Digital Payload Architect (Fastwater Staffing)

The company provides full relocation support, including immigration assistance, and offers a relocation bonus upon arrival in Montreal. Selected candidates may work remotely during the initial months while their immigration process is being completed; however, the long-term expectation is for the individual to transition to onsite work in Montreal once relocation has been finalized. Tasks summary: Architecture Concept &

• Establish functional, performance, environmental and security requirements with mission stakeholders & CONOPs. • Translate requirements into clear payload performance parameters and maintain bidirectional traceability throughout the project lifecycle. • Establish with cybersecurity team payload‑specific requirements & embed resilience and security by design. Payload Architecture Definition • Define the overall digital regenerative payload architecture (optical/RF ISLs, antenna arrays, digitizers/ onboard processing, Feeder links, master reference oscillator & clock synchronizations). • Define Interface Control Documents (ICDs) with spacecraft bus, ground segment and payload specific subsystems. • Define high‑speed data‑bus I/F (Serdes, Space

Wire, Space

Fibre, Ethernet, CAN, fiber). Trade‑Study & Technology Road‑Mapping • Lead trade‑offs for technologies, ASIC/FPGAs/SoCs, high‑speed data‑bus, and on‑board processing algorithms, PVT. • Identify emerging technologies and incorporate them into the company’s long‑term roadmap. System Modeling & Perfor