Payload Systems Project Lead

Platform Recruitment; Stevenage; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Platform Recruitment is assisting in the search for a Payload Systems Project Lead in Stevenage. The role involves leading the design, integration and test of advanced RF payload and antenna systems for space-based communications platforms.

You will guide system-level trade studies, coordinate cross-disciplinary teams and develop robust technical recommendations across payload architecture, ground infrastructure and communications technologies.

Qualifications

• Degree in Engineering, Mathematics or Physics.
• Significant experience in communications systems engineering and/or leadership.
• Experience developing technologies for space applications.
• Knowledge of ECSS standards.
• Experience leading engineering teams.
• Experience with RF payloads, antenna systems and digital payload architectures.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering project teams, developing and maintaining technical plans covering scope, schedule, cost, resources and risk.
• Monitor technical performance against programme objectives, identifying risks and implementing mitigation strategies.
• Drive cross-functional engineering activities to deliver projects on time, within budget and to the required technical and quality standards.
• Manage technical budgets, forecasts and schedules while ensuring alignment with programme objectives.
• Define, validate and manage technical requirements throughout the project lifecycle.
• Lead the systems engineering team in developing system requirements, specifications and interface definitions.

Skills

Systems engineering

Technical leadership

RF payload

Space systems

Education

Engineering, Mathematics or Physics

Tools

ECSS standards

Spacecraft communications

Job description

Payload Systems Project Lead | Stevenage

Our client is looking for a Payload Systems Project Lead to lead the design, integration and test of advanced RF payload and antenna systems for space-based communications platforms.

Working closely with multidisciplinary engineering teams, you will lead system-level trade studies and develop robust technical recommendations across payload architecture, ground infrastructure and communications technologies.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering project teams, developing and maintaining technical plans covering scope, schedule, cost, resources and risk.
• Monitor technical performance against programme objectives, identifying risks and implementing mitigation strategies.
• Drive cross-functional engineering activities to deliver projects on time, within budget and to the required technical and quality standards.
• Manage technical budgets, forecasts and schedules while ensuring alignment with programme objectives.
• Define, validate and manage technical requirements throughout the project lifecycle.
• Lead the systems engineering team in developing system requirements, specifications and interface definitions.

Requirements

• Degree in Engineering, Mathematics or Physics.
• Significant experience in communications systems engineering and/or engineering leadership.
• Experience developing technologies for space applications.
• Knowledge of space industry standards such as ECSS.
• Previous experience leading engineering teams.
• Experience with communications satellite systems, including RF payloads, antenna systems and digital payload architectures.
• Ability to develop end-to-end system requirements and perform technical trade studies such as link budgets and capacity analysis.

Join an innovative engineering team developing next-generation space communications technology that will shape the future of satellite connectivity. You'll have the opportunity to work on technically challenging projects alongside industry experts, with real influence over system architecture, customer solutions and the future of space communications