Engineering Student - FPGA Designer - Winter 2025

Building the space between proven and possible, MDA Space (TSX:MDA) is a trusted mission partner to the global space industry. A robotics, satellite systems and geointelligence pioneer with a 55-year+ story of world firsts and more than 450 missions, MDA Space is a global leader in communications satellites, Earth and space observation, and space exploration and infrastructure. The MDA Space team of more than 3,000 space experts in Canada, the US and the UK has the knowledge and know-how to turn an audacious customer vision into an achievable mission – bringing to bear a one-of-a-kind mix of experience, engineering excellence and wide-eyed wonder that’s been in our DNA since day one. For those who dream big and push boundaries on the ground and in the stars to change the world for the better, we’ll take you there.

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 Digital department at our Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue office. This is a 4 month mandate (with a possibility of 8 months) starting in January 2025.

As the leading global independent commercial supplier of antennas, payloads, and electronics for communication and radar satellites, our team has successfully contributed to hundreds of missions in the past 60 years. With an extensive heritage in a wide range of solutions delivered to customers globally, our Satellite Systems team continues to grow and evolve on the ground and in the stars.

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.

The successful candidate’s work scope would be similar to that of a new graduate joining our company, where tasks will be assigned relative to the level of schooling and experience achieved to date.

The FPGA Design intern will report to a Senior Designer and will be involved in the development of FPGAs for various space applications such as robotics, radar imagery, command & control, telecommunications and digital signal processing. 

Responsibilities/Tasks: 

• Collaborate with senior designers to develop VHDL modules to be integrated in FPGAs; 
• Support the functional verification carried out by the verification team; 
• Contribute to the FPGA development infrastructure; 
• Participate in the documentation effort of the design; 
• Support laboratory testing 

 

Required abilities: 

• Completed third year of bachelor's degree in electrical or computer engineering; 
• Demonstrated academic performance (3.2/4.0 minimum); 
• Desire to learn; 
• Collaborative and dynamic personality; 
• Sense of initiative; 

 

Assets: 

• Experience with one or more of the following languages: VHDL, Verilog, SystemVerilog, Tcl, Python, C/C++  
• Knowledge of Linux, Confluence, Jira, SVN, GIT 
• Proven academic performance 
• Knowledge of French and English 

 

Please upload a copy of both your resume and 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 Ltd. is proud to provide accommodation(s) during the recruitment process.  Should you require any accommodations, please indicate this on your application/cover letter and we will work with you to meet your accessibility needs.