Lightspeed Network Engineering Co-op Student (Fall 2026)
- Ottawa, ON, Canada
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Job details
- Posting language
- English
- Posted
Original job description
The Telesat Lightspeed Network Engineering team is responsible for the end-to-end network design of Telesat’s Lightspeed Low Earth Orbit network. This Co-Op opportunity will leverage software automation and latest AI-based capabilities to help improve and streamline the network engineering team’s design, validation and documentation deliverables in preparation for Lightspeed launch.
\nMain Responsibilities:- Build high-quality software components to enable automation of network configuration and validation tasks.
- Apply latest AI tools and methodologies to help accelerate and improve network validation and documentation deliverables
- Participate in Network Engineering’s day to day design, integration and validation activities.
- Deliver assigned task within scheduled timeframes and with accountability for quality.
- Experience in software development in Linux based environments
- Proficient in Python programming language for automation and testing tasks
- Experience with Git as a software version control tool and GitHub as a software repository
- Experience with latest AI tools for software development, test and documentation activities such as Co-Pilot, Qodo, Rovo, etc.
- Experience with Ansible IT automation environments
- Strong troubleshooting skills
- Demonstrate ability to function in a collaborative work environment.
- General understanding of networking concepts such as IP addressing, ethernet switching and IP routing.
- Knowledge and/or experience in compute virtualization environments such as VMware ESXi or VirtualBox, Proxmox VE
- Experience with enterprise productivity and collaboration tools such as Confluence and JIRA.
- Experience with network test tools like Ixia IxNetwork and Spirent TestCenter and related programming APIs
More about this job
Responsibilities
Develop software components to automate network configuration and validation tasks for the Lightspeed LEO network. Utilize AI tools to accelerate network documentation and participate in daily design and integration activities.
Requirements
Requires proficiency in Python and software development within Linux environments, along with experience using Git and Ansible. Familiarity with AI development tools and general networking concepts is highly desired.
Skills
- Python
- Linux
- Git
- GitHub
- AI Tools
- Ansible
- Troubleshooting
- IP Addressing
- Ethernet Switching
- IP Routing
- VMware ESXi
- VirtualBox
- Proxmox VE
- Confluence
- JIRA
- Network Test Tools
Visa sponsorship
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Categories
- Engineering
- Technology
- Software
- Data & Analytics
Keywords
- Lightspeed
- Low Earth Orbit
- Network Engineering
- Software Automation
- AI
- Co-Pilot
- Qodo
- Rovo
- Ansible
- Linux
- Python
- Git
- GitHub
- IP Addressing
- Ethernet Switching
- IP Routing
- VMware ESXi
- VirtualBox
- Proxmox VE
- Confluence
- JIRA
- Ixia IxNetwork
- Spirent TestCenter
- APIs
- Network Validation
- Network Design