Field Technician - Mission Success

Overview

Full Time
• Permanent
• Salary: £40,000 - £50,000

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.

• 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
• Life Assurance and Critical Illness Cover – 4x salary Life Assurance and Critical Illness Cover
• Family Leave – Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
• Christmas Leave – A Christmas shutdown is typically observed
• Professional Development – Ongoing learning and career growth, with training programmes and Linked In Learning access
• Pension Contribution – Pension scheme with the option to contribute via salary sacrifice
• Flexible Working – Flexible working arrangements to promote work–life balance
• Inclusive Culture – A professional environment that values diversity, innovation, and collaboration

Commercial Support & Stakeholder Engagement

• Represent Sub Sea 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 Sub Sea 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 life cycles, 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…