Senior Engineer - Space Network Systems Engineering (Space42)

Overview

Space42 (ADX: SPACE42) is a UAE-based AI-powered SpaceTech company that integrates satellite communications, geospatial analytics and artificial intelligence capabilities to enlighten the Earth from space. Established in 2024 following the successful merger between Bayanat and Yahsat, Space42’s global reach allows it to address the rapidly evolving needs of its customers in governments, enterprises, and communities.

Our vision is to pioneer beyond today for humanity to experience a better tomorrow. Space42 challenges traditional approaches with advanced AI and cutting-edge satellite technology, making space more accessible and redefining how data from space can be used on Earth. We aim to achieve this by connecting people to rewire potential, informing decisions to reimagine impact and enabling action to redefine tomorrow.

For more information visit: www.space42.ai, follow us on X and Instagram @Space42ai

Responsibilities

Responsibilities

• Capturing System requirements: Capture the end user, business, operations and other stakeholders needs and use cases, identify system constraints, and transform them into system requirements and CONOPS documents
• Defining system architecture: contribute to system architecture trade-off analysis, allocating system function to segments and sub-systems, and define system level interfaces requirement documents.
• Developing segment requirements and procurement specifications: Support the development of the specifications for all space segment and ground segment procurement processes, in coordination with the other sections in the Engineering Department.
• Support Proposals Review and Assessment: Support other Sections in the Engineering Division, the Broadband Operations Division and other relevant areas of Space42 in the review and assessment of proposals received in response to RFP’s issued by the company
• System Performance Analysis: Assess end-to-end system performances (link throughput, capacity, availability, latency) for different services and user terminals to be deployed in the network for GEO and LEO satcom systems. Support to Business Units across the company to identify user cases and performance. Support to Spectrum and Regulatory Affairs team in preparation to coordination agreement and evolution of regulations rules and recommendations. Calculate the overall Capacity analysis. Maintain a database containing the latest information from satellite, user terminal, modems and waveforms to be used in the system. Ensure a summary report is maintained up to date for all system analysis aspects.
• Model Satcom end-to-end system in the Space42 Link Budget and system performance analysis Tools.
• E2E system functional chains: In the frame of procurement contracts, contribute to the review all E2E system level functions and performances spanning across multiple segments (space and ground)
• System testing and acceptance: Contribute to the system integration and validation strategy and test plan definition, relying on projects suppliers testing complemented by budgeted and structured in house test plans and procedures covering the entire system. Ensure that such test plans answers Space42 stakeholders need and use cases. Contribute to the execution of the system test procedures, and to the reporting and analysis of test results. Follow up on non-conformances and anomalies identification and correction during system test and acceptance campaigns
• Continuous Improvement: Provide inputs and suggestions for the continuous improvement of existing practices considering ‘best practice’, changes in international standards and changes in the business environment which demand proactive action plans. Engagement with 3rd party vendors, partners and internal teams to help expand and enhance Space42 GEO and LEO space networks solutions
  
  

Qualifications

• BS or MS in Engineering and Telecommunications and Electrical
• 5-8+ years or more technical experience in the satellite communications industry
• Experience capturing and defining system/sub-system requirement, defining system or subsystem architecture and interfaces, planning and executing system/sub-system integration, verification and acceptance tests.
• INCOSE certification (ASEP, CSEP) is a plus.
• In-depth understanding of satellite communications at both space & ground/service segments
• Experience in GEO or LEO Satcom E2E system performance analysis, link budget analysis
• Continuous development & improvement at theoretical & practical levels
• Confidence & willingness to use/develop computational systems in support of departmental tasks
• Experience in software development of system engineering and simulation tools. Knowledge of Python is a plus.