Engineering Student - Software - job 1 of 2

For those who dream of advancing our space in the Universe and on Earth, we’ll 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're leading the charge towards viable Moon colonies, enhanced Earth observation, communication in a hyper-connected world, and more.

We’re 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!

DETAILS:

We’re on the hunt for a motivated and talented Engineering Student in our Geointelligence department at our Richmond office. This is an 8-month term 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 be a member of an Agile team designing and developing software for a signal processing system that is part of the international Square Kilometre Array (SKA) radio telescope project.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop Python and C++ software including tests and tools
• Participate in team design and review activities

REQUIREMENTS

• Python
• C++
• Linux
• Excellent communication skills
• Self-motivation in a team environment

While not mandatory, candidates will benefit from any of the following:

• Docker
• Kubernetes
• CI/CD pipelines, DevOps
• Testing frameworks (e.g., pyest and GoogleTest)
• Agile software development
• Software microservice architectures
• Signal processing

Experience

Interested candidates should be working towards a Bachelor’s degree in Computing or Engineering Science with three (3) years completed.

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.

We’re a dream team of purpose-driven, collaborative and passionate people, and we are constantly looking for others to join #TeamMDA to ignite new and innovative approaches to problem-solving that push us forward to improve life on and above Earth. If you’re excited to expand our place in space and driven to inspire the next generation, we’ll take you there.

We have entered a new era of exploration and development, and MDA welcomes all who yearn to suit up and be part of it. An equal opportunity employer prizing diversity, integrity and collaboration, we are committed to growing MDA’s and Canada’s leadership in this next golden age.

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.