Hybrid Senior Systems Engineer

at Telesat

• Job title: Senior Systems Engineer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Ottawa, Canada

About the role

• Systems Engineer defining system-level requirements for Telesat's Lightspeed LEO communications network. Engaging with stakeholders and collaborating across teams to ensure clarity and execution of requirements.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with stakeholders to translate mission requirements into System requirements.
• Manage the development and execution of Change Requests and Change Notices that affect System Engineering owned requirement documents.
• Provide recommendations on managing gaps in requirements, and suggested updates to requirement specifications.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment of requirement specifications, and requirement management strategies.
• Provide regular updates and reports to management regarding the status and metrics of High-Level System requirements, compliance, and traceability.
• Provide engineering teams with guidance and recommendations on how to derive, trace, and report on requirements, compliance, and traceability.
• Collaborate with technical personnel on assessing technical issues, and developing strategies to address the technical issues.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or higher in systems, communications, space systems, electrical engineering or a related discipline.
• At least 5 years of relevant experience relating to the defined responsibilities.
• Experience and expertise in formal, standards-based Systems Engineering should be highlighted in the application.
• Any industry recognized certificates of achievement relating to this position should be highlighted in the application.
• Experience developing and managing requirement specifications for space missions, satellite communications systems, or related aerospace systems.
• Proficiency in systems engineering and requirements management principles.
• Proven ability to manage schedules and technical deliverables.
• Working knowledge and experience with requirements management software (such as JAMA or DOORS) is required, JAMA preferred.
• Familiarity with and exposure to space-based or defence Systems Engineering Processes such as ECSS and NASA.
• Strong communication and leadership abilities.
• Strong teamwork and collaboration abilities, to be able to thrive in a multi-disciplinary team environment.
• Ability to present complex ideas to a more general audience.
• Committed to excellent work products.
• Ability to manage several complicated issues simultaneously
• Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) experience or familiarity is an asset

Benefits

• Equal opportunity employer
• Accommodations provided during interview process
• Confidential treatment of accommodation information