Radio Frequency Spectrum Manager

About the Company

Access to information and digital services is indispensable in today’s world, and at CONSTELLATION we believe that everyone on Earth should have access to high quality internet connectivity. Our ambition is to develop, deploy and operate a disruptive constellation of telecommunication satellites that will deliver high speed, low latency internet connectivity to every corner of the globe. This will enable telecom and mobility operators to provide high performance internet to their clients in a sustainable and affordable manner where terrestrial networks are not available.

Our project is rapidly ramping up, and we are looking to expand our team with passionate individuals who share our vision.

CONSTELLATION was created in 2022 and has offices in Toulouse and the Greater Paris Region. We are supported by our investors, incubated by the European Space Agency BIC, and accelerated by BLAST and SpaceFounders. We offer exceptional learning and career development opportunities, as well as competitive salaries and benefits.

About the Job

CONSTELLATION is looking for an experienced Radio Frequency Spectrum Manager to join the team in either our Toulouse or Ile-de France office.

As Radio Frequency Spectrum Manager, you will drive all the technical and regulatory activities necessary to ensure that we can successfully operate our satellite system around the world, in full coordination with our customers and other spectrum users. In this role you will be responsible for one of the key strategic pillars of our company success.

Your key responsibilities and tasks:

• Researching and understanding the regulatory requirements related to the operation of our system. Keeping up to date with regulatory evolutions.

• Identifying frequency management risks and strategic opportunities to the company

• Performing interference and compatibility analyses to assess the compatibility between our system and others, and our compliance to regulations.

• Coordinating and maintaining our ITU frequency filings

• Leading technical negotiations with other satellite operators, and any other frequency users with whom we need to coordinate.

• Leading technical negotiations with foreign national regulatory authorities and telecom operators to support the acquisition of the required licenses and authorizations for international market access.

• Representing CONSTELLATION at international conferences to support our radio spectrum strategy.

• Supporting the satellite operations team to ensure that the constellation is operated in compliance with frequency coordination and regulatory requirements.

Skills and experience

• Minimum master’s level qualification in Telecommunications, Engineering or a related discipline

• Minimum 5 years of experience with SATCOM frequency management, planning, engineering, or regulation.

• Knowledge of satellite constellation mission planning and operations is a plus.

• Excellent written and oral communication skills in French and English.

People come in different shapes and sizes and it is difficult to write a job description for someone we have not yet met. If you are not sure that you meet all the criteria, or if you think that you may have something different to offer, we still want to hear from you.