Satcom Consultant Engineer

About Novaspace   Novaspace is the global leading consulting firm in the space sector. With a robust 40-year legacy of expertise in guiding private companies and government entities through strategic decisionmaking processes, Novaspace offers end-to-end consulting services, from project strategy definition to implementation, providing data-led perspectives on critical issues. Our mission is to empower clients with strategic and technical insights, enabling them to navigate and seize new opportunities within the rapidly evolving space sector. As a privately owned and fully independent organization, Novaspace presents an expanded portfolio of services, featuring combined expertise in management and technology consulting, top-tier executive summits, and market intelligence. Trusted by 1,200 clients in over 60 countries, Novaspace has offices strategically located in Brussels, Montreal, Munich, Paris, Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo, Toulouse, and Washington D.C. Working at Novaspace will give you the opportunity to boost your career in the space/consulting industry where our role is to support the decision-makers by providing them the highest quality support in everything we do: consulting, market intelligence, training and summits.    Only Applications containing a Motivation Letter and a CV in English will be considered.

Who we are looking for

You have a good technical knowledge of at least one of the topics mentioned above.

You like to learn and improve quickly on technical concepts and actors to grasp the technological and application challenges.

You have a real team spirit, and you are rigorous.

You can summarize information from a complex report to a short presentation or produce a single intelligible content from multiple sources.

You are proficient in writing reports and presentations with a high level of quality.

You are a good communicator, able to present content with ease in front of an audience.

You are well organized, with a good level of autonomy to perform your tasks in cooperation with your leader (using collaborative and simple project management tools).

Primary role and responsibilities

Support (and eventually lead) the missions above mentioned which can include data collection and analysis, technical surveys of upcoming technologies and standards, support to system design analysis and generation of technical reports and presentations in accordance with project requirements.

Contribute to (and eventually lead) the management of engineering studies (development of the technical and project management documents, determination of the necessary resources, communication with stakeholders, management of contracts). Ensure that they meet technical, programmatic, quality and cost objectives.

Participate in writing consulting proposals or technical reports.

Desired skills & experience

MSc in space engineering with a major preferably in telecommunications (incl. software development will be a plus).

3 to 5 years of experience within the space sector preferably in satcom but could be EO or other.

Satellite communications expertise including satellite link budget analysis , and or development of payload architecture is an asset,

In addition to strong technical capabilities, you have good presentation and interpersonal skills (soft skills) as the position requires daily collaboration with other Novaspace engineers and international customers.

Ability to travel, as you will be able to work at our clients' sites or operations anywhere in the world: Europe, Middle East, Asia, the Americas, etc

Fluent in English

EU citizen or permanent EU residence/work permit