Your role in helping us shape the future:
You will play a vital role leading Engineering Project Management (EPM) activities for Intelsat's Hardware Engineering Department. The experience you bring will ensure the successful design & development of technical projects and Intelsat's continued market leading performance through sustainment activities.
Your projects will include innovative and industry leading Satellite Communication inflight and entertainment systems.
Are you up to the challenge?

• Lead the Hardware Engineering development process and team. Facilitating and contributing to engineering discussions and decision making.
• Ensure all project and program plans are up-to-date and complete with respect to schedule cost and performance/status.
• Be proactive when developing contingency plans for potential risk and identifying contingency plan deployment criteria to resolve potential problems.
• Manage and direct vendors and service providers to propose and establish the suitability of hardware and/or network architectures to satisfy service requirements.
• Create and/or conduct regular cross-functional (internal and external) integrated project team meetings to review and update project logistics schedule and objectives
• Lead discussions with project participants and stakeholders on significant future improvements or changes (lessons learned/best practices).
• Define drive and validate requirement definition.
• Foster an environment of inclusion and navigate through ambiguity.

Can you drive these processes?

• Lead mid-life cycle pre-planned product initiatives production sustaining activities and new capability introductions
• New or revision of statement-of-work (SOW) or scope definition
• Integration of new hardware subsystems or systems
• Root-cause corrective actions (RCCA)

You should definitely have:

• Bachelor's degree in a STEM field or equivalent experience
• 10+ years of experience in one or more; Hardware Development RF Antennas Satellite Communications MODEMs Antenna Theory EPM/TPM Systems Engineering
• Demonstrated application of integrated project management technical consistent processes risk management and product development (leading groups of varying disciplines)
• Extensive knowledge of project management theory concepts theory of constraints critical path methodology project risk management and project scope management
• Superior written and verbal communication skills and must be capable of representing Intelsat to vendors and customers

It would be nice if you had:

• MS MBA SAFe or PMP Certification
• Knowledge of aviation standards and testing (e.g. ARINC and DO160)
• Experience with Agile development methodology and JIRA
• Systems engineering / RF Engineering background
• OEM and/or 3rd party software verification experience

What it's like to work with us:
Intelsat is connecting the world and transforming the satellite landscape by reaching beyond the traditional satellite industry. We are defining new products that will open new profitable markets. To help us reach this goal you should be a bold thinker who will perform a key role in shaping Intelsat innovation for years to come.
• We emphasize personal and professional growth
• Awesome benefits including PTO medical tuition reimbursement and training
• Fun diverse and inclusive culture
About Us:
Gogo Commercial Aviation an Intelsat company is the inflight internet company recently acquired by Intelsat the world's largest satellite network operator. Our offerings bring worldwide inflight Wi-Fi services that make internet and video entertainment a regular part of flying. We are a diverse and mission-minded group of professionals all working together in extraordinary harmony. And that's just the beginning. We connect the aviation industry and air travelers with innovative technology and applications and we do it all in a high-energy Metra and L-friendly environment that welcomes the next challenge. Be prepared to join a performance-obsessed team that is passionate about bringing the internet to every device every flight everywhere.

• These statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this job. This is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities duties and skills required of employees assigned to this job.
• Company description: Intelsat is the largest provider of fixed satellite services worldwide. We enable providers of media telecom and government services to deliver information and entertainment to people at home in the office or on the move. On a day-to-day basis Intelsat supplies video data and voice connectivity in approximately 200 countries and territories for approximately 1 800 customers many of which Intelsat has had relationships with for over 30 years. Some of the world's leading media and communications companies multinational corporations Internet service providers and government/military organizations hallmark Intelsat's customer base. Customers access capacity through extensive service offerings which include transponder services hybrid managed services combining satellite capacity and terrestrial facilities and channel services.
• Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer including Vets and Disabled