IT Sensors & Antennas - Global Field Engineer

SRT Marine Systems; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading marine technology company is seeking an IT Sensors & Antennas Engineer to manage installations and configurations of Radars and VHF systems. The ideal candidate will have a strong technical background, including experience with IT security and strong analytical skills. This position offers a competitive salary, long-term career development opportunities, and an excellent benefits package. Candidates may need to engage in tower climbing activities.

Benefits

Competitive Salary

Long Term Career Development Opportunities

Excellent Benefits Package and Private Healthcare

Qualifications

• Strong experience with Radars, Sensors, and VHF/RF systems.
• Experience with tower climbing for 4G or 5G networks.
• Understanding of IT security and data protection best practices.
• Strong analytical skills and teamwork abilities.
• Willingness to obtain tower climbing qualification.

Responsibilities

• Configuration and deployment of Radars, Sensors, Antennas, and VHF/RF systems.
• Check, validate installations, and provide reports.
• Troubleshoot and monitor system performance.
• Train customer partners in operational ownership of systems.
• Maintain documentation of system changes.

Skills

Strong experience of Radars, Sensors, Antennas, VHF/RF systems

Experience with tower climbing

Strong understanding of IT security

Analytical and problem-solving skills

Teamwork and communication abilities

Education

Qualification in Tower Climbing / Working at Height

Job description

Overview

SRT Marine Systems plc (SRT) are a market leader in international marine surveillance technology and systems. We are respected, established and an ambitious multi-national company headquartered in the UK with a global customer base. The company has a global impact in the marine domain by leading the next generation of maritime domain awareness technologies, products and systems that significantly enhance security, safety and environment protection and sustainability. Our customers are worldwide and range from the largest national coast guards to individual vessel owners. SRT is an exciting company where high quality results are rewarded. We are ambitious and constantly seek to innovate to deliver better products and services to our customers. We strive to make SRT a rewarding and challenging place to work where talented hard-working individuals have the opportunity to make a real impact across the marine world.

Are you a Technician with the required experience and looking to step into an Engineer role? This could be the opportunity you have been waiting for. Due to the nature of the project, you will be required to work a rotation of "in-country" and "home" working. We are open to Expats, or those willing to work in the Middle East for this role.

Role Overview - IT Sensors & Antennas Engineer

This role is ideal for a talented and ambitious professional IT Sensors & Antennas Engineer. The role entails being responsible for the upgrade, installation, configuration and commissioning of Radars, Sensors, Antennas, VHF/RF systems on our towers that make up our maritime surveillance systems, along with ongoing maintenance and issue troubleshooting and resolution.

Responsibilities

• Configuration and deployment of Radars, Sensors, Antennas, VHF/RF systems and other IT system support infrastructure
• Check and validate installations, and provide reports
• Configuration and troubleshooting of different types of the systems
• Monitor system performance, undertake troubleshooting and resolution and implementation of upgrading and replacements
• Support and train customer in-country partners to enable them to take operational ownership and responsibility of the systems we have supplied — day to day maintenance, issue identification and resolution
• Maintain good document trails of system changes and updates

Requirements

• ESSENTIAL - Strong experience of either Radars, Sensors, Antennas, VHF/RF systems, whether obtained in the Telecommunications, military or similar sector
• Experience with tower climbing supporting the build of 4G or 5G communications networks
• Strong understanding of IT security and data protection best practices
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent teamwork and communication abilities
• A qualification in Tower Climbing / Working at Height would be beneficial, but we will provide certified training for this if you do not hold a qualification — you must "have a head for heights"

Benefits

• Competitive Salary
• Long Term Career Development Opportunities
• Excellent Benefits Package and Private Healthcare