Engineering Student - Software - Winter 2025

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Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Canada

Internship

a month ago

Job description

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 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 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.

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 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.

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