Wage: £61,295 to £81,679
Contract Sort: 12 Month Mounted Time period Contract – Full time
The CAA is a crucial companion within the supply of the Way forward for Flight Plan, which can influence the complete 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 Function
The Command and Management (C2) hyperlink is an important 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 may be chargeable for delivering important elements of the CAA’s Strategic Outcomes inside the Way forward for Flight Programme.
You’ll work with a spread of industries together with cellular 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 will likely be instrumental in serving to to supply the goals and goals of the UKs Way forward for Flight Plan. If being a part of this distinctive alternative is thrilling, we need to hear from you.
Key Accountabilities
You may be a key member of the programme governance staff, taking part in undertaking management boards and governance conferences to make sure that the programmes goals are met. Within the function you’ll:
- Lead multi-disciplinary groups to ship technical workstreams.
- Act as the point of interest for inner and exterior stakeholders on all technical elements associated to C2 inside 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 mixing of recent processes, techniques, and applied sciences into the aviation ecosystem.
- Lead in danger evaluation exercise, together with the deployment of instruments and methods that enable the CAA to raised gauge the probably impacts of regulatory and technological change.
- Handle, as a part of the undertaking management board, the supply of components of the finances that associated to the supply of the technical elements 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 resolution makers in trade, authorities, different regulators, and requirements our bodies to generate perception and perspective on the programme, its objectives, 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 techniques, crucial nationwide infrastructure related to pc telecoms and pc networks.
- Have led and managed a various staff in an ambiguous surroundings.
- Capable of ship complicated initiatives and programmes.
- Glorious communication expertise with the flexibility to elucidate complicated topics and supply clear route.
- Assured coach, mentor, and information.
- Broad expertise in regulation, or an aviation specialism, comparable to airspace, airworthiness, air visitors administration, flight operations, UAS, or one other security associated trade.
- Diploma degree training 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, comparable to 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 inside the CAA, these roles require entry to operationally delicate infrastructure and/or Nationally Protected data. 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 normally anticipate an affordable interval of residency within the UK in order that significant checks will be undertaken. For this function this can should be 3 years.
If you don’t meet these necessities, we could not have the ability to settle for your utility.
For extra data 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 staff. If invited for interview you’ll be requested to finish a declaration of curiosity.
Working With Us
We provide a spread of wonderful advantages comparable to versatile working preparations, free onsite fitness center at Gatwick, discounted fitness center membership for London, 28 days annual go away, further 5 days go away buy scheme, a beneficiant pension scheme and rather more!
We’re on a journey in 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 got embraced hybrid working and supply 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 attaining a work-life steadiness.
We’re keen about range and guaranteeing all are included on the CAA. We’re an equal alternative employer and actively encourage purposes from candidates of all backgrounds. We use truthful and inclusive choice approaches to rent the most effective particular person for the job based mostly on advantage alone.
Our Values
Do The Proper Factor, By no means Cease Studying, Construct Collaborative Relationships, Respect Everybody – For extra data please go to the CAA web site.
Further Info
The CAA values excessive moral requirements and private integrity amongst staff. If invited for interview you’ll 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 will likely be performed on a rolling foundation.
We reserve the appropriate to shut this emptiness early if we obtain enough purposes for the function. Due to this fact, in case you are , please submit your utility as early as potential.
No recruitment businesses please.
