Senior systems engineer coordinating Telesat Lightspeed satellite and ground infrastructure adaptations for Canadian military Ka-band communications. Supporting secure, resilient communications for Canada’s defence programs.
Responsibilities
Lead technical coordination to adapt Telesat Lightspeed’s low Earth orbit constellation and ground infrastructure for military Ka-band communications
Translate customer and mission requirements into traceability matrices and coordinate resolution of gaps, assumptions, conflicts, and ambiguities
Lead focused engineering trade studies and coordinate input from segment specialists
Review test and verification approaches and evidence against customer requirements
Maintain system-level interface and verification plans for high-risk operating scenarios
Identify evidence gaps and coordinate tests, analyses, and demonstrations
Coordinate mission-operations and service-management integration with operations and product teams
Assess capabilities for mission planning, configuration, monitoring, reporting, service requests, maintenance information, and customer reporting
Coordinate security, data-protection, and safety requirements with relevant specialists
Lead system-level performance assessments for military Ka-band user-terminal configurations, including throughput and capacity
Lead technical discussions with customers and internal teams
Maintain action and decision logs and track issues to disposition or escalation
Report technical status, requirement coverage, interface readiness, test evidence, and delivery risks
Serve as a senior individual contributor without managing staff
Requirements
Must be able to work in Canada
Must obtain clearance under the Canadian Controlled Goods Program (CGP)
Ability to obtain and maintain security clearance up to Top Secret level
Bachelor’s degree in systems, electrical, communications, aerospace, or computer engineering, or equivalent experience
At least 10 years of systems engineering experience on complex communications, aerospace, satellite, or defence programs
Technical leadership experience across multiple teams
Experience with end-to-end satellite communications systems and space, gateway, network, mission-operations, and user-terminal interfaces
Experience in requirements management, traceability, interface control, technical risk management, and system verification and validation
Experience leading customer-facing technical discussions, resolving requirement ambiguity, and producing compliance and customer-acceptance evidence
Working knowledge of cybersecurity and data-protection engineering in government programs
Model-based systems engineering experience or tools is an asset
Experience coordinating Canadian defence, communications, radio-frequency safety, or environmental standards is an asset
Benefits
Full-time employment with benefits
Equal opportunity employer
Interview-process accommodations provided as needed
Confidential handling of accommodation information
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