Senior LEO SOC Systems Engineer

Telesat (Nasdaq and TSX: TSAT) is a leading global satellite operator, providing reliable and secure satellite-delivered communications solutions worldwide to broadcast, telecommunications, corporate and government customers for over 55 years. Backed by a legacy of engineering excellence, reliability and industry-leading customer service, Telesat has grown to be one of the largest and most successful global satellite operators.

Telesat Lightspeed, our revolutionary Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite network, scheduled to begin service in 2027, will revolutionize global broadband connectivity for enterprise and Government users by delivering a combination of high capacity, security, resiliency and affordability with ultra-low latency and fiber-like speeds. Telesat is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada, and has offices and facilities around the world.

 
The company’s state-of-the-art Satellite fleet consists of 12 GEO satellites, the Canadian payload on ViaSat-1 and one LEO 3 demonstration satellite. For more information, follow Telesat on X and LinkedIn or visit

Want to be part of the team setting up the control system for the most advanced satellite constellation in the world?
In this role, you’ll develop secure containerized software, participate in the development of a data analytics system for satellite operations, and participate in setting up a high-assurance containerized satellite control system. Later, you will support the air-gapped Satellite Operations Control systems, while ensuring that the key drivers of data integrity and automation are met.

You’ll have the opportunity to work with new technologies, learn about satellite operations and satellite control systems, and work in a collaborative operational team.

You’ll have a degree in computing, engineering or science with a variety of courses (especially physics, systems engineering or programming), some work experience in an analytics engineering role and some experience in an operational industry.
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Main Responsibilities

• Provide shift work during critical operational periods as required.
• Provide off hours support as part of a call-out rotation.
• Support activities across multiple time zones and other project requirements may require overtime or a shift in hours.
• Develop and maintain software related to the operations systems. The LEO SOC Systems group produces an assortment of software to complement the control systems and assist with operations. This includes spacecraft data storage and visualization, monitoring tools, automation, data analytics, etc.
• Develop, monitor and maintain the satellite operations systems to be used in Telesat’s advanced LEO constellation.
• Participate in satisfying all system requirements for all elements of the systems including real-time command and telemetry processing, flight dynamics system, space situational awareness, data storage and analytics, ground encryption, constellation management and operations automation.
• Assist other satellite operations teams in their efforts to the utilize the control systems, data platform, and related tasks.
• Participate in the procurement process of the satellite operations systems including acceptance testing, verification of requirements, and training.
• Collaboration with the Lightspeed satellite operations teams to ensure that the systems are sufficient to operate the Lightspeed constellation
• Develop and validate the operations systems, processes and procedures.
• Develop and implement robust automation of operational processes to reduce the operational burden and ensure highly reliable operations of the satellites in the constellation.

Education & Experience Required

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Science or Mathematics
• Proven experience with operational system, with a minimum of 4 years in similar roles
• Experience with Linux operating systems, programing languages (e.g. Go, Python, Java, C, etc.) and frameworks
• Experience with data platform components such as Kafka, Pulsar, InfluxDB, Postgres, MinIO, AirFlow, Spark, Grafana, Valkey, Prometheus, Clickhouse, TimescaleDB, Superset, Loki, Datahub
• Experience with on-prem clusters and containerized systems
• Familiar with cyber-security principals and best practices.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Fluent in English, both written and oral.
• Occasional international travel may be required; therefore, candidates will need to provide proof that they have no national/international travel or visa restrictions.
• Ability to obtain a Canada Secret security clearance.

Decision Making and Supervision

• Self motivated
• In this role, the incumbent will issue recommendations and have influence on the Lightspeed system design by:
• Evaluate solutions for operations systems
• Provide recommendations backed by technical assessments
• Support operational plans, anomaly responses and direct critical responses as required
• This role has no direct reports