Telesat
Senior User Terminal Antenna and RF Specialist
Ottawa, Canada or Bethesda, US · Senior
No sponsorshipDetected 28 days ago
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About the role
- Telesat is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada, and has offices and facilities around the world.
- The company's state-of-the-art Satellite fleet consists of 12 GEO satellites, the Canadian payload on ViaSat-1 and one LEO 3 demonstration satellite.
- This role will be focused on fixed, mobility, maritime, aeronautical, and land-mobile user terminal applications.
Responsibilities
- Support of projects across multiple time zones may occasionally require schedule flexibility.
Requirements
- The successful candidate must be able to work in Canada and obtain clearance under the Canadian Controlled Goods program (CGP) and Canadian Reliability clearance.
- Resource is required to be in office four (4) days weekly.
- Occasional domestic and international travel may be required.
- Candidates must be eligible to obtain and maintain all required travel documentation and authorizations.
- For Ottawa based position: The successful candidate must be able to work in Canada and obtain clearance under the Canadian Controlled Goods program (CGP) and Canadian Reliability clearance.
Nice to have
- Contribute to the development of terminal certification, qualification, and type-approval processes.
- Evaluate vendor-proposed antenna solutions with respect to performance, reliability, manufacturability, cost, schedule, and regulatory compliance.
- Define and execute validation and characterization test plans for antenna prototypes and pre-production systems.
- Support customer engagements and business development activities by providing technical expertise as required.
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Telecommunications Engineering, or a related discipline.
- Minimum 5 years of experience in satellite communications, antenna systems, user terminal development, or related wireless communication technologies.
- Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
- Ph.D. with research focused on phased-array antennas, electronically steerable antennas, electromagnetics, RF systems, or related technologies.
Equal opportunity
- At Telesat, we take pride in being an equal opportunity employer that values equality in the workplace.
- All accommodation information provided will be treated as confidential.
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