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Earth Station Specialist
2016-05-20 23:05:15| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
We currently have an opening for an Earth Station Specialist to join our Network Engineering Group. The successful candidate will be a technical authority in earth station design within the area of RF subsystems, antennas and associated equipment. The incumbent will provide detailed technical analysis, project planning, implementation support and acceptance testing of earth stations for teleports and tracking telemetry and command TTAC. Working as a team member with Engineering, Sales and Marketing, the incumbent will provide technical support and leadership for the presales activities, including proposals, of Telesats satellite capacity and Network Services product lines and International Consulting services. Responsibilities will include Providing technical expertise for earth station and endtoend system designs, procurement specifications, proposals and implementation projects Performing overall technical and programmatic tradeoffs of solutions for Telesat systems and systems proposed to customers Organizing and overseeing technical design reviews Managing complex earth station design projects ensuring projects are delivered on time, on budget, and within defined scope and agreedupon specifications Conducting subsystem and endtoend systems acceptance testing Supporting sales proposal activities, including proposal development, cost estimates and presentations to both customers and senior management Undertaking team lead responsibilities for large andor complex Requests for Proposal RFP responses Working directly with prospective customers technical resources to define requirements and technical aspects and Working directly with customers responding to service questions andor resolving technical service issues. The successful candidate will possess Bachelor of Electrical Engineering and a minimum of 10 years of related work experience in the wireless communication field with at least 5 years in the satellite industry Extensive experience and recognized as a technical authority for TTAC and teleport earth station design within the area of RF subsystems, antennas and associated equipment Experience implementing and conducting subsystem and endtoend acceptance testing on TTAC antenna systems and large teleport antennas and RF systems Satellite communications expertise including satellite link budget analysis Experience with C, Ku and Ka band satellite systems Excellent communication skills both written and verbal English, presentation and customer interaction skills Strong proposal writing skills including authoring RFP responses Exceptional problemsolving abilities and program management skills Interdisciplinary knowledge of related trades and services required for large projects including familiarity with civil engineering, electrical, logistics and other aspects commonly encountered when implementing endtoend services Working knowledge of TCPIP networking including firewalls, VPN, VoIP Satellite specific networking including protocol acceleration, VSAT hub, SCPC and other satellite networking knowledge and Ability to work in Canada and to obtain Controlled Goods Program Clearance. To apply please visit our website at www.telesat.com.
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