Telesat
Senior RF and Test Engineering Specialist
Ottawa, Ontario · Senior
No sponsorshipDetected 323 days ago
PythonMATLABDevOpsJiraCustomer SupportRF EngineeringTest AutomationCommunication
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.
- For more information, follow Telesat on X and LinkedIn or visit www.telesat.com The successful candidate will issue recommendations and have influence on the system verification and validation of the Telesat Lightspeed system.
Responsibilities
- Plays an active role in component and subsystem design and test activities
- Work with the other segments to support the development of the internal Test Plans and verification methods.
- Support Over The Air (OTA) Test Planning and activities including the Test automation processes.
- Support System Acceptance Planning activities for the LEOP and IOT.
- Develop system and sub system verification matrices against system requirements
- Work with various Antenna Vendors to support the SOW, SRR, Test Requirements, Test Plans, Test Results and RVTM reviews, in addition to follow up on the integrate of the Antenna with the other components (Modem, and other interfaces).
- Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with management, engineering teams and partners / suppliers.
Requirements
- Sc. in Electrical, Computer or System Engineering and a minimum of 20 years of relevant experience in satellite communications
- 10+ years of work experience in different antenna types like Flat Panel Antenna, Parabolic and Aero Antenna (Ka band preferable)
- 10+ years of work experience in Satellite RF communication systems with strong exposure on modulation and coding used in modern standards like DVB-S2(X) and DVB-RCS2
- Strong understanding of RF engineering Principles and Design Practices
- Serve as a SATCOM or Networking SME and support other technical staff as required
- Develop/maintain test cases, test beds required for various Test cases.
- Experience with satellite link budget analyses with good understanding of effects of impairments on the link performance
Nice to have
- Experience with different Ka band antenna vendors
- Experience with Flat Panel Antenna and Aero Antenna (Ka band preferable)
- Experience with BUC/LNB and various Antenna technologies
- Experience in Planning activities for the LEOP and IOT.
- Highly collaborative team player who can quickly earn the confidence of co-workers and teammates
- Experience in MEF standards.
- Proficient with MATLAB, Python, or similar
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
Benefits
- Education & Experience Required:
Equal opportunity
- #LI-LG1 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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