Wage: £61,295 to £81,679

Contract Sort: 12 Month Fastened Time period Contract – Full time

The CAA is a important companion within the supply of the Way forward for Flight Plan, which is able to affect your entire aviation ecosystem and allow a paradigm shift in UK society at massive. To ship towards this plan, the CAA has launched into an bold programme of labor, supported by our companions in authorities and trade, that encompasses many novel technical, social and infrastructure challenges.

The Position

The Command and Management (C2) hyperlink is a crucial a part of any Remotely Piloted Plane System (RPAS). The regulation and security of C2 hyperlinks is a key a part of rising the RPAS trade and enabling the profit to society that RPAS can present.

As C2Link Technical Lead You’ll lead cross-functional, multi-disciplinary groups to construct understanding and data and ship options to different technical and regulatory challenges. You can be accountable for delivering important elements of the CAA’s Strategic Outcomes throughout the Way forward for Flight Programme.

You’ll work with a variety of industries together with cell community operators (MNOs), satellite tv for pc communication suppliers and the RPAS trade. Moreover, you’ll companion internationally, working alongside worldwide governing our bodies to make sure we’re aligned the place applicable.

This function can be instrumental in serving to to supply the goals and aims of the UKs Way forward for Flight Plan. If being a part of this distinctive alternative is thrilling, we wish to hear from you.

Key Accountabilities

You can be a key member of the programme governance group, collaborating in undertaking management boards and governance conferences to make sure that the programmes aims are met. Within the function you’ll:

• Lead multi-disciplinary groups to ship technical workstreams.
• Act as the focus for inner and exterior stakeholders on all technical points associated to C2 throughout the Way forward for Flight programme.
• Lead within the design, growth and supply of strategic roadmaps that outline the UK CAA’s strategy and timelines associated to the combination of latest processes, methods, and applied sciences into the aviation ecosystem.
• Lead in danger evaluation exercise, together with the deployment of instruments and strategies that permit the CAA to higher gauge the probably impacts of regulatory and technological change.
• Handle, as a part of the undertaking management board, the supply of parts of the finances that associated to the supply of the technical points of the programme, together with the commissioning of educational analysis
• Signify the CAA, at conferences and boards globally, main working teams each at a nationwide and worldwide degree.
• Make sure the UK’s technique is aligned with our worldwide companions.
• Construct and leverage nationwide and worldwide networks of material specialists and influential determination makers in trade, authorities, different regulators, and requirements our bodies to generate perception and perspective on the programme, its targets, and related challenges.

About you

Important Expertise:

• Expertise in a number of of the next: AMS(R)S SATCOM, 4G/5G LTE communications networks, excessive integrity RLOS communications methods, important nationwide infrastructure related to laptop telecoms and laptop networks.
• Have led and managed a various group in an ambiguous atmosphere.
• Capable of ship advanced initiatives and programmes.
• Glorious communication expertise with the power to elucidate advanced topics and supply clear route.
• Assured coach, mentor, and information.
• Broad expertise in regulation, or an aviation specialism, reminiscent of airspace, airworthiness, air visitors administration, flight operations, UAS, or one other security associated trade.
• Diploma degree schooling or equal trade expertise.

Fascinating:

• Background in RF engineering (with an applicable diploma or equal trade expertise).
• Some data of communications within the aviation area, reminiscent of ACARS, CPDLC, ADS-C, VHF voice and information communications.
• Sensible expertise in communications service provision, together with service degree agreements (SLA) and high quality of service (QoS).
• Good cyber safety consciousness, notably within the networks and RF communications area.
• Good understanding of spectrum allocation and licensing, together with the function of OFCOM, the WRC, GSMA and different comms trade our bodies.
• Understanding of the function of the ITU, ETSI Requirements.

Further Info

For a lot of appointments throughout the CAA, these roles require entry to operationally delicate infrastructure and/or Nationally Protected info. For these roles the put up holders should bear Nationwide Safety Vetting and obtain the suitable degree of clearance.

To be vetted we are going to often count on an affordable interval of residency within the UK in order that significant checks might be undertaken. For this function this may have to be 3 years.

If you don’t meet these necessities, we might not have the ability to settle for your software.

For extra info on CTC and SC clearance please go to – Vetting defined – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

The CAA values excessive moral requirements and private integrity amongst workers. If invited for interview you can be requested to finish a declaration of curiosity.

Working With Us

We provide a variety of fantastic advantages reminiscent of versatile working preparations, free onsite health club at Gatwick, discounted health club membership for London, 28 days annual go away, further 5 days go away buy scheme, a beneficiant pension scheme and way more!

We’re on a journey in the direction of being more and more adaptable, the place our colleagues collaborate as a part of cross-functional groups. This strategy ensures we by no means cease studying collectively. It additionally means that you could be change into concerned in actions that take you out of your day-to-day function, offering you with alternatives to develop and develop your profession with us.

We’ve embraced hybrid working and provide versatile working patterns, being open to having a dialog about what works for you. We all know the place and after we work is necessary in reaching a work-life steadiness.

We’re captivated with range and making certain all are included on the CAA. We’re an equal alternative employer and actively encourage functions from candidates of all backgrounds. We use truthful and inclusive choice approaches to rent one of the best particular person for the job based mostly on benefit alone.

Our Values

Do The Proper Factor, By no means Cease Studying, Construct Collaborative Relationships, Respect Everybody – For extra info please go to the CAA web site.

Further Info

The CAA values excessive moral requirements and private integrity amongst workers. If invited for interview you can be requested to declare any pursuits which may be related owing to the function change.

Closing Date: Sunday thirty first March 2024.

Interview Dates: Interviews can be performed on a rolling foundation.

We reserve the proper to shut this emptiness early if we obtain adequate functions for the function. Due to this fact, if you’re , please submit your software as early as doable.

No recruitment businesses please.

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