KSAT, INC.

KSAT Inc. 7600 E Eastman Ave, Suite 415 Denver, Colorado 80231

Introduction

With headquarters in Tromsø, Norway, Kongsberg Satellite Services AS (KSAT) supplies ground station services for satellite communications and satellite operations services. KSAT is the world’s largest supplier of telemetry, tracking and command (TT&C) and data acquisition services for non-geostationary satellites. Founded in 1968, KSAT has grown to over 550 employees with an annual revenue of approximately $200M+. About 50% of KSAT’s annual revenue comes from the US. The wholly owned subsidiary KSAT Inc. (aka. KSAT USA) is located in Denver, Colorado and is rapidly growing in response to strong US Government and industry demand for commercial ground segment and satellite operations services. As a result of KSAT’s continued growth in the US, more critical talent is needed.

Summary of Position

KSAT is seeking a knowledgeable and customer-focused Licensing and Regulatory Affairs Manager to manage ground station licensing activities in the United States and Canada and support customers in navigating the licensing requirements for their missions.

This role will have two primary responsibilities: preparing, coordinating, and tracking licensing filings with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED); and helping KSAT customers understand and navigate the ground station licensing process, giving them confidence in KSAT’s ability to support the licensing of their missions.

The Licensing and Regulatory Affairs Manager will also develop and maintain the tools, processes, and policies needed to provide insight, visibility, and effective tracking across KSAT’s licensing activities. This includes establishing consistent methods for managing filing requirements, customer inputs, regulatory timelines, license status, renewals, and other licensing dependencies.

The position will work closely with KSAT’s engineering, commercial, operations, and customer teams to collect and evaluate the technical information needed for regulatory filings and proactively identify licensing issues that could affect customer schedules or mission readiness. Candidates with either a regulatory licensing background or a relevant satellite communications, radio frequency (RF), or engineering background may be well suited for this position.

Joining The KSAT Team Means

• Opportunity to work across the commercial, civil, and defense space industry
• Flexible work environment
• Experience in an international company with a global footprint and opportunities to work across cultures
• Engaging team: inspire small, dedicated, “A-class” teammates. Being part of a nimble and passionate “start-up” team, with the financial security and product technology readiness level of an established company, the best of both worlds

Compensation

The base salary range is between $110K/year - $150K/year

Benefits Package Highlights

• Four weeks of PTO annually
• $0 individual medical insurance with generous coverages
• Flexible working environment
• Fitness expense reimbursement program
• Tuition reimbursement program
• International travel opportunities

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities

• Prepare, coordinate, submit, and track ground station licensing filings with the Federal Communications Commission and Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada.
• Manage new applications, modifications, renewals, and other regulatory submissions required to support KSAT ground station operations and customer missions.
• Work with engineering and operations teams to collect, evaluate, and validate the technical information required for licensing filings.
• Serve as a primary licensing resource for KSAT customers seeking to use KSAT ground station services in the United States and Canada.
• Help customers understand applicable ground station licensing requirements, required inputs, responsibilities, dependencies, and anticipated regulatory timelines for their missions.
• Build customer confidence in KSAT’s ability to support mission licensing by providing clear guidance, consistent communication, and visibility into licensing status and next steps.
• Identify and communicate licensing risks, missing information, and open actions that could affect a customer’s mission schedule or readiness.
• Develop and maintain the tools, processes, policies, templates, and trackers necessary to manage KSAT’s licensing activities consistently and efficiently.
• Provide internal teams and customers with appropriate visibility into pending filings, regulatory milestones, licensing status, renewal requirements, and open actions.
• Maintain accurate and accessible records of KSAT licenses, applications, regulatory correspondence, customer inputs, deadlines, and license conditions.
• Monitor relevant FCC and Canadian regulatory developments that could affect KSAT’s ground station operations or customers.

Qualifications and Skills

Required Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in spectrum licensing, satellite communications, telecommunications regulation, regulatory affairs, RF engineering, systems engineering, or a related technical or regulatory field.
• Experience preparing, coordinating, or supporting filings with the FCC, ISED Canada, or another telecommunications regulator, or relevant engineering experience supporting satellite ground station or RF licensing activities.
• Working knowledge of licensing requirements applicable to satellite ground stations, earth stations, spectrum use, or radio frequency operations.
• Ability to understand, evaluate, and organize technical information related to antennas, frequencies, emissions, power levels, link parameters, and satellite communications.
• Strong customer-facing communication skills, including the ability to explain technical and regulatory requirements, responsibilities, risks, required inputs, and timelines clearly.
• Demonstrated ability to create or improve processes, policies, templates, tracking tools, and reporting methods.
• Ability to independently manage multiple filings, customer requirements, deadlines, and competing priorities.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills, with exceptional attention to detail.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and document management, regulatory tracking, or compliance management tools.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to coordinate across technical, commercial, operational, and customer teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Direct experience with FCC satellite earth station or ground station filings.
• Experience with spectrum or radio licensing processes administered by ISED Canada.
• Engineering experience involving satellite communications, RF systems, ground station design or operations, spectrum management, or frequency coordination.
• Experience supporting commercial, civil, or defense satellite missions.
• Experience helping customers navigate spectrum or ground station licensing requirements.
• Experience creating regulatory trackers, compliance calendars, filing templates, customer intake tools, licensing policies, or reporting dashboards.
• Experience working with engineering, commercial, operational, and customer teams in an international or distributed organization.

Education

• Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering, telecommunications engineering, aerospace engineering, systems engineering, telecommunications, public policy, business administration, law, or a related technical or regulatory discipline, or equivalent relevant experience.

Other

• US Citizenship / Permanent Residence Required
• Ability to obtain US Secret Clearance, if required
• Ability to support systems handling Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI)