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Job Title: Tactical Solutions Engineer - Link 16 & Tactical Gateways | UK Remote
Role:
Do you have hands-on tactical data link experience and the confidence to walk into a MOD site, configure equipment, and brief a two-star on how it works - all in the same day?
A 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 not a back-office or architecture-only role. The successful candidate will be the person who takes the product to the customer - demonstrating, configuring, troubleshooting, and communicating tactical gateway capability to audiences ranging from hands-on technical users through to senior military decision makers. Technical depth and customer-facing ability are required in equal measure.
The team operates with the agility of a startup whilst carrying the stability and resources of an established global defence business. The majority of engineers are ex-military, mission-focused, and highly collaborative. Their own team 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 in live environments
- Translating complex technical capability into clear, relevant terms for both technical end users and senior military stakeholders up to two-star level
- Supporting UK MOD accounts with Link 16 and tactical data link capability across tactical gateway networking
- Contributing to pre-sales and solutions engineering activity across UK and EMEA
- Collaborating within a small, agile engineering 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 - Link 16 specifically is the core technical requirement
- Proven experience operating tactical gateways - configure, integrate, troubleshoot, and demonstrate on site. Architecture-only backgrounds will not be sufficient
- Strong customer-facing communication skills - able to present and translate technical information for both expert and non-expert military audiences
- SC clearance eligibility as a minimum - required for UK MOD site access
- Willingness to undergo DV clearance in future if required - candidates must not be opposed to this
- Flexibility to travel across the UK and to European locations approximately every other week
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Nice to Have:
- Hands-on experience with tactical gateway products
- Link 16 to JREAP or IJMS gateway translation experience
- Type 1 or Type 2 encryption experience
- Tactical SD-WAN or SDAN exposure
- Dismounted soldier solutions or free space optics awareness
- DV clearance already held
- Ex-military background, particularly signals or communications
Benefits:
- Competitive remuneration - discussed on application
- Fully remote working - no fixed office requirement
- Travel to UK MOD sites and European exercises - varied and meaningful field work
- Annual product training opportunity 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 and satellite communications business
Salary:
Competitive - discussed on application
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