Senior FDIR-FSW Systems Engineer

Role Overview

• Work with operations, systems, subsystems, and payload engineers to document and review system designs for FDIR
• Define the fault detection actions of the platform at the system and subsystem levels
• Define and document how the platform will interfact with the payload for satellite level FDIR
• Work with the operations team to define the contingency scenarios involving FDIR
• Work with customers to use their input for FDIR strategy to refine MDA’s FDIR strategy ensuring that the strategies are compatible
• Work with the FSW team to determine the FDIR test plan on the FlatSat and DSS
• Work with the AI&T team to determine what FDIR needs to be tested at the spacecraft level
• Work with system, subsystems, payload, and units 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; including block diagrams, ICDs, ConOps, and requirement to ensure that the design is compliant with FDIR requirements
• Review Operations Procedures to ensure that they align with the FDIR strategy
• Review FDIR test artifacts to determine if the tests are successful and if they are not, work with the team to troubleshoot how to resolve non compliances
• Verification & Validation Matrices for platform and payload FDIR requirements
• Support the payload team in their definition of payload FDIR and how it impacts the satellite level FDIR
• Support the operations team as needed for In-Orbit Test (IOT), anomaly resolution + FDIR
• Support the ICD development activities both HW and SW/DB

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, computer science or in a relevant field
• At least 10 years of relevant practical experience
• Previous experience with LEO/MEO satellite systems
• Strong cross-functional team collaboration
• Experience with analysis of satellite systems and subsystems
• Familiarity and/or experience with FMECAs and/or Fault Tree Analysis
• An understanding of how failures can propagate through a system
• Ability to decompose system level failures down to the unit level and back up from the unit to the system level
• Knowledge of satellite FSW and how monitors work for FDIR
• Knowledge of how to test HW and SW for FDIR
• Previous experience in Constellation FDIR
• Creation of Fault Trees and FMECAs
• Experience with reliability analysis
• Working knowledge of PUS services
• Experience with mentoring junior engineers
• Experience with FDIR on embedded systems
• Experience with payload FDIR.
• Knowledge of MS Excel, for the purposes of engineering analyses
• Knowledge of requirements Management tools such as DOORS/Windchill/Jama
• Demonstrated capability to efficiently work with little to no supervision
• Strong written and verbal communications skills in English, knowledge of French will be considered favorably.

Tech Stack

• IoT

Benefits

• Open for candidates in Canada as well as the US