Telesat

www.telesat.com

4 Jobs

945 Employees

About the Company

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.

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Company Name: Telesat
Job Title: Senior System Engineering Specialist
Job Description

Company Name: Telesat
Job Title: Software Development Specialist
Job Description: Job Title: Software Development Specialist Role Summary: Lead the development, productization, and maintenance of the Telesat Lightspeed System Model—a high‑performance computing (HPC) engineering software tool for satellite constellation performance analysis. Bring design, coding, testing, and documentation expertise to ensure that the system operates reliably across cloud and on‑premise environments. Expactations: - Deliver high‑quality, production‑ready software on an Agile schedule. - Provide technical leadership and mentorship within a cross‑functional team. - Innovate solutions for complex technical challenges while maintaining best practices. - Communicate status and requirements clearly to stakeholders and management. Key Responsibilities: - Develop and enhance the System Model suite, ensuring optimal performance on HPC infrastructure. - Participate in all SDLC phases: requirements, design, coding, review, testing, deployment, and maintenance. - Collaborate with system engineers, product owners, architects, and test teams to translate business needs into technical solutions. - Design and implement scalable, secure back‑end services using Java, Spring, SQL, Python, and Bash. - Build and maintain containerized deployments (Kubernetes, Helm, Terraform, Packer, Ansible) for cloud and on‑premise environments. - Configure and manage Azure cloud resources, including Identity & Access Management, networking, and Key Vault. - Automate CI/CD pipelines with GitLab, ensuring end‑to‑end deployability and Blue/Green release strategies. - Produce and update technical documentation for internal and external stakeholders. Required Skills: - 10+ years professional software development experience. - Proficiency in Java, Spring, SQL, Python, Bash. - Experience with Kubernetes, Helm, Terraform, Packer, Ansible, and secret management (Azure Key Vault, HashiCorp Vault). - Strong Azure Cloud knowledge (fundamentals, IAM, networking). - DevOps expertise: GitLab CI/CD, automated deployment pipelines. - Familiarity with PostgreSQL, MongoDB; front‑end (ReactJS, NodeJS) considered an asset. - Agile development experience. - Excellent analytical, problem‑solving, and communication skills. - Fluent in English; French language skills are a plus. Required Education & Certifications: - Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field. - Professional certifications in Java/Spring, Kubernetes, Azure, or DevOps are advantageous.

Company Name: Telesat
Job Title: Systems Engineering Project Engineer
Job Description: **Job Title:** Systems Engineering Project Engineer **Role Summary:** Coordinate cross‑disciplinary system engineering activities for a satellite communications network, ensuring alignment with project priorities, schedules, and technical requirements. Act as a technical advisor to engineering teams, manage work breakdown structures, risk mitigation, and reporting, while providing strategic guidance to senior management. **Expectations:** - Deliver clear project coordination and prioritization within a fast‑moving satellite development environment. - Maintain accurate schedules, deliverables, and risk mitigation plans. - Communicate complex technical concepts to both engineering and non‑engineering audiences through reports and presentations. - Demonstrate leadership in system‑level requirement translation and design‑decision support. **Key Responsibilities:** - Coordinate and align multidisciplinary engineering teams toward project objectives. - Define and guide work package scoping, design, development, testing, and delivery phases. - Identify, document, and mitigate technical and schedule risks. - Translate mission requirements into actionable engineering solutions in collaboration with stakeholders. - Produce concise technical progress reports and status updates on a regular cadence. - Provide data‑driven recommendations to management for prioritizing work packages. - Offer technical input on specific work items when required. - Deliver presentations to the technical community on project status and findings. **Required Skills:** - Strong written and oral communication; ability to present complex ideas to general audiences. - Leadership and team collaboration; ability to manage multiple complex issues simultaneously. - Proven expertise in systems engineering and project management, with focus on Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) and Data Item Descriptions. - Familiarity with space‑based systems engineering processes (ECSS, NASA). - Experience managing project schedules and technical deliverables. - Proficiency with requirements management tools such as JAMA (or equivalent) and project tracking tools like JIRA. - Knowledge of Model‑Based Systems Engineering practices (asset). - Ability to obtain and maintain Canadian Controlled Goods Program clearance. **Required Education & Certifications:** - Bachelor’s degree or higher in Electrical, Aerospace, Systems Engineering, or a related discipline. - Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in systems engineering project coordination, WBS development, and technical package management. ---

Company Name: Telesat
Job Title: User Terminal Engineering Co-op (Winter 2026)
Job Description: **Job Title:** User Terminal Engineering Co‑op (Winter 2026) **Role Summary:** Co‑operating student will support the design, development, and testing of user terminal subsystems for an upcoming Low Earth Orbit satellite broadband network, focusing on software development, test automation, and analysis of RF and communication system performance. **Expectations:** - Work under guidance of senior engineers in a hybrid environment - Deliver programming, testing, and documentation deliverables on schedule - Communicate findings and results to the User Terminal segment management team **Key Responsibilities:** - Assist in user terminal design and testing activities - Conduct theoretical analysis of subsystems - Develop and maintain software in Python, C++, or other approved languages - Create test and automation scripts for lab and simulation environments - Collect, analyze, and report test/simulation data, preparing concise summaries and conclusions - Design and execute lab setups, test plans, and procedures - Support documentation of user terminal subsystems - Present work, analysis, and findings to management at the end of the co‑op term **Required Skills:** - Programming proficiency in Python and/or C++ - Experience with test automation and scripting - Knowledge of RF components (LNAs, power amplifiers, up/down converters) and communication systems - Understanding of wireless transmission techniques and modulation schemes - Analytical and problem‑solving abilities - Strong written and verbal communication in English - Ability to work effectively in a hybrid (remote/on‑site) setting **Required Education & Certifications:** - Current university student in the 2nd or 3rd year of a Bachelor’s program in electrical, telecommunications, or related engineering discipline - Demonstrated interest in satellite communications, antenna and modem design, or RF engineering - No specific certifications required.