Engineer, Asset Allocation Strategy

Your impact
To accomplish our goal, we are looking for an Engineer, Asset Planning to support the Planning process to maximize the yield on the Intelsat fleet by focusing on developing, communicating, supporting and implementing role strategies in close coordination with the product and sales teams. This will require autonomous work, coordination of cross-functional projects and accountability for communicating decisions and analyses to various key stakeholders within the company.
What you will do

• Optimal allocation of services based on role strategy, application, operating environment suitability, under the supervision of your manager.
• Coordinate with the Asset Management Provisioning team to propose the optimization and/or maintain the operating environment to derive the highest performance for our assets.
• Support the evaluation technical feasibility and recommend grooming and/or beam re-points, with manager guidance, in coordination with Sales.
• Support Customer Solutions Engineering to provide options when solutions are not readily available.
• Under the supervision of your manager, identify solutions to Deal Management when contention for inventory arises. Identifies alternatives to support capacity allocation decisions.
• Maintain accuracy of commercial/allocation loading in inventory systems. Resolve inconsistencies through coordination with Deal Management and Sales Operations.
• Manage trend reporting on inventory availability for existing and new assets (pre-commitments).
• Support the development of assigned satellite transition plans for existing and future satellites including commercial and strategic recommendations for continuation/non-renewal of services if applicable.
• With management oversight, identify alternatives for resolution of operational issues related to health/configuration/interference on assigned satellites.
• Manage Intelsat inventory to meet customers capacity demand
• Maintain the noise environment of the satellite, develop the technical loading strategy and understand the competitive positioning against 3rd party assets

Your required experience/skills

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical, Communications Engineering, Physics, Math or equivalent.
• At least 1-year of relevant experience in satellite telecommunications
• Basic level of knowledge and experience of running link budget analysis and tools.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills required, with the ability to effectively manage competing priorities and handle multiple projects independently
• Computer literacy with MS Office Suite particularly with MS Excel and MS PowerPoint.

Your success in this role will look like:

• Desire and ability to work in a highly collaborative environment which includes cross-functional teams and requires flexibility to assume lead or support roles.
• Effective interpersonal skills and well-developed communication skills (oral, written, listening).
• Effective presentation skills with the ability to present technical information to individuals without a technical / engineering background.
• Ability and willingness to work occasional extended hours based on department activity.
• Ability to independently and effectively manage competing priorities and multiple projects.

How we support you:

• Hybrid work environment offering up to two days per week work from home (for eligible positions)
• Development opportunities supporting professional growth championed by our dedicated Learning & Development team. 20-25% of our positions are hired internally!
• Ways to get involved: satellite launch parties, company connect events, charitable activities, team social events, recognition programs, and employee resource groups.
• Wide range of benefits and perks to help you stay healthy, happy, and productive. These include paid leave programs, medical, tuition reimbursement, and retirement benefits, employee wellness offerings, and more!

These benefits are designed to support your overall well-being and help you succeed in your role.
Our D&I Commitment
We're committed to fostering a culture and environment of diversity, inclusion and respect - a place where everyone can show up fully as themselves and do their best work every day. We're a technology leader committed to advancing diverse, inclusive teams - where belonging is rooted in our culture. Intelsat has an established Diversity & Inclusion Council and Employee Resource Groups. Intelsat is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate based upon race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, pregnancy, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by applicable law .
While it is important to note that meeting the minimum qualifications is a fundamental requirement for consideration, if you are enthusiastic about this role and are unsure how well your experience aligns with these requirements, we encourage you to apply. Our recruitment team will assess your application and determine if your skills and qualifications meet the essential criteria for this role or whether there might be another role within our organization that is a better match.
Other Job Info:
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Job requires ability to sit for long periods of time
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