Senior (Serdes) System Validation Engineer

Senior (Serdes) System Validation Engineer

MDA Space

Farnborough, United Kingdom

As a Senior System Validation Engineer, the systems you will be working with include control and data processing HW, SW as well as Phy and Radio HW and FW, to construct a full communication system supporting DVB-S2X as well as other Radio and IP communication protocols.

This is an opportunity to embark on a interesting and challenging adventure into the world of satellite communication which is undergoing a major disruptive revolution.

Responsibilities

• System validation activity including Phy, HW and SW validation
• Proven track record in designing and delivering high-speed SerDes IP (multi-gigabit per second links)
• Study system architecture and system requirements and take part in a test plan to address these requirements in collaboration with system engineering and other teams
• Define and write automatic test plans and test procedures for new systems and features
• Build test setups for fully automated regression as well as for manual tests
• Take active part, hands-on in team execution: integration and feature/product enabling, bring up and debug activities, regression automation test of satellite systems
• Record, investigate and analyze defects
• Investigation of root cause of test case failures and providing corrective action in conjunction with development teams
• Support Test Management tools and continuous integration methodologies
• Data analysis and post processing of data collected
• Compilation of regular Test execution summary report with metrics

Job Requirements

• Bachelor/Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering
• 5+ years of system validation experience
• Proven experience in lab work and validation of complex HW/SW/embedded designs
• Proven knowledge of RF Physical layer testing – operation of RF test equipment such as Spectrum Analyzers, VNAs, Sig. Gens, power meters, high speed sampling scopes, etc.
• Experience in developing automation in validation environments – Proven experience in a programming language (Python/C # C++ etc.)
• Proven experience in testing IP networking systems (routers, network processors), Knowledge in IP communication protocols and complex networks performance
• Experience in planning, estimating and development of system tests
• Defect Tracking and Knowledge Management software (Atlassian JIRA and Confluence preferred)
• Self-learning capabilities, adapt to changes and study new technical fields
• Independent, self-motivated, team player and multitasking capabilities
• Effective teamwork, collaboration, and mission leadership skills
• Excellent Interpersonal skills