Senior Gateway Installation and Operations Engineer

Senior Gateway Installation and Operations Engineer

Location:

Tampa, FL, US, 33607 Work Arrangement:
Hybrid Job

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.

The Senior Gateway Installation and Operations Engineer plays a critical role in the installation, integration, maintenance, and operational readiness of satellite communications gateways and supporting service platforms. This field-focused position works closely with Engineering, Operations, subcontractors, and customers to ensure gateway infrastructure is installed, configured, documented, tested, and successfully transitioned into operations. The position requires extensive hands-on experience with satellite gateway systems, RF/IF signal paths, IP networking, modem platforms, antennas, and supporting infrastructure.

In addition to supporting gateway installations and operational activities, this role serves as a technical lead during field deployments, coordinating installation teams, schedules, customer requirements, testing, and technical deliverables. Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to operate independently in domestic and international environments are essential.

• Lead and support the installation, integration, commissioning, testing, and operational turnover of satellite communications gateways and associated service platforms
• Perform gateway site surveys, readiness assessments, infrastructure audits, configuration reviews, and operational compliance evaluations
• Install, configure, maintain, and troubleshoot multi-band, multi-orbit, and multi-vendor SATCOM systems
• Support gateway operations, including carrier activations, RF lineups, antenna peak and polarization activities, redundancy testing, system monitoring, and service restoration
• Troubleshoot end-to-end RF and IF signal paths, including antennas, waveguide systems, HPAs, BUCs, LNAs, LNBs, frequency converters, splitters, combiners, switches, modems, and monitoring equipment
• Validate RF performance using spectrum analyzers, power meters, signal generators, test modems, and other applicable test equipment
• Perform preventive and corrective maintenance on gateway RF, IF, networking, compute, power, timing, and monitoring infrastructure
• Develop and maintain physical and logical network diagrams, RF/IF signal-flow diagrams, rack elevations, cable schedules, equipment inventories, and complete as-built documentation
• Create and execute installation procedures, methods of procedure, test plans, maintenance procedures, standard operating procedures, and acceptance documentation
• Identify site deficiencies, operational risks, single points of failure, configuration inconsistencies, and lifecycle concerns, and provide recommended corrective actions
• Coordinate field activities with gateway operations, network operations centers, platform engineering, service delivery, logistics, vendors, subcontractors, and customer representatives
• Support incident, problem, change, release, and configuration-management activities affecting gateway and platform environments
• Verify that installations comply with approved engineering designs, customer requirements, safety standards, cybersecurity requirements, and organizational configuration standards
• Support equipment staging, inventory validation, shipping coordination, installation planning, and material readiness for field deployments
• Provide remote and on-site technical support during service activations, maintenance events, outages, testing, and system upgrades
• Serve as a technical project lead or provide work leadership to employees, vendors, and subcontractors during gateway deployments and maintenance activities
• Prepare technical reports, audit findings, trip reports, test results, maintenance records, and management-level status updates
• Provide technical descriptions and contribute to the…