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Eutelsat Group

Director of System Architecture and Engineering

Eutelsat Group

. Lead, organise and develop the GN-SAE and C-SAE teams within Operational System Evolution Architecture and Engineering .

Posted 11/11/2026full-timeLondon • United KingdomLeadWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in leading multidisciplinary teams in End-to-End System engineering, with a strong focus on LEO satellite constellation systems, architecture governance, and technical decision-making. Possesses advanced knowledge in RF engineering, requirements engineering, and system-level integrity.

Highest-signal resume keywords
LEO Satellite Constellation SystemsEnd-to-End System EngineeringRF EngineeringArchitecture GovernanceTechnical Leadership

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Hard Skills
End-to-End System Requirements EngineeringRadio-Link DesignLink BudgetsRF Subsystem ArchitecturePropagation and Interference AnalysisModulation and CodingCommunication ProtocolsPerformance VerificationRisk ManagementTechnical Decision Making
Soft Skills
Stakeholder AlignmentIndependent JudgementConstructive ChallengeAmbiguity ResolutionAccountability
Certifications & Qualifications
Master’s DegreePhD
Industry Keywords
TelecommunicationsSatellite CommunicationsComplex Systems EngineeringSafety-Critical SystemsOperational Evolution

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Lead, organise and develop the GN-SAE and C-SAE teams within Operational System Evolution Architecture and Engineering
  • Set priorities, capacity plans, engineering practices and competency-development objectives
  • Act as Technical Authority for assigned programmes and the LEO Satellite Constellation End-to-End System
  • Establish and govern End-to-End System architecture principles, technical policies, engineering standards and decision processes
  • Provide technical guidance, professional mentoring, quality expectations, capability development and succession planning
  • Approve key requirements, architecture baselines, cross-domain trade-offs, deviations, waivers and non-conformances
  • Chair or provide Technical Authority input to SRR, PDR and CDR lifecycle reviews
  • Support qualification, acceptance and go/no-go decisions within delegated authority
  • Serve as final technical escalation point for cross-segment disputes and integration issues
  • Oversee ground-network architecture evolution, requirements, baselines, interfaces, performance, integration, verification, acceptance and vendor assurance
  • Oversee LEO constellation architecture and engineering across the Space Segment, Fleet Management Segment and ground-based communications scheduling capabilities
  • Ensure suppliers, system integrators and internal teams deliver evidence consistent with approved requirements and architecture baselines
  • Maintain an End-to-End System evolution roadmap balancing service continuity, interoperability, resilience, security, performance, cost, schedule, operability and maintainability
  • Represent Operational System Evolution Architecture and Engineering in executive technical reviews, programme governance, partner and supplier forums

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Master’s degree or PhD in Telecommunications, Systems Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering or equivalent
  • At least 12 years of experience in telecommunications, satellite communications or complex end-to-end system engineering
  • Significant architecture and engineering leadership responsibility in LEO satellite constellation systems or comparable safety- and mission-critical systems of systems would be an asset
  • Experience leading multidisciplinary End-to-End System engineering teams and Technical Leaders across complex, multi-stakeholder programmes
  • Deep understanding of deployed LEO Satellite Constellation End-to-End Systems and their controlled operational evolution
  • Expert radio-system and RF engineering capability, including radio-link design and link budgets, RF subsystem architecture, propagation and interference analysis, modulation and coding, communication protocols, and end-to-end performance verification
  • Strong experience in End-to-End System requirements engineering, architecture governance, CONOPS, cross-segment trade-offs, technical reviews, risk management, supplier assurance, change introduction and technical decision making
  • Recognised technical leadership with independent judgement, constructive challenge, ambiguity resolution, stakeholder alignment and accountability for system-level technical integrity

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Professional development
  • Growth, teamwork, and professional development opportunities
  • Inclusive and diverse global team environment
  • Meaningful and rewarding work
  • Opportunity to pioneer space technology and bring connectivity to remote frontiers