Field Networking Engineer for Mission Ops (Remote)

Somewear Labs; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Somewear Labs seeks a Mission Support Engineer - Networking to own the success of our communications deployments in the field, from pre-mission preparation through execution and recovery. You will translate mission requirements into working network architectures and enable operators to use the capability confidently on their own.

This hands-on role requires troubleshooting in austere environments, configuring networking gear, and collaborating with field teams.

Qualifications

• Hands-on, engineering-level experience diagnosing and resolving networking and communications problems in field, tactical, or other mission-critical environments.

Responsibilities

• Own technical execution of communications and networking deployments, including trials, evaluations, demonstrations, exercises, and operational missions.
• Serve as the on-site technical owner for network readiness, configuration, troubleshooting, and mission performance.
• Conduct pre-mission checks, equipment preparation, configuration, and readiness assessments; support post-mission recovery, documentation, and after-action review.
• Translate mission requirements into practical connectivity and network architecture.
• Drive issues to resolution in the field using structured troubleshooting and sound engineering judgment rather than escalation.

Skills

Networking troubleshooting

Linux administration

Video streaming

Packet capture

RF communications

Satellite comms

Field diagnostics

Technical briefing

Tools

tcpdump

Wireshark

Shell

Job description

Somewear Labs seeks a Mission Support Engineer - Networking to own the success of our communications deployments in the field, from pre-mission preparation through execution and recovery. You will translate mission requirements into working network architectures and enable operators to use the capability confidently on their own.

This hands-on role requires troubleshooting in austere environments, configuring networking gear, and collaborating with field teams.