Jetzt als Field Service Engineer (m/f/d) bei Intelsat in Fuchsstadt starten

Are you up to the challenge?

• Provide engineering technical support for all assigned teleport & 3rd Party Location projects, programs, and initiatives.
• Lead technical resolution when performing emergency restoral actions on ground station equipment, including: RF-, IF- and Baseband equipment.
• Provide teleport on-site technical support to applicable technologies and ground station equipment, providing guidance to others on operational and maintenance procedures, and providing technical training on equipment or product and services as required.
• Serve in engineering support role as assigned for analysis, design, development, and implementation activities
• Serve a teleport technical lead role in the installation, configuration, operating, testing and successful turn-up of new systems & services, and administrative requirements.
• Lead preventative and periodic maintenance checks of ground station equipment and associated sub-systems, validating recordings and reviews for any anomalies and taking the appropriate action to correct.
• Determine proper methods for testing equipment and RF/IF systems chains and interpret the results to verify normal/abnormal conditions of equipment.
• Provide expertise for troubleshooting problems related to complex operations issues down to Lowest Field Replaceable Unit (LFRU) or to a component level replacement when applicable.
• Perform on-call responsibilities.

Can you drive these processes?

• Support the development and enhancement of engineering and maintenance procedures, reviewing/auditing system performance indicators and training others in the proper use of the procedures.
• Constantly look for opportunities to improve technical, process and cost efficiency.
• Keep up to date with ongoing items and issues within the network and the station.
• Prepare reports and updates as needed.
• Interface with Operation Centers and Teleport Engineering or other groups as required to facilitate repair or enhancement to the systems.

You should definitely have:

• 4-year college degree or equivalent technical education, ideally in the field of Electrical Engineering or similar.
• 3-5 years of relevant experience.
• Must have an in-depth knowledge of systems level architecture and ground station equipment.
• Demonstrated in-depth working knowledge of Satellite Earth Station technologies required.
• Must have in-depth working knowledge of RF theory, and basic electronics, with specific expertise with a majority of major systems like RF-, IF- and Baseband equipment.
• Must have demonstrated in-depth knowledge of and ability to use industry standard test equipment such as spectrum analyzers, frequency counters, power meters, synthesized generators, oscilloscopes, microwave network analyzers, network analyzers, and bit error rate test sets.
• Basic IP and networking experience
• Must have a demonstrated ability to learn new technologies, understand intricate technical concepts and make informed decisions.
• Demonstrated good knowledge of ancillary plant systems such as HVAC, UPS, electrical switchgear and generating systems. Ability to trains others in their functions and operating parameters.
• Good written and oral communication skills in English and German required.
• Good organizational, multi-tasking and team player skills.
• Good customer service skills.
• Ability to work independently and take initiative.
• General PC skills and proficiency in use of “Office Suite” software.
• Must be able and willing to travel to field service locations as necessary.
• Ability to drive a forklift, manlift, climb ladders, and drive company vehicles as part of the regular job duties
• Possess and maintain a valid driver’s license (as part of regular job duties to include the need to drive company vehicles from main building to antenna fields)
• Ability to read small cable and equipment labels, and view monitors at close range (50cm or less) or see at a distance (6m or more), color vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception as part of the regular job duties. Glasses and contacts would be acceptable.
• Ability to lift-up to 22kg as you will be required to lift test equipment as part of the regular job duties.

It would be nice if you had:

• CCNA certificate or equivalent experience.
• General programing skills

What it’s like to work with us:

Intelsat is connecting the world and transforming the satellite and inflight connectivity landscape by reaching beyond the traditional satellite industry. We are defining new products that will open new, profitable markets. We connect the aviation industry and ai