Engineering Student, Safety and Mission Assurance - Summer 2025 (16 months)

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 Safety & Mission Assurance department at our Brampton office. This is a 16 month placement, starting in May 2025.

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.

Responsibilities:

The intern will assist the Safety & Mission Assurance Department and Brampton Operations group with a variety of tasks, which may include:

• Supporting the Gateway Safety team in evaluating the risks and effects of failures, through FMEAs and generating hazard/cause records.
• Supporting continuous improvement initiatives.
• Working closely with Engineering, Operations, Program Management, and other stakeholders on effectively collecting data and information to support corrective actions and provide report for closure.
• Programming/creating metric dashboards.
• Supporting program engineering work and other engineering staff as required.

 

Candidates will be required to interface with many different disciplines, including all levels of management.

Experience and skills required: 

Interested candidates should be working towards a Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline such as Aerospace, Systems Design, Electrical, or Mechanical Engineering with at least three (3) years completed.  Candidates must be willing to work on a variety of tasks, be self-driven, and have a strong ability to work both independently, and as a member of a team.

Excellent verbal, written communication, and presentation skills are essential to this position.

 

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.

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.

The compensation range for this position is $23 - $26 hourly. The specific compensation offered will be based on the qualifications and experience of the successful candidate.