Internship Functional Programming Jobs in Quebec

The company provides full relocation support, including immigration assistance, and offers a relocation bonus upon arrival in Montreal. Selected candidates may work remotely during the initial months while their immigration process is being completed; however, the long-term expectation is for the individual to transition to onsite work in Montreal once relocation has been finalized.

Tasks summary:

Architecture Concept & Requirements

Gather functional, performance, environmental and security requirements from mission

stakeholders & CONOPs.

Map requirements to payload equipment performance with I/F with on-board processor

Coordinate with cybersecurity team for payloadspecific assessments

Perform requirement management and maintain bidirectional traceability throughout the

program life cycle.

Payload Architecture & Design

Implement the highlevel digital payload architecture (optical ISLs, Phased array antennas,

Feeder links & frontend), master reference oscillator & clock synchronizations.

Produce Interface Control Documents (ICDs) with other subsystems and ground segment.

Implement highspeed databus I/F (SpaceWire, SpaceFibre, Ethernet, CAN).

Simulation & Analysis

Perform performance simulations (Gain, Spurious, Linearity, SNR, dynamic range, spectral

efficiency, G/T, EIRP...etc.) and MonteCarlo analyses for tolerance budgeting.

Define and maintain Payload DC power budget with traffic & utilization models

Perform FMECA, Fault tree and FDIR, reliability modeling and availability to meet mission

objectives

Hardware & Firmware

Provide systemlevel specifications to hardware designers, review schematics, layouts, thermal

interfaces, and mechanical constraints.

Support SW development for MODCODs and onboard processing pipelines; ensure BIST,

timing, latency and deterministic behavior.

CrossFunctional Coordination, Stakeholder & Program Interaction

Communicate technical status, risk assessments and tradestudy results to senior

management and/or customers or partners.

Support payload design authority in System design reviews, Power/Structure/Thermal

interfaces and Mission Operations assessments.

Liaise with Electrical, Power, Structures, Thermal, Software, GroundSegment and

MissionOperations teams to resolve integration issues early.

Support B&P (Phase 0 & pre-phase A).

Integration & Verification (IVV)

Develop Payload Verification Master Plan covering unittest, subsystemtest, payloadlevel

test, environmental and electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) test campaigns.

Lead testautomation framework setup, testcase definition, results analysis and testreport

certification.

Technical Leadership & Mentorship

Mentor, guide junior engineers and interns.

Act as technical liaison with customers, partners and external vendors

Act as Continuous Improvement stakeholder

Contribute to the company's knowledgebase, process enhancements, and standards development.

Configuration, Documentation & Standards Management

Ensure all artefacts, analysis, software, deliverables and documentation are version controlled

in PLM environment.

Lead and Support design reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR, MRR/TRR...etc.).

Support Technology RoadMapping & Innovation.

On Orbit & Operations Support

Provide technical support to Mission Operations for routine payload health monitoring,

contingency handling and performance trending.

Lead rootcause investigations for onorbit anomalies; update design baselines and

lessonslearned.

Analyze onorbit telemetry, update filter parameters, and generate performance reports.

Support SOOH development and associated operator training.

Required Qualifications:

B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, Aerospace or Physics with 8 + years of digital regenerative

payload system design experience on LEO/MEO missions.

Comprehensive knowledge of digital communications, SDR, DSP, DVB RCS/SX protocols,

Modulation schemes, Class of Service, Networking, MPLS, 2G, 5G NTN.

Strong technical-writing ability (requirements, ICDs, test procedures, risk reports) and

presentation skills; comfortable interfacing with customers, suppliers and senior leadership.

Strong understanding of aerospace system engineering fundamentals.

Hands-on individual who can support systems integration processes and capability to test

systems and resolve problems.

Experience with Confluence and JIRA.

Demonstrated capability to efficiently work with little supervision.

Ability to distill complex problems to fundamentals to solve with analysis, similarity, or

creativity.

Demonstrate excellent written and oral communication skills in English; knowledge of French

will be considered an asset (Contact with clients outside Quebec and work on deliverables in

English).

Employment Type: FULL_TIME