Applied and rigorous both on the technical and organisational aspects of your work.

Autonomy, adaptability,

Team spirit, Communication skills,

In addition to strong technical skills, you have good presentation skills, as well as interpersonal skills (softskills) as the position will require daily collaboration with other Satconsult engineers and customers. You are a good communicator both within your team and when presenting to clients or at conferences.

Ability to travel, as our clients' sites or operations could be anywhere in the world (Europe, Middle East, Asia, the Americas, etc.)