Ground Systems Architect

At SES Space & Defense, we deliver secure, resilient connectivity and integrated space solutions for customers operating in the world’s most demanding environments. As part of SES S.A., a global leader in satellite-enabled communications, we combine capabilities across all orbits with extensive global ground infrastructure, managed networks, hosted payload solutions, and mission integration services to support communications, sensing, data transport, and operational resilience worldwide.

Our vertically integrated space and ground capabilities bring together satellite capacity, terrestrial infrastructure, advanced network technologies, and deployed user terminals to support mission-critical government operations around the world. We are a trusted partner to the U.S. Federal Government and national security community, allied governments, NATO, NASA, and other civilian agencies, delivering reliable, high-performance solutions when mission success is critical.

At SES Space & Defense, our people are our competitive advantage. You’ll work alongside a mission-driven team committed to integrity, innovation, accountability, and delivering real-world impact for customers whose missions matter most.

As a talented and motivated professional, the Ground Systems Architect will be responsible for providing technical and operational leadership to the cross-functional organization across every aspect of day-to-day execution. The individual will have responsibility for helping lead a multi-discipline engineering team and assist in guiding all program activities related to design, development, testing by focusing on delivering solutions, removing roadblocks, simplifying large complex problems, and anticipating Customer needs to free up engineers to focus their time and attention on the technical problems they are best equipped to solve.

This position requires a combination of project management, process optimization, technical proficiency and execution skills.

The Ground Systems Architect serves an integral role in cultivating the Customer relationship, actively managing team requirements, and fostering program and team culture. This role will be a trusted advisor and thought partner to design leadership in crafting the strategy, vision and operational experience for future war fighting capabilities. The individual will be instrumental in fostering a culture of collaboration and user-focused design excellence through mentorship, coaching, and influence.

• Lead gateway and user level ground equipment development. From every aspect of the ground segment mission lifecycle, from proposal/mission modeling, design, integration and test, launch and on-orbit operations, to decommissioning
• Define ground and mission operations requirements and flow mission requirements back to the space systems engineering.
• Support hardware and software developments, ensuring full system level coordination to the mission requirements.
• Accountable for technical, cost and schedule execution of the ground programs
• Define IMS tasks required to complete scope of work to achieve program milestones
• Control account manager for assigned accounts.
• Provide technical oversight and direction of the ground segment IPT for assigned program
• Responsible for external stakeholder engagement for IPT's scope of work frequently collaborating with customers and subcontractors, the overall program IPT, and mission partners.
• Using traditional and Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) approaches lead and contribute to the development all SE work products which may include:
• CONOPS
• System Architecture
• Requirements and Interface Control Documents
• Mission and System Analysis
• Trade Studies
• Ensure plans are in place for ground segment requirement…