Senior FDIR-FSW Systems Engineer (Fastwater Staffing)

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Tasks:

The Senior FDIR-FSW Engineer will perform and participate in the following tasks and activities, depending on the background and experience of the candidate.

· Define the fault detection actions of the platform at the system and subsystem levels.

· Define and document how the platform will interfact with the payload for satellite level FDIR.

· Work with the operations team to define the contingency scenarios involving FDIR.

· Work with customers to use their input for FDIR strategy to refine MDA’s FDIR strategy ensuing that the strategies are compatible.

· Work with the FSW team to determine the FDIR test plan on the FlatSat and DSS.

· Work with the AI&T team to determine what FDIR needs to be tested at the spacecraft level.

· Work with system, subsystems, payload, and units teams to review FMECAs and provide feedback on the detection, isolation, and recovery of failures modes.

· Provide input to the Operations team for Operations Procedures, Operations Manuals, and Satellite test procedures to ensure that the Operations documents and FDIR strategy are aligned.

· Review ICDs to provide inputs to the satellite DB team for parameters and monitors.

· Review payload, platform, and subsystem design; including block diagrams, ICDs, ConOps, and requirement to ensure that the design is compliant with FDIR requirements.

· Review Operations Procedures to ensure that they algin with the FDIR strategy.

· Review FDIR test artifacts to determine if the tests are successful and if they are not, work with the team to troubleshoot how to resolve non compliances.

· Verification & Validation Matrices for platform and payload FDIR requirements.

· Support the payload team in their definition of payload FDIR and how it impacts the satellite level FDIR.

· Support the operations team as needed for In-Orbit Test (IOT), anomaly resolution + FDIR.

· Support the ICD development activities both HW and SW/DB

Must haves

· Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, computer science or in a relevant field

· At least 10 years of relevant practical experience – Can be supplemented with higher degrees relevant to Engineering.

· Previous experience with LEO/MEO satellite systems.

· Strong cross-functional team collaboration.

· Experience with analysis of satellite systems and subsystems.

· Familiarity and/or experience with FMECAs and/or Fault Tree Analysis.

· An understanding of how failures can propagate through a system.

· Ability to decompose system level failures down to the unit level and back up from the unit to the system level.

· Knowledge of satellite FSW and how monitors work for FDIR.

· Knowledge of how to test HW and SW for FDIR.

Complementary skills/knowledge

· Previous experience in Constellation FDIR

· Creation of Fault Trees and FMECAs

· Experience with reliability analysis

· Working knowledge of PUS services

· Experience with mentoring junior engineers

· Experience with FDIR on embedded systems

· Experience with payload FDIR.

· Knowledge of MS Excel, for the purposes of engineering analyses

· Knowledge of requirements Management tools such as DOORS/Windchill/Jama

· Demonstrated capability to efficiently work with little to no supervision

· Strong written and verbal communications skills in English, knowledge of French will be considered favorably