Must Haves

• 5–10 years of experience in ground station systems engineering, preferably in Earth Observation or telecom satellite operations

• Proven track record in end-to-end station deployment: from design to on-site integration and operations

• Solid understanding of RF systems, antenna configuration, link budgets, and data dissemination

• Knowledge of satellite protocols (DVB-S2/S2X, CCSDS, SCCC) with a system-level perspective

• Familiarity with networking and secure infrastructure design: LAN/VLAN, VPN, DMZ, traffic segmentation

• Experience interacting with national spectrum and licensing authorities

• Strong sense of ownership, autonomy and solution-driven mindset

• Fluent English required; French is a plus

Nice to Haves

• Experience supporting sensitive or defense-grade missions, including sovereign or restricted deployments

• Familiarity with cloud-native architectures, virtualized modems, SDR, and secure remote operations

• Exposure to teleport environments, RF monitoring, and large-scale antenna integration

• Experience coordinating multi-site, multi-vendor deployments in time-critical contexts

Architecture & Design

• Define and iterate on the technical architecture of new ground stations, covering RF systems, digitizers, signal transport and security

• Contribute to the evaluation and prototyping of disruptive ground station architectures

• Ensure all deployed stations meet the performance and resilience needs of critical space missions

Site & Deployment

• Identify third party ground station antennas and sites to be added to our network

• Conduct and/or supervise technical and regulatory site surveys, with RF, infrastructure and licensing assessment

• Manage end-to-end procurement, integration and deployment of antenna systems and associated hardware

• Supervise commissioning, acceptance testing and operational transition

Operations & Monitoring

• Develop and maintain remote monitoring and control capabilities to support 24/7 operational readiness

• Ensure preventive maintenance, upgrades and incident response processes are in place

• Write and enforce Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and quality documentation

• Supervise ground stations antennas and network monitoring

Program & Vendor Management

• Contribute to project coordination across multiple infrastructure programs, ensuring delivery on scope, time and quality

• Coordinate with suppliers (antennas, RF equipment, connectivity) and external stakeholders

🧳 Travel Requirement: this position includes regular international travel to support site surveys, deployment, commissioning and operational validation.

📍 Location: Paris HQ + international travel

🕐 Type: Full-time employment (CDI – Contrat à Durée Indéterminée)

For more information please contact: [email protected]