Engineering Student - Software - Fall 2023

For those who dream of advancing our space in the Universe and on Earth, we will take you there!

Serving the world from our Canadian home and our global offices, MDA is an international space mission partner and robotics & space operations, satellite systems and geointelligence pioneer with a 50-year story of firsts on and above the Earth. Today, we are leading the charge towards viable Moon colonies, enhanced Earth observation, communication in a hyper-connected world, and more.

We are fueled by a pioneering spirit that carries us beyond. And together we enable highly skilled people to continually push boundaries and tackle big challenges requiring solutions that endure and inspire.

Are you ready to launch the next stage of your career in the new space economy? We would love to hear from you!

We are on the hunt for a motivated and talented Software Engineering Student in our Software engineering department at our Montreal office. This is a 4-month internship (with a possibility of 8 months) starting in September 2023.

Overall, the successful candidate would be treated similar to a new graduate joining our company, where tasks will be assigned relative to the level of schooling and experience achieved to date.

The successful candidate will collaborate with a team in charge of designing electronic flight and test systems. The student will participate in the software life cycle stages such as code verification and validation, integration or tests.

As our Software Engineering Student, you will:

Responsibilities :

• Implement automation test software under windows for satellite electronics testing;
• Write test cases from requirements;
• Work in an agile development environment;
• Participate in embedded development.

Experience and skills required :

Interested candidates should be working towards a Bachelor’s degree in engineering (electrical, computer) or computer science with three (3) years completed.

• Some experience with Python, C, C++;
• Resourceful;
• Desire to learn;
• Shows initiative.

Desirable skills :

• Experience with embedded systems such as RPi, Arduino;
• Experience with GIT, JIRA, Confluence;
• Related work or hobby/club experience.

Please upload a copy of both your Resume and your Transcript when you apply.

Comments/Special Considerations :

Successful candidates must obtain and hold security clearance at the reliability status level, and pass security assessment for the Controlled Goods Program (CGP) and ITAR.

Equal Opportunity Statement :

MDA is an equal opportunity employer prizing diversity and inclusion. We are committed to treating all employees and applicants for employment with respect and dignity. If you require assistance and/or reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please feel free to notify us.

COVID Statement :

COVID-19 Hiring Update: Strengthening our workforce is more important than ever to meet our customers’ mission-critical needs. We are continuing to hire many talented people, and we are closely monitoring COVID-19 to ensure safe hiring practices are used. This includes limiting onsite candidate interviews and prioritizing video interviews.