Senior Test Engineering Specialist

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About the role

  • Senior test engineer validating Telesat’s Lightspeed low-Earth-orbit satellite broadband system. Designing RF link tests, operating lab equipment, and supporting system acceptance.

Responsibilities

  • Provide recommendations and influence verification and validation of the Telesat Lightspeed system
  • Develop verification matrices for feeder and user link system requirements, including spectrum usage, carrier sizes, polarization, and power control
  • Define link establishment, maintenance, and degradation scenarios
  • Design and execute tests for coverage and elevation limits, spectrum assignment, fading, interference, and outage behavior
  • Serve as Link Layer subject matter expert for DVB-S2X, DVB-RCS2, and Ka‑band link operation
  • Perform hands-on link testing in the LEO Lab, including channel emulation, link impairments, carrier aggregation, and spectrum flexibility
  • Configure and operate satellite link emulators, signal generators, spectrum analyzers, and traffic generators
  • Ensure tested products meet technical, functional, performance, and business requirements
  • Collaborate with antenna vendors, modem teams, RF engineers, DevOps, ground systems, and satellite teams to validate end-to-end link behavior
  • Support OTA test planning and execution for feeder and user links
  • Support system acceptance planning for LEOP and IOT phases
  • Foster a collaborative and innovative environment

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Computer, or Systems Engineering
  • Minimum 12 years of relevant experience in satellite communications
  • 5+ years of experience with flat-panel, parabolic, and aero antennas; Ka‑band preferred
  • 5+ years of experience with satellite RF communication systems
  • Strong knowledge of modulation and coding used in DVB‑S2(X) and DVB‑RCS2
  • Strong understanding of RF engineering principles, design practices, and feeder/user link test design, validation, and testing
  • Hands-on experience with RF test equipment, including oscilloscopes, signal generators, spectrum analyzers, and satellite channel emulators
  • Strong understanding of Ka‑band link budgets, polarization, ACM, and interference effects
  • Understanding of air interfaces, modem technologies, modulation, coding, and satellite-link performance impacts
  • Experience analyzing satellite link budgets and impairment effects
  • Experience with test-case and defect-tracking tools such as Jira and Jama
  • Ability to communicate effectively with management, engineering teams, and partners/suppliers
  • Familiarity with Agile development methodologies
  • Experience working with geographically dispersed teams
  • Must be authorized to work in Canada and able to obtain clearance under the Canadian Controlled Goods Program (CGP)
  • Preferred: experience with Ka‑band antenna vendors, BUC/LNB technologies, LEOP/IOT planning, MEF standards, and MATLAB, Python, or similar tools

Benefits

  • Full-time employment with benefits
  • Equal opportunity employer
  • Workplace and interview accommodations
  • Confidential handling of accommodation information

Job title

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Senior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Tech skills

IoTPython

Location requirements

HybridGatineauCanada

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