TASK 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.
Cross‑Functional 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 our client's 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:
- B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, Aerospace or Physics with 8 + years of digital regenerative payload system design experience on LEO/MEO missions.
- Comprehensive knowledge of digital communications, SDR, DSP, DVB RCS/SX protocols, Modulation schemes, Class of Service, Networking, MPLS, 2G, 5G NTN.
- Strong technical-writing ability (requirements, ICDs, test procedures, risk reports) and presentation skills; comfortable interfacing with customers, suppliers and senior leadership.
- Strong understanding of aerospace system engineering fundamentals.
- Hands-on individual who can support systems integration processes and capability to test systems and resolve problems.
- Experience with Confluence and JIRA.
- Demonstrated capability to efficiently work with little supervision.
- Ability to distill complex problems to fundamentals to solve with analysis, similarity, or creativity.
- 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).
