Tactical Solutions Engineer (Data Links & Tactical Networking) - Telecommunications

Looking for a role with plenty of growth opportunities?

Join a global communications technology leader with decades of experience delivering advanced satellite, connectivity, and secure networking solutions across commercial, government, defence, and aviation markets. Through innovative space and ground-based technologies, the organisation enables reliable, resilient connectivity for customers and communities across global markets.

The globally recognised defence and satellite communications business is seeking a Tactical Solutions Engineer to join their Tactical Networking and Encryption team. The role is fully remote with regular travel to UK MOD sites and European exercises. 

This is a pre-sales and solutions engineering role, not a pure technical or back-office position. The successful candidate will be the person who takes the product to the customer - demonstrating, configuring, troubleshooting, and communicating the capability to audiences ranging from hands-on technical users to senior military decision makers. It requires both technical depth and exceptional customer-facing ability in equal measure.

The team operates with the agility and culture of a startup while carrying the stability and resources of an established global business. The majority of engineers are ex-military, mission-focused, and collaborative - the team's own mission statement is to enable mission success for the military and government customers they serve.

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Responsibilities:

• Attending customer sites and military exercises to demonstrate, configure, and troubleshoot tactical gateway and data link equipment
• Translating complex technical capability into clear, relevant terms for both technical end users and senior military stakeholders
• Supporting the UK MOD account with Link 16 and tactical data link capability, including tactical gateway networking
• Contributing to pre-sales and solutions engineering activity across UK and EMEA
• Collaborating within a small, agile team and sharing knowledge across technical workstreams
• Travelling to UK MOD sites and European exercises approximately every other week, with occasional international travel for product training

Skills/Must Have:

• Demonstrable hands-on experience with Tactical Data Links, specifically Link 16 - this is the core technical requirement for the role
• Proven experience operating tactical gateways - configure, integrate, troubleshoot, and demonstrate on site. Architecture-only backgrounds will not be sufficient
• Strong customer-facing communication skills - the ability to present and translate technical information for both expert and non-expert military audiences
• SC clearance eligibility as a minimum - non-negotiable for UK MOD site access
• Willingness to undergo DV clearance in future if required - candidates must not be opposed to this process
• Flexibility to travel across the UK and to European locations approximately every other week

Nice to Have:

• Link 16 to JREAP or IJMS gateway translation experience
• Type 1 or Type 2 encryption familiarity
• Tactical SD-WAN or SDAN experience
• Dismounted soldier solutions or free space optics exposure
• DV clearance already held
• Ex-military background, particularly signals or communications

Benefits:

• Remote working with no fixed office requirement - team is based across Bristol, Hereford, and the West
• Travel to UK MOD sites and European exercises - varied, meaningful field work
• Annual product training in California
• Small, tight-knit team with a collaborative, ex-military culture and genuine mission purpose
• Startup agility within a globally established and well-resourced defence business

Salary: 

• Competitive salary based on experience and qualifications