With our global satellite fleet, SES Space & Defense enables communications capability wherever your mission takes you.
From satellite bandwidth and end-to-end communications capability to hosted payloads, every solution is customized to meet your specific mission.

SES Space & Defense

Browse and apply for open jobs at SES Space & Defense.

product-manager

SES Space & Defense is a company dedicated to providing services and solutions in the aerospace and defense sectors. They focus on enhancing operational capabilities and delivering innovative technology solutions to support military and government missions. SES Space & Defense embodies values such as diversity, inclusion, and a commitment to nurturing talent across various professional backgrounds, including engineering and information technology.

With our global satellite fleet, SES Space & Defense enables communications capability wherever your mission takes you.  From satellite bandwidth and end-to-end communications capability to hosted payloads, every solution is customized to meet your specific mission.

• Meet with customers to identify user desires, pain points, latent needs, and motivations, to be translated into product features and user stories.
• Investigate opportunities for hosted payloads and augmentations on our future constellation updates.
• Identify requirements and features for our next generation user terminals, which may support LEO, MEO, and GEO satellite connections and tracking.
• Translate market research into detailed, actionable product requirement documents (PRDs), including epics, features, and user scenarios.
• Analyze direct and indirect competitors to understand their strengths and weaknesses of product features and market positioning to identify opportunities for differentiation.
• Use data-driven insights to rank potential product features based on market demand, technical feasibility, differentiation and alignment with business goals.
• Work with cross functional departments through the development process to create Minimum Viable Products as precursors to a final product offering.
• Employ Minimum Viable Products (MVPs) or prototypes to gather feedback from potential users, testing usability and functionality before full-scale development.
• For hosted payloads, user terminals or other hardware development, track the requirements, testing, and validation from cradle to grave to ensure full compliance to the product needs.
• Participate in the development and management of annual IR&D/CAPEX and OPEX budgets targeted toward achievement of objectives that create new revenue or drive additional revenue for the business.

Director, Product Management – Grade P13

Director, Product Management leading product development for satellite communications at SES Space & Defense. Collaborating with cross-functional teams to meet customer requirements and market needs.

full-stack-engineer

• Provide technical expertise in end-to-end satellite network solution design. 
• Act as RF and SATCOM technical Subject Matter Expert (SME). 
• Assist with satellite and beam selection for requirements. 
• Lead troubleshooting of connectivity issues. 
• Foster collaborative relationships with satellite operators. 
• Advise personnel on technical and engineering developments. 
• Lead preparation of proposals for cost-effective solutions. 
• Support travel for customer meetings and projects. 
• Create opportunities and implement solutions.

Principal Engineer, PMO – RF Engineer

Principal Engineer responsible for end-to-end RF network design at SES Space & Defense. Leading technical efforts and collaborations with teams on advanced satellite network solutions.

manager

• Serve as the primary interface with the customer on all matters involving contract execution 
• Provide leadership to the program team 
• Actively seek new business opportunities in coordination with Business Development 
• Formally identify, assess, monitor, and mitigate risk throughout the program life cycle 
• Prepare for and participate in contract/subcontract negotiations

Senior Manager, PMO

Program Manager overseeing Special Operations Forces global commercial satellite communications network. Leading the program team and engaging with business development efforts in aerospace/defense industry.

business-analyst

• Supports one or more program/project managers by preparing and analyzing project performance data and reports
• Processes purchase request and purchase orders
• Tracks cost and schedule of delivery orders
• Assures timely payment of invoices
• Works with systems such as Deltek Costpoint, Microsoft 365 SharePoint, and Salesforce
• Coordinates with project managers, technical staff, logistics, project control, procurement, and other support staff across a wide range of topics, tasks, and efforts
• Enters and tracks pricing requests for new services and service renewals
• Manages purchase request (PR) submissions in Deltek Costpoint; responsible for managing timely PR approvals from multiple departments and levels
• Purchases consumable equipment on company purchase card (P-Card)
• Enters capital expense (CAPEX) and At-risk packages within SalesForce; responsible for managing timely approvals from multiple departments and levels
• Reviews and approves invoices with Accounts Payable (AP) in a timely manner to ensure supplier performance and avoid termination of services
• Provides service level agreement (SLA) metrics and captures applicable credits
• Updates Configuration Management Database (CMDB) for Information Technology (IT) assets
• Manages / coordinates financial charge codes and wide-area workow (WAF) distribution
• Creates and maintains a consolidated project tracker to document purchase requests, purchase orders, service orders for projects supported by a large vendor base (with both domestic and foreign suppliers)
• Develops new methods for tracking and reporting program metrics and status statistics
• Supports plans, schedules, and budgets to meet requirements for projects or portions of more complex program(s)
• Interfaces with all levels of the customer, vendors, and internal departments to coordinate deliverables, budgets, and schedules
• Makes change recommendations to management, as appropriate
• Supports, communicates, reinforces, and defends the organization’s mission, values, and culture

Program Management Analyst

Analyst, PMO supports program/project managers at SES Space & Defense. Preparing project performance data, managing procurement, and coordinating various stakeholders.

• Dynamic individual that can provide technical expertise in areas of end-to-end satellite network solution design.
• Be the RF and SATCOM technical Subject Matter Expert (SME) to create, present, and deliver technical capabilities to existing and potential customers.
• Assist Space Engineers with satellite and beam selection for new requirements, link budget analysis, and optimizing satellite link performance across the global network.
• Lead troubleshooting efforts for mediaport / teleport issues, satellite interference, and other connectivity issues that SATOPS cannot resolve or needs support with.
• Foster collaborative relationships with satellite operators and integrators to maintain current knowledge of their offerings and capabilities, and support GAN requirements.
• Advise appropriate personnel of the latest technical and engineering developments.
• Lead or participate in the preparation of proposals (RFP/RFQ/RFI) to develop technically feasible, compliant, cutting edge, and cost-effective solution(s).
• Draft and deliver technical proposals for satellite communications solutions, equipment, and services.
• Support travel needs for customer meetings, projects, presentations, etc.
• Support program growth including Engineering Change Proposals (ECP) for new capabilities and upgrading or expanding existing capabilities.
• Exercise initiative to create opportunities vs waiting for the customer to ask for something.
• Identify, create, present, sell, and implement.
• Support, communicate, reinforce and defend the mission, values and culture of the organization.
• Ensure link budgets provided meet the USSOCOM mission requirement.
• Support the installation, integration, and validation of communications equipment and software.
• Produce and maintain comprehensive technical documentation, including system specifications, test procedures, and analysis reports.

Principal Engineer for RF at SES Space & Defense focusing on satellite network design. Collaborating with cross-functional teams to provide advanced RF solutions.

With our global satellite fleet, SES Space & Defense enables communications capability wherever your mission takes you. From satellite bandwidth and end-to-end communications capability to hosted payloads, every solution is customized to meet your specific mission.

SES Space & Defense

About the company

Open jobs

5 jobs found

Director, Product Management – Grade P13

SES Space & Defense

Principal Engineer, PMO – RF Engineer

SES Space & Defense

Senior Manager, PMO

SES Space & Defense

Program Management Analyst

SES Space & Defense

Principal Engineer, PMO – RF Engineer

SES Space & Defense