The company provides full relocation support, including immigration assistance, and offers a relocation bonus upon arrival in Montreal. Selected candidates may work remotely during the initial months while their immigration process is being completed; however, the long-term expectation is for the individual to transition to onsite work in Montreal once relocation has been finalized.
Tasks summary:
Architecture Concept & Requirements
- Gather functional, performance, environmental and security requirements from mission
stakeholders & CONOPs.
- Map requirements to payload equipment performance with I/F with on-board processor
- Coordinate with cybersecurity team for payloadâspecific assessments
- Perform requirement management and maintain bidirectional traceability throughout the
program life cycle.
Payload Architecture & Design
- Implement the highâlevel digital payload architecture (optical ISLs, Phased array antennas,
Feeder links & frontâend), master reference oscillator & clock synchronizations.
- Produce Interface Control Documents (ICDs) with other subsystems and ground segment.
- Implement highâspeed dataâbus I/F (SpaceWire, SpaceFibre, Ethernet, CAN).
Simulation & Analysis
- Perform performance simulations (Gain, Spurious, Linearity, SNR, dynamic range, spectral
efficiency, G/T, EIRPâŚetc.) and MonteâCarlo analyses for tolerance budgeting.
- Define and maintain Payload DC power budget with traffic & utilization models
- Perform FMECA, Fault tree and FDIR, reliability modeling and availability to meet mission
objectives
Hardware & Firmware
- Provide systemâlevel specifications to hardware designers, review schematics, layouts, thermal
interfaces, and mechanical constraints.
- Support SW development for MODCODs and onâboard processing pipelines; ensure BIST,
timing, latency and deterministic behavior.
CrossâFunctional Coordination, Stakeholder & Program Interaction
- Communicate technical status, risk assessments and tradeâstudy results to senior
management and/or customers or partners.
- Support payload design authority in System design reviews, Power/Structure/Thermal
interfaces and Mission Operations assessments.
- Liaise with Electrical, Power, Structures, Thermal, Software, GroundâSegment and
MissionâOperations teams to resolve integration issues early.
- Support B&P (Phase 0 & pre-phase A).
Integration & Verification (IVV)
- Develop Payload Verification Master Plan covering unitâtest, subsystemâtest, payloadâlevel
test, environmental and electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) test campaigns.
- Lead testâautomation framework setâup, testâcase definition, results analysis and testâreport
certification.
Technical Leadership & Mentorship
- Mentor, guide junior engineers and interns.
- Act as technical liaison with customers, partners and external vendors
- Act as Continuous Improvement stakeholder
- Contribute to the companyâs knowledgeâbase, process enhancements, and standards development.
Configuration, Documentation & Standards Management
- Ensure all artefacts, analysis, software, deliverables and documentation are version controlled
in PLM environment.
- Lead and Support design reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR, MRR/TRRâŚetc.).
- Support Technology RoadâMapping & Innovation.
On Orbit & Operations Support
- Provide technical support to Mission Operations for routine payload health monitoring,
contingency handling and performance trending.
- Lead rootâcause investigations for onâorbit anomalies; update design baselines and
lessonsâlearned.
- Analyze onâorbit telemetry, update filter parameters, and generate performance reports.
- Support SOOH development and associated operator training.
Required Qualifications:
ďˇ B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, Aerospace or Physics with 8 + years of digital regenerative
payload system design experience on LEO/MEO missions.
ďˇ Comprehensive knowledge of digital communications, SDR, DSP, DVB RCS/SX protocols,
Modulation schemes, Class of Service, Networking, MPLS, 2G, 5G NTN.
ďˇ Strong technical-writing ability (requirements, ICDs, test procedures, risk reports) and
presentation skills; comfortable interfacing with customers, suppliers and senior leadership.
ďˇ Strong understanding of aerospace system engineering fundamentals.
ďˇ Hands-on individual who can support systems integration processes and capability to test
systems and resolve problems.
ďˇ Experience with Confluence and JIRA.
ďˇ Demonstrated capability to efficiently work with little supervision.
ďˇ Ability to distill complex problems to fundamentals to solve with analysis, similarity, or
creativity.
ďˇ Demonstrate excellent written and oral communication skills in English; knowledge of French
will be considered an asset (Contact with clients outside Quebec and work on deliverables in
English).
