Senior Field Tech; Mission Success

Employment Details

• Salary:
  Up to £75,000 (DOE)
• Full time
• Permanent

Sub Sea Craft is a fast‑growing, privately‑funded, UK‑based innovative maritime technology company specialising in next‑generation, high‑performance watercraft and systems.

• Pension Contribution – Pension scheme with the option to contribute via salary sacrifice.
• Annual Bonus Scheme – Eligibility to participate in the company’s annual discretionary bonus scheme, linked to individual and company performance.
• Life Assurance and Critical Illness Cover – Comprehensive protection including Life Assurance (4x salary) and Critical Illness Cover.
• Annual Leave – Entitlement to 25 days of annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Christmas Leave – A Christmas shutdown is typically observed.
• Wellbeing Day – An additional Wellbeing Day each year.
• Family Leave – Enhanced maternity and paternity pay.
• Private Healthcare – Access to comprehensive private healthcare coverage.
• Professional Development – Commitment to ongoing learning and career growth, supported by training programmes and access to Linked In Learning.
• Flexible Working – Opportunities for flexible working arrangements.
• Inclusive Culture – A professional environment that values diversity, innovation, and collaboration.
• Offsite Parking – Available.

• Support and lead the planning and execution of UK and international platform evaluations, exercises and customer demonstrations across the full Sub Sea Craft portfolio.
• Act as the senior technical authority during operational activity, making time‑critical decisions to resolve technical and operational issues.
• Support the operation, integration and evaluation of uncrewed maritime and aerial systems, with particular focus on UAV/RPAS capability, operational employment and customer demonstrations.
• Diagnose and resolve technical issues affecting mission systems, software, communications, sensors and autonomous platforms.
• Configure and troubleshoot command and control systems, mission planning software and supporting communications architectures.
• Support operator training, system familiarisation and mission execution across the Sub Sea Craft portfolio.
• Lead the planning and execution of operational experimentation, capability demonstrations, test and evaluation activities and customer familiarisation events.
• Engage confidently with military, government and industry stakeholders, articulating platform capability, limitations and operational employment.
• Identify emerging customer needs, integration challenges and follow‑on opportunities, feeding insight into commercial strategy and product development.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to Field Technicians. Complement and support the trials team for UK‑based trials and commissioning phases as required.
• Escalate technical, safety or operational risks clearly and decisively through the reporting chain.
• Operate independently or under Mission Success leadership during expeditionary deployments, leading small deployable teams, setting technical standards and expectations.
• Lead or contribute to post‑activity reporting, customer debriefs and engagement planning.
• Support regional commercial teams with technically credible input during evaluations and acquisition discussions.
• Support the integration, testing and refinement of sensors, payloads and effectors.
• Act as the primary on‑site technical interface between end users, engineers, programme staff and key customer stakeholders.
• Capture and communicate diagnostic findings and lessons learned to support platform development and continuous improvement.
• Interpret telemetry, logs and system health data to identify root causes and restore operational capability.
• Operate effectively in high‑tempo, expeditionary environments, where reliability, safety and professional judgement directly impact mission outcomes, including UK and overseas deployments in support of trials, operational demonstrations, integration activities and customer evaluations.
• Prepare, configure, deploy, operate, fault‑find and recover platforms and supporting systems in operationally relevant maritime environments.
• Assure end‑to‑end platform technical readiness prior to deployment through…