Digital Payload System Engineer

3 days ago

Montreal, Quebec, Canada Macdonald, Dettwiler And Associates Corporation Full time

About Us

Macdonald, Dettwiler And Associates Corporation is a trusted mission partner to the global space industry. With a 55-year+ story of world firsts and more than 450 missions, we are a global leader in communications satellites, Earth and space observation, and space exploration and infrastructure.

Our Team

We are a team of over 3,000 space experts in Canada, the US and the UK, with a one-of-a-kind mix of experience, engineering excellence and wide-eyed wonder that's been in our DNA since day one.

Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled Digital Payload System Engineer to join our Satellite systems team at our Montreal office. As the leading global independent commercial supplier of antennas, payloads, and electronics for communication and radar satellites, our team has successfully contributed to hundreds of missions in the past 60 years.

Key Responsibilities

  • Design, analysis, implementation, optimization and enhancement of end-to-end communication digital payload systems and/or subsystem elements related to the system architecture.
  • Support/lead technical projects and end-to-end telecommunications systems engineering activities using digital transponder providing flexibility, and connectivity.
  • Support the design of communication satellite Payloads from conventional RF bent pipe payloads to digital on board processing payloads.
  • Generate/support system requirements definition and subsystem specifications for RF and digital equipment, including the following: Digital channel processor specifications, Direct Radiating Array (DRA) Phase Antenna, High capacity multiple spot beam systems, Flexible payload including Multi-Port Amplifier.
  • Perform requirement analysis and system trade studies.
  • Perform link and performance budget calculations and evaluate satellite throughput.
  • Generate and supervise methods, standards, plans, and procedures for systems engineering tools and systems tests for payload with digital channel processing.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree or higher in Electrical Engineering, Physics or equivalent.
  • Minimum of 2 years of experience in digital equipment and signal processing, the knowledge of RF and system payload will be considered favorably.
  • Demonstrated experience in leading multi-disciplinary engineering teams is desired.
  • Excellent communication, technical writing, and oral presentation skills.
  • English required, French fluency would be an asset.
  • Strong analytic, technical and problem solving skills.
  • Canadian citizen or permanent resident is preferred.

Security Clearance

Successful candidates must obtain and hold security clearance at the reliability status level, and pass security assessment for the Controlled Goods Program (CGP) and ITAR.

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