Satellite Flight Software (FSW) Systems Engineer
Macdonald, Dettwiler And Associates Corporation • quebec, capitale nationale • Posted July 09, 2026
Position Overview
Satellite Flight Software (FSW) Systems Engineer
Job Category: Engineering
Employment Type: Full‑Time
Location: Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC H9X3R2, CAN
Responsibilities
- Assist senior engineers during requirement‑gathering workshops and record the requirements in the tracking tool.
- Participate in the allocation process under the direction of the software‑project lead.
- Collaborate with the cybersecurity team to incorporate resilience from the conceptual stage.
- Update traceability links in the requirements‑management system and flag any inconsistencies to the configuration manager.
- Define the flight‑software (FSW) architecture – RTOS, start‑up procedures, PUS services, satellite health‑monitoring, fault management, and payload interfaces.
- Define FDIR algorithms, isolation logic, recovery actions, safe‑mode sequences, and redundancy management.
- Impleme...