Optical Systems Program Director

Lead Engineer – Satellite Optical Systems

Robotics and Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Engineer

Responsibilities:Provide strategic direction and leadership for the high-resolution optical Earth observation satellite program, ensuring alignment with company objectives and customer requirements.Manage and supervise the optical systems program manager and the lead optical systems payload engineer, providing guidance, mentorship, and support to ensure the successful execution of program objectives.Provide technical expertise and oversight for the design, development, integration, and testing of optical satellite payloads and instruments, ensuring adherence to technical specifications and industry best practices.Serve as the primary point of contact for key stakeholders, including government agencies, industry partners, customers, and internal teams, to facilitate effective communication and collaboration throughout the program lifecycle.Develop and manage program budgets, resource allocations, and procurement activities to optimize program efficiency and cost-effectiveness while ensuring compliance with financial regulations and policies.Identify potential risks and challenges associated with the program and develop proactive mitigation strategies to minimize impact and ensure successful program delivery.Establish and maintain quality assurance processes and procedures to uphold the highest standards of performance, reliability, and safety in all aspects of the program.Monitor program progress, milestones, and deliverables, and provide regular updates and reports to senior management and stakeholders on program status, achievements, and challenges.Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance program efficiency, innovation, and competitiveness in the Earth observation satellite market.Qualifications:Bachelor's degree (BSc) or higher in a relevant engineering or science discipline (e.g., aerospace engineering, electrical engineering, physics, or related field).12-15 years of progressive experience in the design, development, and management of optical satellite payloads and instruments, with a proven track record of successful program leadership and delivery.Strong leadership and management skills, with the ability to inspire and motivate multidisciplinary teams to achieve ambitious program objectives.Exceptional communication skills, both verbal and written, with fluency in English. Ability to effectively communicate technical concepts to diverse audiences, including non-technical stakeholders.Demonstrated experience in stakeholder management, including engagement with government agencies, industry partners, and customers.Proficiency in project management methodologies and tools, with the ability to effectively plan, schedule, and track program activities and deliverables.Willingness to relocate to Abu Dhabi, UAE, and work in a dynamic and multicultural environment

Responsibilities:Lead high-resolution optical payload development, manufacturing, and related activities.Define the optical payload development, procurement, delivery, operations, reliability, and performance requirements across all optical ISR types.Provide technical and programmatic oversight to procurement activities.Identify risks to vendor delivery of payloads and components.Define the long-term strategy and short-term plan to localize optical payload system development in the UAE.Requirements:15 + years in small satellite high-resolution optical payload system design.Deep and demonstrable knowledge of high-resolution optical payload system design and performance assessment.Experience working in the UAE or Middle East is desirable.Experience working on ISR data products including AI/ML is desirable.Experience working on optical Earth observation data pre-processing workflows (system correction, calibration, terrain correction, video).

Role Description:Our Partner occupies a unique position in the global energy industry. They are the world's largest producer of hydrocarbons (oil and gas), with the lowest upstream carbon intensity of any major producer.With their significant investment in technology and infrastructure, they strive to maximize the value of the energy they produce for the world along with a commitment to enhance our partners value to society.Headquartered in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and with offices around the world, they combine market discipline with a generations’ spanning view of the future, born of their nine decades experience as responsible stewards of the Kingdom’s vast hydrocarbon resources. This responsibility has driven our partner to deliver significant societal and economic benefits to not just the Kingdom, but also to a vast number of communities, economies, and countries that rely on the vital and reliable energy that they supply.Inspection Department is seeking an experienced Robotics and Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) engineer. Inspection Department (ID) is the corporate center of excellence for inspection services. Inspection Technical Support Division of ID is chartered to lead, oversee and manage UAV & Robotics Technology company-wide through the identification, evaluation and exploitation of new technologies to achieve highest business impact.The incumbent will resume technical role with wide and in-depth understanding of Robotics & UAV systems and technologies. The incumbent will develop engineering design, assessment and analysis of Robotics technologies, systems components and subcomponents. The incumbent will design and introduce cutting-edge robotic technologies to enhance field operations, reduce cost and enhance safety in teamwork and collaborative environment.Responsibilities:Identify, evaluate, integrate and deploy Robotics & UAV technologies for field operations and capital projects.Originate and carry out engineering studies to determine potential problems and remedies to existing problems by introducing Robotic solutions, resolve complex technical problems, increase revenue, optimize processes, protect the environment, or improve safety.Develop engineering design, assessment and analysis of Robotics technologies, systems components, and subcomponents.Provide technical support & consultation to end users and field proponents on UAV & Robotics technologies.Develop and maintain our partners engineering standards, specifications, best practices, and other documentation related to Robotics and UAV specialty.Establish and derive aspired long-term business portfolio of technology focuses.Explore future advancements in UAV & Robotics technologies for effective implementations.Undertake special assignments requiring extensive technical experience and discretion when dealing with outside organizations.Requirements:Bachelor of Science in Electrical/Automation/IT Engineering with a focus area in Robotics and Artificial Intelligence (AI).At least 6 years of experience in Robotics technologies and solutions for oil and gas applications.Expert in Robotics design, integration, and applications (payload, sensing and control), Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine learning for robotics with post-data analysis experience.Have solid problem solving and decision making, communications and presentation, economic analysis and budgeting skills. Experience in budgeting and planning with excellent English written and oral communication skills.Certificates:Fundamentals of Engineering, Professional Engineering, Chartered Engineer, or equivalent certification is highly desirable.Working EnvironmentOur high-performing employees are drawn by the challenging and rewarding professional, technical and industrial opportunities we offer, and are remunerated accordingly.Our people work on truly world-scale projects, supported by investment in capital and technology that is second to none. And because, as a global energy company, we are faced with addressing some of the world’s biggest technical, logistical and environmental challenges, we invest heavily in talent development.We have a proud history of educating and training our workforce over many decades. Employees at all levels are encouraged to improve their sector-specific knowledge and competencies through our workforce development programs – one of the largest in the world.

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