The posting
Tasks summary:
Architecture Concept & Requirements
- Translate mission‑level ΔV, thrust, lifetime, and reliability goals into EP system requirements (performance, power, mass, contamination, EMI).
- Produce System Requirements, Interface Control Documents (ICDs), and Description documents for thruster assemblies, Power‑Processing Units (PPU), propellant feed & storage, and control electronics.
- Perform requirement management and maintain bidirectional traceability throughout the project lifecycle.
Detailed Design
- Perform system‑level power, thermal, and mass budget analyses; produce trade‑off matrices (thrust vs. power vs. propellant mass, reliability vs. complexity).
- Lead detailed mechanical/electrical design of thruster mounting, heater/thermal control, and PPU (converter, regulator, fault‑protection).
- Define propellant handling hardware (tanks, valves, feed‑lines, interconnects) and develop contamination control procedures.
- Negotiate ICDs and interface agreements with external thruster vendors and component suppliers.
- Support or Develop 1‑D/3‑D plume models and perform reliability prediction.
Modeling & Simulation
Software & Control
- Define command and telemetry interfaces for EP & health‑monitoring telemetry.
- Work with FSW teams to develop thrust profile generation, and fault detection isolation recovery (FDIR) algorithms.
Cross‑Functional Coordination, Stakeholder & Program Interaction
- Communicate technical status, risk assessments and trade‑study results to senior management and/or customers or partners.
- Negotiate and manage ICDs with platform subsystems and supplier teams.
- Support B&P (Phase 0 & pre-phase A).
Integration & Verification (IVV)
- Develop verification plans, test matrices, and validation procedures for unit, subsystem, and spacecraft‑level EP tests.
- Oversee hardware‑in‑the‑loop (HIL) and thrust‑stand testing, including thrust‑calibration, specific impulse measurement, pulse‑modulation, and lifetime cycling.
Technical Leadership & Mentorship
- Mentor, guide junior engineers and interns.
- Act as technical liaison with customers, partners and external vendors
- Act as Continuous Improvement stakeholder
- Contribute to MDA’s knowledge‑base, process enhancements, and standards development.
Configuration, Documentation & Standards Management
- Author and maintain MDA EP standards (thruster qualification, PPU design, contamination limits).
- • Ensure all artefacts, analysis, software, deliverables and documentations are version controlled in PLM environment.
- Support design reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR, MRR/TRR…etc.).
- Support Technology Road‑Mapping & Innovation.
Launch-Site, On-Orbit & Operations Support
- Provide real‑time EP support during launch, early‑orbit checkout, and routine station‑keeping.
- Support on‑orbit checkout procedures, thruster test campaigns, and contingency recovery plans.
- Support SOOH development and associated operator training.
- B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, Aerospace, or Physics with 8+ years of electrical propulsion engineering experience on LEO/MEO platforms.
- Strong knowledge of EP thruster families and their performance characteristics.
- Experience with propellant storage & feed‑system design (tanks, valves, micro‑valves).
- Strong understanding of aerospace system engineering fundamentals, space environment and orbit mechanics.
- Hands-on individual who can support systems integration processes and capability to test systems and resolve problems.
- Experience with Confluence and JIRA.
- Demonstrated capability to efficiently work with little to no 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).
- Support the Spacecraft operations team in critical phases.
Required Qualifications:
• B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, Aerospace, or Physics with 8+ years of electrical propulsion engineering experience on LEO/MEO platforms. • Strong knowledge of EP thruster families and their performance characteristics. • Experience with propellant storage & feed system design (tanks, valves, micro valves). • Strong understanding of aerospace system engineering fundamentals, space environment and orbit mechanics. • Hands-on individual who can support systems integration processes and capability to test systems and resolve problems. • Experience with Confluence and JIRA. • Demonstrated capability to efficiently work with little to no 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). • Support the Spacecraft operations team in critical phases.
