Job Category : Engineering Posted : Full-Time Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC H9X3R2, CAN MDA is seeking a Satellite & Payload IVV Engineer to join its System Engineering Department. He/she will lead the end-to-end V&V; and integration of satellite and payload hardware and software, ensuring that all requirements are met, traceable, and demonstrably verified before launch and throughout the on-orbit phase. The role spans the full lifecycle and will coordinate cross-disciplinary teams, develop Test Plans and test strategies, for development, qualification and testing in support of our current and future generations of telecommunication or remote Sensing satellites.

MDA is seeking a Satellite & Payload IVV Engineer to join its System Engineering Department. He/she will lead the end-to-end V&V; and integration of satellite and payload hardware and software, ensuring that all requirements are met, traceable, and demonstrably verified before launch and throughout the on-orbit phase. The role spans the full lifecycle and will coordinate cross-disciplinary teams, develop Test Plans and test strategies, for development, qualification and testing in support of our current and future generations of telecommunication or remote Sensing satellites.

MDA is seeking a Satellite & Payload IVV Engineer to join its System Engineering Department. He/she will lead the end-to-end V&V; and integration of satellite and payload hardware and software, ensuring that all requirements are met, traceable, and demonstrably verified before launch and throughout the on-orbit phase. The role spans the full lifecycle and will coordinate cross-disciplinary teams, develop Test Plans and test strategies, for development, qualification and testing in support of our current and future generations of telecommunication or remote Sensing satellites.

Requirements &

• Planning Produce Verification &





• Validation matrices linking requirements to test cases, including fault management. Author and maintain Test &

• Validation Plans, test requirements and procedures, and test data-management documents. Perform requirement test management and maintain bidirectional traceability throughout the program life cycle. Lead the design and build of integration test benches, ensuring alignment with interface control documents (ICDs). Test Execution &

• Data Analysis Oversee execution of subsystem and system level tests (functional, performance, environmental, RF, FSW integration and Reference Database validation). Supervise data acquisition, trend analysis, and automated post-processing

• Support payload-to-platform FDIR implementation through test. Support satellite and payload troubleshooting during integration, test, and on-orbit phases. Communicate technical status, risk assessments and trade-study results to senior management and/or customers or partners. Coordinate activities across hardware, software, EGSE, and Platform/payload teams.

Technical

Leadership & Mentorship Act as technical liaison with customers, partners and external vendors Act as Continuous Improvement stakeholder Configuration, Documentation & Standards Management Author and maintain MDA satellite test standards (margin philosophy, efficiency, DFT, DFM, safety…etc.). Deliver clear, concise test reports, verification summaries, and lessons‑learned documentation. Ensure all artefacts, analysis,



deliverables and documentations are version controlled in PLM environment.

Provide technical support to Mission Operations for routine payload and bus health monitoring, contingency handling and performance trending. Analyse on-orbit telemetry, update filter parameters, and generate performance reports. Support SOOH development and associated operator training.

Sc. in Electrical Engineering, Aerospace, or Physics with 5+ years of satellite system engineering experience on LEO/MEO missions.

Experience with requirements management, configuration control and system architecture documentation. Strong technical writing ability (requirements, ICDs, test procedures, risk reports) and presentation skills; comfortable interfacing with customers, suppliers and senior leadership. Strong understanding of aerospace system engineering fundamentals.

Hands-on individual who can support systems integration processes and capability to test systems and resolve problems. Demonstrated capability to efficiently work with little supervision. Ability to distill complex problems to fundamentals to solve with analysis, similarity, or creativity.

Demonstrate excellent written and oral communication skills in English; knowledge of French will be considered an asset (Contact with clients outside Quebec and work on deliverables in English). Successful candidates must obtain and hold security clearance at the reliability status level, and pass security assessment for the Controlled Goods Program (CGP). An equal opportunity employer prizing diversity, integrity and collaboration, we are committed to growing MDA's and Canada's leadership in this next golden age. extended healthcare and flexible drug plans, dental and vision perks, disability income protection, life insurance, group retirement savings plans; and an employee and family assistance program.

📌 Satellite & Payload Verification, Validation & Integration Systems Engineer (Quebec City)
🏢 Macdonald, Dettwiler And Associates
📍 Quebec City