Satellite User Terminal Systems Engineer – Hybrid & Travel

Telesat; Ottawa; Hybrid; CAD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Telesat seeks a motivated User Terminal System Engineer to support development, integration, verification, and documentation of Lightspeed User Terminal solutions in Ottawa. You will work under experienced systems engineers and progressively own defined work packages.

The role covers requirements management, interface definitions, and test planning for fixed, mobility, and maritime applications, with travel as needed to supplier and customer sites.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• 6 to 9 years of relevant engineering experience in systems engineering, satellite communications, telecommunications, aerospace, secure communications, networking, or a related field.
• Experience supporting complex multidisciplinary product‑development activities across requirements, design, integration, verification, and delivery.

Responsibilities

• Support development and maintenance of User Terminal requirements, PRDs, interfaces, and technical specifications.
• Assist with requirements updates, traceability, compliance assessment, and requirements‑to‑test mapping across terminal hardware, modems, and software.
• Participate in supplier meetings, workshops, requirements reviews, design reviews, and integration activities.
• Review supplier documentation and track technical actions, interfaces, risks, deliverables, and verification status.
• Assist with writing CONOPS and requirements for fixed, mobility, and maritime applications.
• Prepare and review CDRLs, test plans, procedures, reports, compliance matrices, verification records, presentations, and technical reports.
• Participate in laboratory integration, testing, demonstrations, troubleshooting, and acceptance activities.
• Support contractual requirements reviews, bids, proposals, design activities, and customer deliverables.
• Assist with Capella operational and functional architecture updates.

Skills

Systems Engineering

Satellite Communications

Requirements Management

Technical Documentation

Jama

DOORS

Capella

Jira

Confluence

Analytical Thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or related technical discipline

Tools

Jama

DOORS

Capella

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Telesat seeks a motivated User Terminal System Engineer to support development, integration, verification, and documentation of Lightspeed User Terminal solutions in Ottawa. You will work under experienced systems engineers and progressively own defined work packages.

The role covers requirements management, interface definitions, and test planning for fixed, mobility, and maritime applications, with travel as needed to supplier and customer sites.