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Telesat
About Telesat
Telesat is a satellite communications operator based in Ottawa, Canada, and is building the Telesat Lightspeed low Earth orbit constellation. Most of its openings are in Ottawa, with others in Quebec and the United States.
Platform-stated
, the SpaceJobs.Now board shows 53 open Telesat roles.
Live Telesat roles
Updated 31 Oct 2026, 22:02 UTCAnalyst, IT Governance, Risk, and Compliance (opens the job details)
Software & IT · Ottawa, Ontario· 1mo agoDetails
Senior Manager, Program Management Office (opens the job details)
Programs & Business · Ottawa, Ontario· 1mo agoDetails
Manager, Revenue and Receivables (opens the job details)
Programs & Business · Ottawa, Ontario· 1mo agoDetails
Senior Manager, GEO Spacecraft Operations Engineering (opens the job details)
Launch & Ops · Ottawa, Ontario· 2mo agoDetails
Security System Architect (opens the job details)
Software & IT · Ottawa, Ontario· 2mo agoDetails
Senior Manager, Embedded Software (opens the job details)
Flight Software · Ottawa, Ontario· 1mo agoDetails
Product Manager - Connectivity Services (opens the job details)
Programs & Business · Ottawa, Ontario· 6mo agoDetails
User Terminal Program Manager, Mil-Ka (opens the job details)
Programs & Business · Ottawa, Ontario· 1mo agoDetails
Contrôleur de satellites LEO / LEO Satellite Controller (opens the job details)
Launch & Ops · Gatineau, Quebec· 3mo agoDetails
Client Services Executive, EMEA (opens the job details)
Programs & Business · London, England· 3mo agoDetails
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About Telesat
Canadian satellite operator, building the Lightspeed low-orbit constellation. It pays Stated per posting (platform-stated).
53 openings posted on its board today53 open roles on Telesat, independently checked 31 Oct 2026.
Paid as an employee of Telesat, under the employment terms each posting states.
Ottawa, Ontario; Quebec; United States
Honest catches
- The pay shown is platform-stated rather than read off a live job feed: a reference point, not a promised rate.
What Telesat pays
Platform-stated · as of 2026-10-29From our research, platform-stated, dated 2026-10-29
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The work Telesat hires for
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What our research measures about Telesat
Read from the open postings on 2026-10-30 by our space industry research, rebuilt every day. Every figure opens the row of the report it comes from.
- Who is hiring52 open roles, 0.3% of all the space roles we read, across 8 kinds of work; 12 of them posted in the last 30 days.
- Who can apply3.8% of the postings are open only to US persons or US citizens, and 19.2% name a security clearance.
- Degrees and experience0.0% of the postings take a high school diploma or an associate's degree, 32.7% name a master's or PhD.
- Pay transparency0.0% of the postings state their pay.
- Shifts, weekends and travel0.0% of the postings ask for weekend work, 5.8% for overtime or extended hours.
- Shifts, weekends and travel1 of its open postings offers relocation.
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What does Telesat do?
Canadian satellite operator, building the Lightspeed low-orbit constellation.
How much does Telesat pay?
Stated per posting. The board shows a pay figure only where a posting states one.
What is it like to work at Telesat?
Telesat pays Stated per posting (platform-stated).
Which locations does Telesat hire in?
Ottawa, Ontario; Quebec; United States
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