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Join a leading consulting player in the booming space industry!\nThe Technology Consulting business line is the technology and operations’ arm of the Novaspace group. It has more than 50 customers in developed and emerging space markets, in all regions of the world and across the space ecosystem, including satellite operators, governmental and international organizations (Space agencies, Defense agencies, regulatory bodies, etc.), financial institutions (private banks, commercial banks, private equity funds, etc.) and insurance brokers and insurance companies.\nNovaspace Technology has developed expertise and know-how around a portfolio of services and capabilities covering the complete lifecycle of a space project, from feasibility studies and project development to operations and training support.\nWe are looking for a motivated Senior Consultant - Satcom Constellation Design & Simulation to join our team in Toulouse to support clients in technical consulting projects on future & current Satcom Constellations Systems mainly for concept analysis (early-stage definition of Satcom payloads by generating and assessing innovative design concepts) and system feasibility analysis (generation, trade-off & comparison of several preliminary communication system high level design).\nIf this sounds like you, then read on!\nPrimary role and responsibilities\nEnd to End Engineering of Satcom Constellation System to support customer in designing, sizing, optimization, specification, assessment, construction, testing, & operation of satellite communication systems.\nIt includes:\nTransformation of Customer’s need into key parameters driving the Satcom Constellation Design, production and justification of several Satcom Constellation preliminary design answering customer’s requirements, underlining solutions/recommendation/adjustments when trade off (cost/time/complexity) are necessary, assessment of costs of a Communication System (CAPEX, OPEX) and performance of cost trade-offs,\nGeneration of simulations to asses/demonstrate performance/limitation/uses cases\nProduction of payload technical analysis (performance & capacity assessment, , assessment of intersystem and intra-system interference, Traffic pattern, Hand Over , Gateway positioning, Intersatellite links…)\nDesired skills & experience\nMSc in space engineering with a major preferably in telecommunications\nAt least 7 years of practical industry experience in satellite communications field including at least 3 years of proven practical experience in supporting Satcom Constellation Design (using different type of payload processed or not, passive or active antennas, using intersatellite links), technical performance assessment and simulation with deep understanding of the key performance parameters driving the design /trade offs in operational scenarios\nKnowledge of spectrum regulatory aspects\nProven ability to address technical problems using the most efficient means, including mathematical analysis, computer simulation and experimentation. 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