Senior Architect IRIS2, System CONOPS

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

IRIS2 is the new European Union secure satellite constellation. This project is the European Union's answer to the pressing challenges of tomorrow to provide secure connectivity services and enhanced communication capacities to the EU and its Member States. In addition, as well as to governmental users, private companies and European citizens while benefiting from ensuring high-speed internet broadband to cope with connectivity dead zones. 

SES – together with other consortium partners and core members - was selected by the European Commission to build and to operate the IRIS2 multi-orbit satellite constellation.

The IRIS2 team enters next project phases, we seek and there is a strong need of support for all the activities around service provisioning and products that the system can offer in the future.

ROLE DESCRIPTION:

In this role, you will be responsible for defining the concept of operations (CONOPS) for the IRIS2 system, which will also be used for SES commercial business and contribute to SES’s next-generation MEO constellation.

Working in this role, you will interact with multiple teams within SES and consortium partners to ensure the successful development and operation of the IRIS2 multi-orbit satellite constellation.

Are you up for the challenge?

You will be responsible for (this is not an exhaustive list):

• Defining the concept of operations for the IRIS2 system
• Ensuring the system meets the needs of governmental users, private companies, and European citizens
• Collaborating with consortium partners and core members to build and operate the IRIS2 constellation
• Supporting activities around service provisioning and product offerings
• Contributing to the SES next-generation MEO constellation

YOUR PROFILE

1. Must have 

• Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant field
• Eligibility for ESA/EU SECRET personnel security clearances is essential. Candidates must be prepared to undergo a security clearance procedure, as this position may require holding such clearance
• Willing to work at least 66% onsite from office
• Willingness to travel domestically and internationally
• More than five years of operational experience in a similar role, preferably in an international organization
• Strong analytical skills and detail-focused

2.    Nice to Have

• Advanced professional qualification preferred
• Fluency in English, both oral and written. Other relevant foreign languages an asset

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