Lead Space Surveillance Sensor Network Operations Engineer (M/F)
Look Up, a space Deeptech (SpaceTech) company, is developing a sovereign capability that addresses civil security (Space Traffic Management) and defense challenges in space . This capability relies on a space surveillance radar network consisting of a combination of cloud infrastructures, physical servers, network equipment, industrial controllers, and software.
Within the Radar Network Operations hub, as a Lead Radar Network Operations Engineer (M/F), at the intersection of operations, advanced support (level 2/3), and continuous improvement of the radar network, you will intervene in the context of the structuring and scaling up of the radar sensor network. You will strengthen operational supervision, complex incident management, and global system reliability through the following missions:
Network supervision and performance
- Contribute to the industrialization of supervision
- Define, monitor, and improve performance indicators (KPI)
- Supervise the radar sensor network and the associated data supply chain
Operations and availability management
- Coordinate the operational supervision of the network
- Ensure system availability in connection with the MCO teams
- Validate and prioritize technical interventions according to operational constraints
Complex incident management
- Intervene in support of operators on complex incidents (level 2)
- Perform in-depth technical diagnostics (logs, telemetry, systems)
- Manage escalation to engineering and maintenance teams
- Ensure the follow-up and resolution of critical incidents
Continuous improvement and reliability
- Analyze recurring incidents and identify root causes
- Propose improvement actions validated by the Head of radar operations and manage their deployment
- Evolve operations and remediation procedures subject to validation by the Head of radar operations
- Contribute to the global reliability of the systems
Documentation and structuring
- Write and maintain operational procedures
- Structure operations best practices
- Capitalize on lessons learned (REX)
- Master's degree (engineering school or Master's) in Electronics or Telecommunications or Embedded Systems or Computer Science / networks
- At least 5 years of experience in operations of complex technical systems or technical operations (NOC, industrial systems, telecoms, …)
Required technical skills (hard skills):
- Mastery of supervision environments and operations of complex systems
- Knowledge of radar systems or detection sensors
- Solid foundations in networks and systems (Linux)
- Understanding of distributed architectures
- Incident management and advanced technical diagnostics
- Analysis of technical data (logs, metrics, telemetry)
- Ability to structure and improve technical procedures
- Experience in level 2/3 support or as a technical referent
- English: from B1, intermediate
Required personal skills (soft skills):
- Technical leadership and ability to coordinate cross-functionally
- Excellent communication with various stakeholders
- Analytical mindset and complex problem-solving
- Rigor and sense of responsibility
- Ability to make decisions in a constrained environment
- Result orientation and operational performance culture.
Valued plus points:
- Radar, space, defense, or surveillance environment
- Critical systems with high availability requirements
- 24/7 operations and real-time systems
- Technical coordination or cross-functional role
- Notions of cybersecurity or secure systems
Conditions & context
- On-call shifts
- Business travel in France
- Equipment provided: computer, mobile phone, PPE
Why join us?
- A direct impact on critical systems for space security
- Concrete technical challenges on cutting-edge technologies
- A Scale up environment, where every contribution counts
Our recruitment process
- HR interview
- Technical interview with the Operational Manager
- Final interview with a member of the management team