The Telesat Lightspeed Network Engineering team is responsible for the end-to-end network design of Telesat’s Lightspeed Low Earth Orbit network. This Co-Op opportunity will leverage software automation and latest AI-based capabilities to help improve and streamline the network engineering team’s design, validation and documentation deliverables in preparation for Lightspeed launch.

Main Responsibilities:

- - Build high-quality software components to enable automation of network configuration and validation tasks.

- Apply latest AI tools and methodologies to help accelerate and improve network validation and documentation deliverables

- Participate in Network Engineering’s day to day design, integration and validation activities.

- Deliver assigned task within scheduled timeframes and with accountability for quality.

Qualifications:

- - Experience in software development in Linux based environments

- Proficient in Python programming language for automation and testing tasks

- Experience with Git as a software version control tool and GitHub as a software repository





- Experience with latest AI tools for software development, test and documentation activities such as Co-Pilot, Qodo, Rovo, etc.

- Experience with Ansible IT automation environments

- Solid troubleshooting skills

- Demonstrate ability to function in a collaborative work environment.

Nice to Haves:

- - General understanding of networking concepts such as IP addressing, ethernet switching and IP routing.

- Knowledge and/or experience in compute virtualization environments such as VMware ESXi or VirtualBox, Proxmox VE

- Experience with enterprise productivity and collaboration tools such as Confluence and JIRA.

- Experience with network test tools like Ixia IxNetwork and Spirent TestCenter and related programming APIs

Job Additional

Commitment: Coop Student (Enrolled in a Coop Program)

Department: Lightspeed System Development - Landing Stations and User Terminals

Location: Ottawa, Ontario

Team: Network Engineering

📌 Lightspeed Network Engineering Co-op Student (Fall 2026) (Canada)
🏢 Telesat
📍 Canada