SATCOM Engineering Support Services for NATO with security clearance

WLG; Eigenbrakel; Hybride; EUR 60 000 - 90 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

WLG in Belgium is seeking a SATCOM engineer to support on-site and off-site operations across UHF and SHF systems. You will work on link budgets, modulation choices, network topology, RF/antenna engineering, and cybersecurity architecture in a defence context with international coordination.

The role requires 2+ years in related SATCOM experience or five years with vocational training, plus proficiency in DVB-S2/S2X and MIL-STD-188, and English at C1.

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent in telecommunications, electronics or SATCOM engineering with relevant experience.
• Experience in SATCOM across UHF and SHF with architecture and link budgets.
• Understanding of DVB-S2/DVB-S2X and MIL-STD-188 standards.

Responsabilités

• Provide SATCOM engineering support across UHF and SHF domains.
• Conduct link budget analyses and satellite network topology work.
• Perform RF/antenna engineering and propagation modelling for SATCOM bands.
• Apply SATCOM cybersecurity architecture principles and secure communications design.
• Build detailed technical proposals aligned to operational requirements.
• Handle service management tasks including incident and problem handling.

Connaissances

SATCOM engineering

UHF

SHF

Link budgets

RF engineering

Antenna engineering

Propagation modelling

DVB-S2

DVB-S2X

MIL-STD-188

SDN awareness

Security architecture

Formation

Degree in telecommunications, electronics or SATCOM engineering

Higher vocational training in SATCOM engineering

Outils

Software Defined Networking (SDN)

Description du poste

Three quarters of this SATCOM role is off-site. The quarter that is not is in Belgium, working on the satellite links the Alliance depends on. You will provide SATCOM engineering support across UHF and SHF — link budgets, RF and antenna work, architecture and project proposals — for an international defence organisation, alongside its operational commands.

What You Will Be Doing

• Engineering support across SATCOM systems in the UHF and SHF domains
• Link budget analysis, modulation and coding choices, and satellite network topology work
• RF and antenna engineering, including propagation modelling in SATCOM bands
• Applying SATCOM cybersecurity architecture principles, including encryption and secure communications design
• Building detailed technical project proposals aligned to operational requirements and interoperability standards
• Service management work — incident and problem handling — in an operational or control-centre setting

What you will need

• A degree in telecommunications, electronics or SATCOM engineering with two years of related experience, or higher vocational training with five
• At least three years of practical SATCOM experience across UHF and SHF
• Deep knowledge of SATCOM architecture: link budgets, modulation schemes, error correction coding, network topologies
• Strong RF and antenna engineering, with propagation modelling in SATCOM frequency bands
• Familiarity with DVB-S2 and DVB-S2X, MIL-STD-188, and Software Defined Networking in SATCOM environments
• English at C1

Worth knowing before you apply

• The split is 25% on-site, 75% off-site — genuine flexibility, but the on-site quarter is not optional
• The current site near Brussels closes during 2027; performance moves to Brussels or Mons, so the role expects you to move with it

Practical detail

• Contract engagement, base period starting no later than 1 October 2026 to 31 December 2026, with two option years
• An active security clearance is required for this role