Satellite Network Integration, Validation Engineer

SES Satellites

Satellite Network Integration & Validation Engineer for IRIS2 satellite constellation project. Planning, executing, and automating testing and validation for routing hardware and software solutions.

Posted 7/30/2026full-timeMunich • 🇩🇪 GermanyMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in network integration, system validation, and lab testing, with a strong focus on routing, SDN, and performance instrumentation. Proficient in developing test plans and executing validation campaigns using various tools and techniques.

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Network IntegrationSystem ValidationTest AutomationRouting and SwitchingLinux Networking

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Hard Skills

Test Case DevelopmentTraffic GenerationPacket AnalysisFault-Injection TechniquesProgramming in PythonScripting in BashCI/CDPerformance InstrumentationTest FrameworksNetwork Resilience

Soft Skills

Clear Technical WritingIssue InvestigationCollaboration

Tools & Technologies

TelemetryLogsAutomation ToolsLab EnvironmentsTestbeds

Industry Keywords

TelecommunicationsSDNAerospaceRegulated EngineeringMission-Critical Systems

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

GoLinuxPythonSwitching

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Define integration and validation plans for routing hardware, routing software, SDN control-plane functions, and data-plane capabilities.
Build and maintain lab environments, testbeds, and automated validation pipelines for network components and end-to-end scenarios.
Develop functional, performance, regression, resilience, failover, scalability, and interoperability test cases.
Execute validation campaigns using traffic generators, packet analysis, telemetry, logs, instrumentation, and fault-injection techniques.
Coordinate issue investigation and resolution across architecture, software, hardware, simulation, and operations stakeholders.
Establish traceability between requirements, specifications, test cases, results, defects, and acceptance evidence.
Support integration of vendor, partner, and internally developed network components into representative satellite network test environments.
Produce clear validation reports, readiness assessments, and technical recommendations for programme decision-making.

Requirements

What you’ll need

M.S. or B.S. in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Telecommunications, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
Strong hands-on experience with network integration, system validation, lab testing, or verification of telecom, IP, SDN, or mission-critical systems.
Solid understanding of routing, switching, traffic engineering, QoS, SDN control-plane behavior, data-plane forwarding, and network resilience.
Experience with Linux networking, packet capture, traffic generation, automation, test frameworks, CI/CD, and performance instrumentation.
Familiarity with hardware/software integration, programmable networking, virtualized network functions, containers, and lab orchestration.
Programming or scripting skills in Python, Bash, PowerShell, Go, or similar languages used for test automation and tooling.
Ability to write test plans, procedures, reports, defect descriptions, and acceptance evidence with clear technical reasoning.
Experience in satellite communications, aerospace, telecom, or regulated engineering environments is highly valuable.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Willing to work 60% onsite from office