Staff Engineer - MTS - Systems - Communications Systems Team Lead

Building the space between proven and possible, MDA Space (TSX:MDA) is a trusted mission partner to the global space industry. A robotics, satellite systems and Geointelligence pioneer with a 55-year+ story of world firsts and more than 450 missions, MDA Space is a global leader in communications satellites, Earth and space observation, and space exploration and infrastructure. The MDA Space team of more than 3,000 space experts in Canada, the US and the UK has the knowledge and know-how to turn an audacious customer vision into an achievable mission – bringing to bear a one-of-a-kind mix of experience, engineering excellence and wide-eyed wonder that’s been in our DNA since day one. For those who dream big and push boundaries on the ground and in the stars to change the world for the better, we’ll take you there.

Are you ready to launch the next stage of your career in the new space economy? We would love to hear from you!

We’re on the hunt for an Communications Systems Team Lead in our UK business. Reporting to the Director of Engineering, The Communications Systems Team Lead will be responsible for managing our communications systems team based across our UK sites (Harwell, Manchester and Stevenage).

MDA’s international footprint in the UK creates opportunities to work with some of the most exciting space industrial players in the country. Delivering all three business area capabilities in Geointelligence, Robotics & Space Operations, and Satellite Systems, our UK team provides support to our European-based customers while specializing in the development of advanced space sensors for exploration missions as well as space-based communication technology. As our presence grows overseas, so does our need for new ambitious team players to help us advance our place in the Universe and beyond.

Responsibilities:

• Communications systems engineering inputs on cost and planning inputs for bids and proposals
• Ensuring that MDA UK programmes are appropriately resourced with communications systems engineers
• Mentoring, coaching and development (through formal or informal training) of systems engineers
• Performance reviews
• Recruitment
• Ownership of the communications systems engineering process
• Project technical reviews
• Systems engineering technical leadership in projects as required, including:
• Providing a technical interface to customers and subcontractors
• Determining customer needs
• Capturing, deriving, and managing engineering requirements
• Developing innovative solutions to engineering requirements
• Producing system budgets (power budget, mass budget, etc.)
• Analyzing performance & justifying design choices
• Providing oversight and supervision to different engineering disciplines during design, integration and test
• Planning test campaigns
• Troubleshooting hardware and software for space missions
• Analyzing test data and writing test reports
• Providing clear documentation
• Delivering verified flight equipment compliant to customer requirements

Suitable candidates will ideally have the following attributes:

Essential:

• Team management experience
• 15+ years experience in systems engineering in satellite or other telecommunications industry
• 5+ years as lead systems engineer/architect in telecommunications projects.
• Good general understanding of the technology required to implement radio frequency telecommunications equipment (software, electronics, ASICs and FPGA)

Desirable:

• Management of teams with 20 or more members
• Experience in design for space
• Strong background in satellite telecommunications, particularly payloads
• Experience in military satellite communications systems
• Experience with ECSS standards and design for space
• Experience in commercial low Earth orbit communications systems
• Experience in satellite on-board digital signal processing
• Experience in phased array antenna design
• Experience in defining technology roadmaps
• Experience in optics, lasers and associated equipment (e.g., Lidar, infrared cameras)
• Experience in or working with AIT, production and PA/QA in the space industry

Personal Profile:

• Committed to quality
• Highly organized
• Thinks critically and quickly to identify problems and their root causes
• Communicates confidently and clearly to internal and external stakeholders
• Willing to travel occasionally (e.g., monthly) to other MDA UK sites

We’re a dream team of purpose-driven, collaborative and passionate people, and we are constantly looking for others to join #TeamMDA to ignite new and innovative approaches to problem-solving that push us forward to improve life on and above Earth. If you’re excited to expand our place in space and driven to inspire the next generation, we’ll take you there.

We have entered a new era of exploration and development, and MDA welcomes all who yearn to suit up and be part of it. An equal opportunity employer prizing diversity, integrity and collaboration, we are committed to growing MDA’s leadership in this next golden age. 

Comments/Special Considerations:

We are required to conduct a BPSS (Baseline Personnel Security Standard) screening in which we will check your:

• Right to work: To confirm that you are entitled to take up the position as well as check your nationality and immigration status
• Identity: Full ID check
• Criminal records: Basic Disclosure
• Employment history check: Confirmation of past three years of employment (minimum) history/activity
• Reference checks

Benefits statement:

MDA provides competitive compensation and benefits packages for its employees at all locations. As a team member of MDA, you and your qualified dependents are eligible to participate in a benefit plan that ensures a comprehensive level of protection through competitive health care including; private healthcare, disability income protection, life insurance, pension plan; and an employee assistance program. We also have a Hybrid work model in place, for a better work/life balance. 

Equal opportunity statement:

MDA is an equal opportunity employer prizing diversity and inclusion. We are committed to treating all employees and applicants for employment with respect and dignity. If you require assistance and/or reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please feel free to notify us.

Accommodations

MDA Ltd. is proud to provide accommodation(s) during the recruitment process.  Should you require any accommodations, please indicate this on your application/cover letter and we will work with you to meet your accessibility needs.

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