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,…