The Telecommunications Payload System Engineer will design, analyze, and verify digital payload architectures for telecommunications systems, contributing to performance budgets and collaborating with teams.
Payload System Engineer
Role:
We are seeking a Telecommunications Payload System Engineer with a strong background in electrical or RF engineering. In this role, you’ll support the definition, design, and verification of advanced digital payload architectures for spaceborne telecommunications systems.
Tasks:
- Contribute to the system architecture design of advanced digital telecom payloads.
- Support system-level performance and functional analysis, including link budgets and signal routing paths.
- Participate in Failure Detection, Isolation, and Recovery (FDIR) strategy development and analysis.
- Assist in RF signal analysis and system-level integration activities.
- Contribute to the creation and maintenance of payload performance budgets.
- Support requirements derivation, traceability, and management across subsystems.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define interfaces and ensure end-to-end system performance.
- Participate in design reviews, technical documentation, test planning, and troubleshooting throughout the development lifecycle.
Must haves:
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Telecommunications, or a related field.
- 2–5 years of experience in space systems, satellite communications, or a related discipline.
- Foundational knowledge of digital signal processing, RF systems, and telecommunications architectures.
- Relevant Experience with testing of satellite subsystems.
- Strong attention to detail, analytical mindset, and team-oriented approach.
- Effective communication and technical documentation skills.
- Must be eligible to work in Canada and capable of obtaining necessary security clearance.
Complementary skills/knowledge:
- Previous experience in Space and/or Constellation Operations
- Knowledge of requirements Management tools such as DOORS/Windchill/Jama
- Demonstrated capability to efficiently work autonomously and with little to no supervision
- Strong written and verbal communications skills in English, knowledge of French will be considered favorably
Top Skills
Digital Signal Processing
Doors
Electrical Engineering
Jama
Rf Engineering
Telecommunications
Windchill
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