Senior User Terminal Antenna, RF Specialist

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership in the evaluation, design, validation, and deployment of satellite user terminal (UT) antenna technologies for the Telesat Lightspeed constellation.
• Responsible for the technical assessment of existing and emerging antenna technologies.
• Provide technical recommendations to Product Line Management and Systems Engineering teams to support the development of Telesat's user terminal portfolio.
• Lead technical engagements with antenna manufacturers, technology providers, and development partners.
• Conduct design reviews; support qualification and validation testing.
• Contribute to the definition of future antenna architectures and performance requirements.
• Model antenna performance and assess operational suitability within the Telesat Lightspeed network.

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Telecommunications Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in satellite communications, antenna systems, user terminal development, or related wireless communication technologies.
• Experience in antenna design, testing, integration, or performance evaluation.
• Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field preferred.
• Ph.D. with research focused on phased-array antennas, electronically steerable antennas, electromagnetics, RF systems, or related technologies preferred.
• Direct experience developing or deploying electronically steerable antennas (ESAs) for satellite communications preferred.
• Strong understanding of phased-array antenna architectures, beamforming techniques, and antenna control systems.
• Knowledge of satellite antenna technologies including flat-panel ESAs, tracking reflector antennas, and hybrid architectures operating in Ku- and Ka-band frequencies.
• Understanding of satellite communications systems, including user terminals, modems, gateways, and network architectures.
• Knowledge of RF subsystems including power amplifiers, low-noise amplifiers, up/down conversion chains, and antenna calibration techniques.
• Familiarity with satellite communication physical-layer concepts such as modulation, coding, link budgets, G/T, EIRP, and interference analysis.
• Understanding of global regulatory and licensing requirements affecting satellite communications equipment.
• Strong foundation in electromagnetics, antenna theory, and propagation.
• Experience with RFIC, beamforming IC, and phased-array technology selection and evaluation.
• Knowledge of design-for-manufacture (DFM), production processes, and cost optimization for antenna systems.
• Experience integrating antenna systems with modems, networking equipment, and user terminal hardware platforms.
• Fluent in English, both written and verbal.