Telesat
User Terminal Modem RF Engineer
Ottawa, Ontario · Mid · Full-time
No sponsorship$10k-$15kDetected 125 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.
- All qualified applicants that have been selected for an interview that require accommodations, are advised to inform the Telesat Talent team accordingly.
Responsibilities
- Participate in formal design and readiness reviews (PDR, CDR, MRR), identifying technical risks and proposing mitigation strategies.
- Lead or support DFM/DFT/DFS reviews, with focus on yield, repeatability, and long‑term producibility.
- Support EVT/DVT/PVT builds and production ramp‑up.
- Analyze production data (yield, fallout, trends) and drive root‑cause analysis and corrective actions.
- Own or support ECO/ECR processes, ensuring controlled and traceable changes throughout the product lifecycle.
- Develop, review, and maintain RF, functional, and system‑level test procedures.
- Support environmental, thermal, and reliability testing aligned with high‑reliability or aerospace practices.
- Support embedded control architectures used to configure and monitor RF hardware.
- Review and support interfaces such as SPI, I²C, and UART.
- Comfortable owning hardware beyond initial design.
Requirements
- On‑site presence required for debug, FA, and production support activities.
- Candidate must be able to obtain relevant security clearance for Canada
- 3-6 years of experience supporting RF hardware in production or operational environments.
- Strong understanding of RF components and subsystems (LNAs, mixers, PLLs, PAs, filters).
- Experience with LEO satellite systems or user terminals.
Compensation
- Calibration and compensation routines
Benefits
- Telemetry, health monitoring, and diagnostics
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.
Visa & Work Authorization
- Candidate must be able to obtain relevant security clearance for Canada
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