Systems Engineer – Communications & Electronics

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Systems Engineer – Communications & Electronics

Mission Success

United States (Primary operations facility; frequent travel required)

Sub Sea Craft is a fast-growing, privately funded, UK-founded innovative maritime technology company specialising in next-generation, high-performance watercraft and systems. As we expand internationally, we are establishing a presence in the United States and are seeking US-based talent to support this growth. Operating at the intersection of advanced engineering, cutting‑edge design, and user‑centric innovation, we deliver safe, effective, and enabling solutions for both defence and commercial applications.

• Paid Time Off (PTO) – 10 days of paid time off annually, plus public holidays.
• Sick Leave – 7 days of paid sick leave per year.
• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Access to a 401(k) plan to support your long‑term financial wellbeing.
• Health Insurance – Comprehensive medical coverage to support your overall wellbeing.
• Dental & Vision Insurance – Additional coverage for routine and specialist care.
• Disability Insurance – Short‑term and long‑term disability cover to provide financial protection if you’re unable to work.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) – Access to confidential support services for personal, financial, and mental wellbeing.
• Professional Development – Commitment to ongoing learning and career growth.
• Inclusive Culture – A professional environment that values diversity, innovation, and collaboration.

The Systems Engineer – Communications & Electronics is responsible for delivering robust, secure and predictable command, control and data connectivity for our autonomous vessels in all customer‑facing opportunities. The role owns all vessel and shore communications and electronic systems, including networks, communications links and interfaces between sensors, autonomy systems and operator consoles. Working as part of the Mission Success team, the engineer configures and validates communications for each deployment, rapidly resolves connectivity and electronic issues in the field, and provides structured technical feedback to engineering teams to continuously improve link reliability and supportability.

Communications architecture and configuration

• Configure and maintain LOS/BLOS communications/networks for trials, training and demonstrations.
• Monitor link performance, diagnose issues and implement rapid fixes to maintain reliable command, control and data connectivity.

Networking and electronic systems integration

• Integrate and configure sensors, telemetry and electronic subsystems on vessel and shore‑side networks, ensuring correct interfaces and data flows.
• Maintain electronic control systems and interfaces to autonomy, control and payload software.

Power and electrical readiness

• Support power distribution to communications and electronic systems.
• Assist with electrical fault‑finding where issues impact craft performance, communications, networking or control‑station equipment.

System‑level diagnostics and recovery

• Analyse telemetry and network diagnostics to identify root causes of communications and electronic issues.
• Implement safe, rapid workarounds and restorations to recover functionality during live customer events and collect and consolidate lessons learned to mitigate reoccurrences.

Operational deployment and field support

• Prepare and validate communications and electronic configurations for each deployment, ensuring end‑to‑end connectivity.
• Support deployment, recovery and launch/recovery operations for platforms, antennas and control stations as part of the Mission Success team.

• Experience with RF communications, networking systems, or electronic integration.
• Experience troubleshooting communications systems in field environments.

• Military communications background.
• Experience supporting unmanned systems communications.
• Familiarity with telemetry and sensor integration systems.

• Ability to work in maritime and field environments.
• Ability to travel for operational deployments.

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