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Director of Engineering

Job Summary:
Manage and lead the spectrum engineering and regulatory functions of ASRI on behalf of the US aviation industry, including guiding and producing technical and regulatory material for the relevant multi-stakeholder forums to advance the industry’s positions.  The work includes presenting RF interactions analysis between aeronautical communications, navigation, and surveillance systems and external interference sources.

The role is part of a small company and has multiple different, dynamic functions.  Through building upon the experience gained in this role and training, it may take some time before the employee is acclimated to the various tasks and roles and develops proficiency to become impactful in the role. 

Primary Functions/responsibilities:

• Lead the ASRI Engineering section of 1-2 employees and possible contractors, providing direction and support to the engineer(s).
  • Provide strategic direction and initiative on work items for the team to address.
  • Technical and regulatory analysis of the RF interaction between aviation systems and other RF systems.
  • Personnel management including performance reviews.
• Develop positions and studies for UN meetings (ICAO and ITU) on aviation spectrum and related issues affecting US aviation.
  • Represent the company at high-level meetings with multiple regulators, industries and nationalities to develop consensus on technical and policy positions.
  • Lead on advocation of industry positions between common interests. 
  • Chairing of multinational UN panels and drafting groups on technical and policy topics.
• Participate in federal regulators’ public spectrum proceedings with technical studies and positions.
  • Coordinate and lead aviation industry wide positions to relevant federal agencies. 
  • Lead the development of technical and procedural filings to federal agencies in public and non-public proceedings.
  • Participation in relevant federal advisory boards to provide expertise.
• Participate in the relevant aviation standards development groups
  • Ensure appropriate spectrum considerations are included in new aviation system designs
  • Role includes leadership positions in various standards committees to drive the necessary work.
• Engineering support for ASRI’s VHF and HF frequency assignment processes  
  • Includes advisement of engineering processes for operations team to assign frequencies.
• Perform the Executive Secretary role for the US Aeronautical Frequency Committee
  • Organize, manage, and coordinate 2-day meetings, three times a year, at various North American locations.
• Manage contract for corporate IT support.
  • Support and advise the ASRI President on technical issues for corporate administration.

• Brings a senior level approach to topics and issues, being able to identify underlying causes and intent at the strategic level, and then quickly develop/implement plans to address these to meet ASRI’s goals.
• Sound understanding of communications theory and how different signal types interact in the RF environment.
• Proficient at writing technical analysis and summary reports in a concise and accurate manner for a wide range of audiences, including high-level briefings. 
• Able to present and successfully debate technical positions with large groups of diverse and experienced professionals, explaining engineering principles to non-engineers in a confident manner.
• Diplomatic and sociable personality, interacting with international delegates and companies at professional social gatherings.
• Comfortable travelling regularly to overseas locations by themself and eligible for obtaining travel visas to the majority of UN countries.
• Potentially 10-20 weeks of travel a year depending on candidate’s progression and meeting schedules
  • Meetings are regularly 2 weeks in duration, but can be up to 4 weeks in length or more for infrequent major conferences
• Must be eligible to become full members of accredited US delegations to the ITU, CITEL and ICAO in accordance with section 7.1 of the U.S. International Telecommunication Advisory Committee General Guidance Document. 
• Willingness to take on new roles as part of a small company.

• BSc in an Engineering subject with an RF component.
• 15 years of professional experience in RF engineering.
• Experience of chairing/leading technical meetings and conferences.
• Experience of aviation industry RF system(s) and their usage.
• Experience of inter organization coordination and leadership. 

• MSc in an RF engineering subject.
• Experience chairing large international technical working groups with multiple diverse, and sometimes contradictory, views.
• Experience of coordinating conferences.

• Regular aircraft travel for long-haul aircraft flights worldwide
• Travel to locations for meetings/conferences in a range of environmental conditions, e.g. Canada in the Winter or Middle East in the summer.
• Primarily working from a computer/smartphone/tablet during work hours in office/home and while on travel.
• Regularly required to maintain a stationary position sitting at a desk and working on a computer; move about the office and the local metropolitan area; determine what others have said or written; and, converse with others and exchange accurate information.
• Regularly required to sit, stand, bend, reach, and move about the office and travel (locally, nationally, and internationally).
• May also include occasional bending, stooping, squatting, and/or pushing and pulling or moving, e.g., to pack, unpack, and/or move cases.
• Occasionally required to move, raise, reach, and/or retrieve binders, books, boxes, and files up to 15 lbs.
• While on travel, could be responsible to move, raise, reach, and/or retrieve luggage weighing as much as 55 lbs. (Assistance may not always be available.)
• Relocation Not Provided

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