[Fastwater Staffing] Satellite System V&V Engineer | Montreal, Canada (Full Relocation Package)

Job summary

The engineer manages the end-to-end verification lifecycle of the satellite, from planning and methodology design to final qualification. Key tasks include owning the Verification Control Matrix and executing full-system functional and environmental validation campaigns.

Job details

The Satellite-Level Verification and Validation (V&V) Engineer focuses on the highest tier of spacecraft integration, ensuring the fully assembled satellite meets all mission, launch provider, and environmental requirements. Role Overview This role manages the end-to-end verification lifecycle at the highest tier of architecture. It starts at the beginning of the program with verification planning and test methodology design, continues through full-system functional and environmental validation, and concludes with final qualification sign-off and in-orbit initialization readiness. Key Responsibilities & Tasks Verification Architecture & Matrix Ownership: Define the global verification strategy; author the System Verification Plan (SVP) and own the master Verification Control Matrix (VCM) to prove 100% requirement compliance. Method of Compliance (MoC) Definition: Determine the optimal, most cost-effective blend of Verification by Test, Analysis, Demonstration, and Inspection (TADI) for complex mission-level requirements. End-to-End Mission Validation: Design and execute full-system functional tests, "Day-in-the-Life" (DITL) mission simulations, and complex Fault Detection, Isolation, and Recovery (FDIR) validation scenarios. Environmental & Launch Qualification: Define test profiles, pass/fail criteria, and post-test correlation frameworks for full spacecraft environmental campaigns (Thermal Vacuum, Sine-Vibe, Acoustic, Shock). Sign-off & Qualification Review: Lead Technical Review Boards, manage non-conformance reports (NCRs), present compliance evidence at Qualification Reviews (QR), and build the final Flight Readiness data package. Candidate Prerequisites ("Must Haves") Experience: 5+ years in aerospace systems engineering, systems V&V, or space mission qualification roles. Systems Engineering Mastery: Deep understanding of how platform subsystems and digital/RF payloads interact to satisfy top-level mission performance metrics. Requirements Management: Expert-level capability in tracing, decomposing, and closing out complex requirements using enterprise tools like DOORS, Jama, or Windchill. Data Synthesis & Analysis: Advanced skills using Python or MATLAB to parse multi-subsystem telemetry, correlate test data with analytical models, and automate post-test verification reporting.

What you’ll do

The engineer manages the end-to-end verification lifecycle of the satellite, from planning and methodology design to final qualification. Key tasks include owning the Verification Control Matrix and executing full-system functional and environmental validation campaigns.

Requirements

Candidates must have over 5 years of experience in aerospace systems engineering or space mission qualification. Proficiency in requirements management tools and data analysis using Python or MATLAB is required.

Benefits

• Full Relocation Package

Listed skills

• Control · Preferred
• Validation · Preferred
• Analytical · Preferred
• Technical · Preferred
• analysis · Preferred
• Organization · Preferred
• Data analysis · Preferred
• Compliance · Preferred
• Planning · Preferred
• management · Preferred
• Integration · Preferred
• Python · Preferred

Other relevant skills

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• Systems Engineering
• Verification and Validation
• Requirements Management
• Python
• MATLAB
• DOORS
• Jama
• Windchill
• Environmental Testing
• Fault Detection Isolation and Recovery
• Mission Simulation
• Technical Review Boards
• Business Metrics
• Thermal Vacuum Testing
• Planning
• Python (Programming Language)
• Parsing
• Performance Metric
• Radio Frequency
• Telemetry
• Simulations
• Verification And Validation
• Spacecraft
• Subsystems
• Software Technical Review
• Test Data Generation
• PTC Windchill
• Data Synthesis

Job areas

• Engineering
• Science & Research
• Manufacturing
• Technology
• Verification and Validation Engineer
• Verification Engineer
• Industrial and Production Engineers
• Electrical Engineers