Field Technician - Mission Success in Portsmouth

Who we are: Subsea Craft is a fast growing, privately funded, UK-based SME delivering Advanced Maritime Technology. We leverage our team’s defence experience and technology expertise with cross-industry partnerships in the field of advanced maritime engineering. Our market ready platform, VICTA, is an optionally crewed / payload carrying dual-domain platform designed to operate at speed over range, capable of rapid transition beneath the surface to operate submerged, enabling the discreet delivery of effects within contested waters. It is a unique, innovative British platform focused primarily on the defence market but with utility beyond.

What we offer:

• Annual Leave – Entitlement to 25 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
• Wellbeing Day - An additional Wellbeing Day each year to focus on personal health and wellbeing.
• Private Healthcare – Access to comprehensive private healthcare coverage to support your physical and mental wellbeing.
• Life Assurance and Critical Illness Cover – Comprehensive protection including Life Assurance (4x salary) and Critical Illness Cover for added financial security.
• Family Leave – Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
• Christmas Leave – A Christmas shutdown is typically observed.
• Professional Development – Commitment to ongoing learning and career growth, supported by training programmes and access to LinkedIn Learning.
• Pension Contribution – pension scheme with the option to contribute via salary sacrifice
• Flexible Working – Opportunities for flexible working arrangements to promote work–life balance.
• Inclusive Culture – A professional environment that values diversity, innovation, and collaboration.

Responsibilities will include:

• Commercial Support & Stakeholder Engagement - Represent Subsea Craft with military, government, and industry stakeholders during deployments, demonstrations, and customer engagements. Support commercial teams by providing operational and technical context during customer discussions, evaluations, and trials. Identify emerging customer needs, integration challenges, and follow‑on opportunities, feeding insight into commercial strategy, product development, and future bids. Contribute to post‑activity reporting, customer debriefs, and engagement planning to support pipeline development and long‑term partnerships. Build customer confidence through professional delivery, technical credibility, and reliable performance in the field.
• Operator Enablement & Technical Integration - Act as the on‑site technical interface between end users, engineers, programme teams, and customer stakeholders. Support operator training, system familiarisation, and live activity execution. Translate operational intent and customer requirements into actionable technical feedback for engineering and product teams. Support platform integration and refinement by closing the loop between operational use and technical development.
• Deployment, Logistics & Technical Execution - Plan, coordinate, and execute the end‑to‑end deployment of Subsea Craft platforms for demonstrations, exercises, and operational activities in the UK and internationally. Prepare, configure, deploy, maintain, fault‑find, and recover platforms and supporting systems in operationally relevant environments. Manage shipment lifecycles, including transportation planning, coordination with logistics teams, and advance party / remain‑behind support for mobilisation and recovery. Work closely with legal and compliance teams to ensure adherence to customs, export controls, and regulatory requirements.
• Safety, Risk & Continuous Improvement - Contribute to risk assessments, support trial plans and safety planning for expeditionary activities. Operate in accordance with company HSE, maintaining high standards of safety and professionalism. Identify and resolve technical, logistical, and operational challenges to maintain deployment timelines and contractual commitments. Capture lessons learned and drive continuous improvement across technical delivery, deployment processes, and customer outcomes.
• Team & Leadership - Operate under Mission Success leadership or independently during expeditionary deployments, remaining closely connected to UK‑based teams. Support and, where required, lead small expeditionary teams, communicating clearly across engineering, commercial, and operational functions. Escalate technical, safety, or operational risks appropriately through the reporting chain. Complement and support the Subsea Craft trials team by collaborating and overlapping activities where required.

Qualifications and Experience Required:

• Military, maritime, or defence industry background
• UK‑based, with the willingness and ability to travel overseas in support of expeditionary activities
• Experience in maritime, expeditionary, field‑based, trials, or system integration roles
• Full UK driving licence
• Experience operating unmanned systems (e.g. USVs, UAVs, UUVs)
• Working knowledge of autonomous systems communications, including line‑of‑sight (LOS), and beyond‑line‑of‑sight (BLOS) architectures.
• Strong problem‑solving skills in dynamic, operational environments
• Strong understanding of health and safety and safe systems of work
• Clear written and verbal communication skills
• IT proficient (Microsoft Word, Excel, Teams)
• Eligible to hold UK Security Check (SC) clearance

Desirable:

• Experience operating and/or maintaining unmanned surface vessels (USVs)
• MASS (Maritime Autonomous Surface Ship) qualification or equivalent experience
• Experience operating RPAS/UAVs
• GVC or equivalent Civil Aviation Authority‑recognised competency
• Commercially endorsed, or eligible for commercial endorsement, as an RYA Advanced Powerboat or higher
• Experience supporting diving or subsea operations
• Experience supporting business development or customer‑facing activities

Note: Due to the nature of work undertaken at SubSea Craft, the selected candidate must be capable of meeting the security requirements of the position, which would include as a minimum Existing right to live and work in the UK, Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS), with Security Check likely for specific projects.

Values: Our people are our greatest asset, we continually strive to provide an excellent working environment to enable our team to do their best work. We have an agile professional workforce: we are founded on the belief that our people are valued and our business is trusted, inclusive and commercially‑adept.

What we expect from you:

• Teamwork, mutual respect and collaboration
• Initiative and independent working
• Honesty and integrity
• Business and commercial awareness
• Agility, adaptability and continuous development

We are committed to building an inclusive, diverse workplace where everyone can thrive. If you require any support or adjustments to interact with us, please let us know.

We regret that due to the high volume of applications we are unable to acknowledge every application. Please bear in mind that if you are selected for an interview we will aim to contact you within 14 days of your application or the closing date (if stated). However, if we think that your skills and qualifications may be suitable for other similar positions we may hold your details on our database and contact you in the future. Please let us know if you do not wish us to keep your details on file. All offers of employment are subject to DBS, Driving Licence and reference checks and to meeting our requirements. For details of how we process your personal data, please refer to our Privacy Notice.