Junior FDIR-FSW Systems Engineer for Fastwater Staffing
Summary
Junior engineer documents and reviews satellite system designs for fault detection, isolation, and recovery (FDIR), collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure compliance and operational readiness.
ON-SITE IN MONTREAL IS PREFERRED; REMOTE OR HYBRID IS POSSIBLE FOR THE RIGHT CANDIDATE.
Role:
As part of the System Engineering Department, the Junior FDIR-FSW Engineer will be work with the Senior FDIR-FSW Systems Engineers, operations, systems, subsystem, and payload engineers to document and review system designs for FDIR.
Tasks:
The Junior FDIR-FSW Engineer will perform and participate in the following tasks and activities, depending on the background and experience of the candidate.
- Document the fault detection actions of the platform and payload at the system and subsystem levels.
- Work with system, subsystem, payload and unit teams to review FMECAs and provide feedback on the detection, isolation, and recovery of failures modes.
- Provide input to the Operations team for Operations Procedures, Operations Manuals, and Satellite test procedures to ensure that the Operations documents and FDIR strategy are aligned.
- Review ICDs to provide inputs to the satellite DB team for parameters and monitors.
- Review payload, platform, and subsystem design and requirements to ensure that the design is compliant with FDIR requirements.
- Review Operations Procedures to ensure that they algin with the FDIR strategy.
- Review FDIR test artifacts to determine if the tests are successful.
- Verification & Validation Matrices for payload and platform FDIR requirements.
- Support the operations team as needed for In-Orbit Test (IOT), anomaly resolution + FDIR.
- Support the payload team for definition of payload to platform FDIR.
- Support the ICD development activities both HW and SW/DB
Must haves
- Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, computer science or in a relevant field
- · At least 5 years of relevant practical experience – Can be supplemented with higher degrees relevant to Engineering.
- · Knowledge of LEO/MEO satellite systems.
- Knowledge of satellite systems and subsystems.
Complementary skills/knowledge
- Previous experience in Constellation FDIR
- Creation of Fault Trees and FMECAs
- Working knowledge of PUS services
- Experience and/or development of payloads
- Knowledge of MS Excel, for the purposes of engineering analyses
- Strong written and verbal communications skills in English, knowledge of French will be considered favorably