We are seeking a highly skilled Satellite User Terminal System Engineer, Modem Architect to lead the design and development of next-generation satellite user terminals. This role is critical in ensuring the successful integration and development of modem architectures within our satellite communication systems. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of satellite communication technologies, modem design, and system engineering principles.
Main Responsibilities
- Modem Architecture Design: Oversee the design, development, and optimization We are seeking a highly skilled Satellite User Terminal System Engineer, Modem Architect to lead the design and development of next-generation satellite user terminals. This role is critical in ensuring the successful integration of modem architectures within our satellite communication systems. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of satellite communication technologies, modem design, and system engineering principles of modem architectures for satellite user terminals, ensuring they meet performance, cost, and reliability targets.
- System Integration: Work closely with FPGA and RF engineers, software developers, and hardware teams to ensure seamless integration of the modem with other terminal components.
- Signal Processing: Experience with developing and implementation of the advanced signal processing algorithms for modem functionality, including modulation, demodulation, error correction, and data compression.
- Performance Analysis: Conduct performance analysis and test review of modem designs, including link budget analysis, to ensure they meet or exceed system requirements.
- Standards Compliance: Ensure modem designs comply with relevant industry standards (e.g., DVB-S2, DVB-RCS, 3GPP) and regulatory requirements.
- Prototype Development: Lead the development and testing of prototypes to validate modem designs, identify potential issues, and implement necessary improvements.
- Collaboration: Collaborate with third-party vendors and or cross-functional teams, including network architects, RF engineers, and product managers, to ensure cohesive system design and functionality.
- Documentation: Produce detailed design documentation, including technical specifications, design guidelines, and test plans.
- Innovation: Stay abreast of emerging technologies in satellite communication and contribute to the continuous improvement and innovation of modem architectures and user terminal systems.
Education and Experience Required
- Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Telecommunications, Computer Science, or a related field.
- Experience: Minimum of 6 years of experience in satellite communication systems, modem design, FPGA design and signal processing.
- Technical Expertise:
- Strong knowledge of digital communication systems, including modulation techniques, error correction methods, and RF systems.
- Experience with making tradeoffs between performance and cost and the component and the system level
- Experience with bringing hardware and modems designs through the full life-cycle from inception, design, production and fielding.
- Tools: Proficiency with design and simulation tools such as MATLAB, Simulink, or similar. Experience with DSP programming is a plus.
- Problem-Solving: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to troubleshoot complex technical issues.
- Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to convey complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
- Team Player: Ability to work effectively in a collaborative, cross-functional environment.
Decision Making and Supervision
- This role has no direct reports, but will work and interact with multi-disciplinary engineering teams
Working Conditions
- This role offers hybrid work environment
- Working conditions are generally comfortable typical of an office environment
- International travel is required
The successful candidate must be able to work in Canada and obtain clearance under the Canadian Controlled Goods program (CGP).
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What We Do
Backed by a legacy of engineering excellence, reliability, and industry-leading customer service, Telesat is one of the largest and most successful global satellite operators. Telesat works collaboratively with its customers to deliver critical connectivity solutions that tackle the world’s most complex communications challenges, providing powerful advantages that improve their operations and drive profitable growth.
Continuously innovating to meet the connectivity demands of the future, Telesat Lightspeed, the company’s Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite network, will be the first and only LEO network optimized to meet the rigorous requirements of telecom, government, maritime and aeronautical customers. Telesat Lightspeed will redefine global satellite connectivity with ubiquitous, affordable, high-capacity links with fiber-like speeds.
