Senior Expert for the Datalink Test Facilities

We're looking for a senior datalink expert to maintain test facilities and assess ATM communications performance, covering ATN Baseline 1 and future services.

What you'll do

• Maintain and operate datalink test facilities.
• Prepare, execute and report interoperability and validation tests.
• Analyse monitoring outputs, performance trends and data quality.
• Prepare technical studies, reports, working papers and specifications.
• Support technical exchanges with operational stakeholders.
• Assess ATS-B2 requirements and future monitoring concepts.

What you bring

• Eight years in ATM, CNS, datalink or related aviation communications.
• Five years supporting operational datalink stakeholders across at least three categories: ANSPs, airlines, CSPs, OEMs or international ATM organisations.
• ATM operational environments, datalink implementation and network-level operational support.
• VDL2, Iris SATCOM, ATN/OSI and ATN Baseline 1, including CM, CPDLC and ADS-C.
• Message decoding, protocol troubleshooting, state-machine behaviour and interoperability analysis.
• Software development, scripting and automation for datalink analysis and testing.
• Performance monitoring, assessment methodologies and applicable ICAO and EUROCAE standards.
• Experience preparing technical documentation and participating in European ATM working groups.
• Experience with ATS-B2, CP1/AF6 and future datalink services.
• University degree in a relevant technical discipline, or demonstrable equivalent experience.
• English (C1).

Nice to have

• Datalink testing tools, ATN/OSI routers and CPDLC simulators.
• SQL, Power BI, monitoring tools and performance reporting.
• Operational datalink knowledge from pilot and ATCO perspectives.
• ATS-B2 operational concepts and Common Project 1 implementation.
• Postgraduate specialisation in ATM, communications, networks or systems engineering.
• French (A2 or above).

Good to know

• Occasional travel within Europe.