Job Description

Location: London
Department: Strategy and Business Development















About Us Avanti Communications (\xe2\x80\x9cAvanti\xe2\x80\x9d) is a global multi-orbit provider of fully integrated connectivity services and solutions. Founded in 2002, with a mission to help the world become better connected, Avanti leverages satellite technology to create custom solutions that protect communities and unlock opportunities for individuals, communities, businesses, and governments all over the world. As a global business, Avanti is able to deliver reliable, high-performance solutions worldwide, even in the most challenging of locations. It uses its scale and expertise to connect those in hard-to-reach rural areas, improving access to education and helping to create a safe environment for people to live and work. Avanti is the leading Ka-band high-throughput satellite capacity partner to the communications industry in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
For more information, please visit avanti.space. Role Purpose The Satellite Services Integration Engineer is an exciting new role within the organisation to support its growing strategic focus on integration of 3rd party capacity into our multi orbit, hybrid network. As the technical integration interface between Avanti internal functions and 3rd party suppliers, the role requires deep technical understanding of telecommunications systems architectures, including satellite communications systems, and their systems interfaces for integration between discrete networks to support Avanti identification and evaluation of 3rdparty services for both strategic and ad hoc requirements. In addition to supporting identification and evaluation activities, the role requires strong stakeholder and programme management skills to support programmatic delivery for the integration of 3rd party services into the Avanti technology and service stack. Key Accountabilities & Responsibilities

• Undertake analysis of 3rd party satellite services, including within the RF (link budgeting), Internetworking, and service domains
• Understand the landscape of today\xe2\x80\x99s satcom market space and monitor the changing competitive environment and trends.
• Maintain 3rd party capacity database.
• Work collaboratively with Sales Directors to maintain 3rd party capacity pipeline.
• Support SVP Strategic Partnerships role in the evaluation and execution from idea generation, sourcing and negotiating of 3rd party capacity partnerships.
• Build, develop and maintain strong working cross-functional relationships with 3rd party capacity partners in support of efficient and effective operations.
• Support and coordinate projects across multiple teams within Avanti for integration and delivery of 3rd party capacity.
• Contribute to new business acquisition through supporting the creation and implementation of internal business rules, process and procedures for successful incorporation of 3rd party capacity into Avanti customer proposals and service agreements.

Skills & Qualifications Essential

• Extensive experience in technical consultative roles in a satcoms context (sales engineering, technical consultant etc) roles involving solutions sourcing, development, evaluation and integration.
• Ability to run link budget analysis and to intuitively grasp the relative performance metrics for satellite capacity for rapid evaluation.
• Experience with full telecommunications internetworking and systems stack, including 3GPP, and how this is used for integration between telecommunicator operators\xe2\x80\x99 networks.
• Ability to effectively present solutions to a wide range of audiences, from operational to executive levels.
• Ability to engage and effectively manage stakeholder groups both internally and externally.
• Ability to prioritise workload of both self and work in conjunction with project team leads to ensure deadlines are achieved.
• Good command of the English language, both written and verbal.
• Attention to detail.
• Experience in common desktop productivity tools such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook, along with strong MS Visio skills.
• Ability to travel world-wide.
• Right to work in the UK

Desirable

• Strategic thinking with strong abilities to manage complex and difficult problem solving.
• Deep knowledge of Satellite communications industry
• Understanding and experience of services delivery frameworks and experience
• Understanding and experience of product development methodologies
• High-level understanding of satcoms regulatory framework

Benefits

• A Competitive Salary, pension scheme, and life assurance & private medical insurance
• A generous and highly achievable bonus scheme \xe2\x80\x93 paid annually based on individual and company performance against targets
• Along with 25 Days Annual Leave (excluding bank holidays) plus an Additional Day on us for your Birthday
• Buy or sell up to 3 holiday days per annum
• Free access to the Employee Assistance Programme
• Plus, a variety of excellent Employee Funded Benefits available to you

In addition to the above responsibilities, the jobholder is required to perform other reasonable duties as assigned by the line manager from time to time. By applying for this position, you consent to your personal information being shared with our recruitment outsourcing partner. For further information please visit https://www.avanti.space/privacy-policy/