Engineering Student - Electronic Manufacturing - Summer 2024

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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’re on the hunt for a motivated and talented Engineering Student in our Electronic Manufacturing  department at our Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue office. This is a four month term (with a possibility of 8 months) starting in May 2024.

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 work closely with the technologists, technicians, assemblers and engineers on the project teams. Your responsibility is to ensure the smooth running of activities. When a problem arises in production or testing, you will be called upon to ensure that it is resolved quickly by obtaining the support of experts and the project team. You may also participate in process improvements to facilitate the tasks of your colleagues.

As our Engineering Student, you will:

Responsibilities:

• Following training on the various production systems, the student will join the electronics production team. This group ensures the optimization of production activities for all projects undergoing manufacturing and testing;
• The manufacturing engineer helps coordinate the activities of assemblers and technicians, provides a liaison with the design group and improves production processes;
• The Manufacturing Engineer also assists in resolving various issues during production by participating in the Manufacturing Review Committee, a committee composed of experts from several engineering disciplines and associated with the particular project;
• In a project environment with schedules and budgets and under the supervision of an experienced engineer, the student will be called upon to support the production teams and will work on the development of solutions to improve the production processes;
• The student will attend team brainstorming meetings and the manufacturing review committee. As a member of the production team, the student may also be involved in modifying manufacturing documentation, designing manufacturing tools, and tracking parts from inspection to assembly and test stations.

Experience and skills required:

• Completed second year of Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Automated Production Engineering or Industrial Engineering;
• Dynamic;
• Desire to learn;
• Sense of initiative;
• Experience in microelectronic production or industrial engineering;
• Demonstrated academic performance (good GPA [above 3.0]);
• Bilingual

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

Desirable skills:

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.

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.