Head of Spectrum Management & Government Affairs

GPS is a ubiquitous global utility in modern society; knowing one’s location is critical for government, commercial, and personal applications. Still, today’s solutions for determining location are unencrypted, susceptible to jamming and spoofing, and too often are both inaccurate and slow. These shortcomings make GPS insufficient for tomorrow’s safety-critical and high-precision applications, a problem TrustPoint intends to solve.

TrustPoint is developing a fully commercial next-generation GPS/PNT system to provide significant performance, security and reliability improvements for our users. Our system will provide users with better accuracy, faster Time to First Fix (TTFF), solid anti-jam and anti-spoof capabilities, and will support US Government position and timing service resiliency along with next-generation commercial applications like drone delivery, self-driving cars, urban air mobility, and augmented reality.

The $260B annual GNSS Hardware, Software and Data Services market is ripe for disruption and improvement, and TrustPoint intends to lead that revolution with our commercial infrastructure and services.

The Position

TrustPoint is currently seeking a Full-Time Head of Spectrum Management & Government Affairs at our Herndon, Virginia location to secure and protect the spectrum our constellation depends on, lead our engagement with U.S. Government stakeholders, and advance TrustPoint’s role in ensuring resilient Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) for critical infrastructure and national security.

Spectrum is TrustPoint’s wireless real estate, and this role owns it. You will take over, build out and execute the roadmap that secures our radio navigation-satellite service (RNSS) and supporting allocations across domestic and international regulators, coordinate with incumbent GNSS and other operators to avoid harmful interference, and defend our rights over the life of the constellation. The work is both technical and political: you will be as comfortable in an interference analysis or an ITU coordination meeting as in a conversation with an agency lead or a Congressional office.

Alongside spectrum, this senior role will drive TrustPoint’s broader regulatory and policy strategy, guide export control compliance, and build coalitions across federal agencies, Congress, industry, and international forums. As a pivotal leader in a fast-growing venture, you will directly shape how our commercial PNT system integrates with national security priorities and commercial markets.

The position is hybrid, based in Herndon with regular access to Washington, DC, and includes occasional domestic and international travel as required.

We'll Expect You To…

• Own TrustPoint’s spectrum strategy and multi-year roadmap, securing, protecting, and expanding our RNSS, TT&C, feeder link, and inter-satellite link spectrum across domestic and international bodies.
• Lead ITU satellite network filings and coordination under the Radio Regulations, including advance publication, coordination requests, notification, bringing into use, and NGSO milestone obligations, working through the responsible notifying administrations.
• Negotiate and document coordination agreements with incumbent GNSS system operators, other satellite networks, and terrestrial users, and resolve interference concerns before they become disputes.
• Lead or direct interference and compatibility analyses (PFD, EPFD, aggregate interference, and protection criteria) that support filings, coordination positions, and regulatory submissions.
• Manage FCC satellite licensing and U.S. market access (Part 25 applications, modifications, and related filings)…