Technical Project Lead, Satellite IoT & Network

Cipher Recruitment; Adelaide; Hybrid; AUD 140,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Cipher Recruitment is seeking a Technical Project Lead (Network) for a dominant space-tech client in Adelaide. The role combines deep engineering with end-to-end project delivery across Space, Edge, Cloud and Operations, shaping how customer requirements become robust, field-tested solutions.

You will translate commercial strategy into rigorous briefs, drive multi-team delivery, and own go/no-go decisions, with a hybrid work pattern and relocation flexibility for Adelaide.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in engineering with 3+ years in communications (RF, PHY/MAC)
• Experience leading cross-functional engineering delivery through milestones, trials, and deployments
• Strong hands-on analytics with Python and SQL, able to build first-principles models
• Proven ability to translate customer needs into technical requirements and interfaces

Responsibilities

• Drive project briefs, governance, and resource planning through PRB
• Lead multi-team delivery across Edge, Cloud, Data, and satellite partners
• Define interfaces across RF/beam, SDK APIs, cloud pipelines
• Pressure-test designs with first-principles models including link budgets
• Plan trials, go/no-go decisions, and field demonstrations
• Triages escalations, works with Account Management on performance issues
• Ensure runbooks, telemetry, and knowledge capture for operations

Skills

Engineering leadership

Satellite IoT

Project leadership

Python

Data analysis

Communication

Problem solving

Education

Electrical Engineering

Electronic Engineering

Telecommunications Engineering

Computer Engineering

Software Engineering

Physics

Tools

Python

SQL

GitHub

Job description

Cipher Recruitment is seeking a Technical Project Lead (Network) for a dominant space-tech client in Adelaide. The role combines deep engineering with end-to-end project delivery across Space, Edge, Cloud and Operations, shaping how customer requirements become robust, field-tested solutions.

You will translate commercial strategy into rigorous briefs, drive multi-team delivery, and own go/no-go decisions, with a hybrid work pattern and relocation flexibility for Adelaide.