Flight Software Systems Engineer

About the Role As part of a space mission team, you will work on a program such as CHORUS, a satellite constellation using Synthetic Aperture Radar to derive worldwide insights about our planet. You will work with other engineers in a multi-disciplinary team environment to establish the mission requirements and design, oversee and participate in vendor flight software development, participate in spacecraft and mission integration and testing, and achieve reliable operations. What You'll Do

• Provide software expertise to supplement other specialties (electrical, mechanical, operations, etc.) in a mission team.
• Perform technical tasks, such as operational analyses and trade-off studies, to define requirements and design at mission, system, and subsystem levels.
• Create and contribute to deliverable documents such as operational concepts, requirements specifications, interface control documents, and engineering plans.
• Present design proposals, plans, and reports in clear, complete, concise and non-ambiguous terms.
• Develop and/or review flight software, subsystem, and spacecraft test plans and procedures.
• Participate as an integrated team member with vendor flight software development and Assembly, Integration and Test (AIT) teams.
• Integrate flight software with flight hardware, testing and troubleshooting.
• Formal acceptance testing of flight software.
• Support integration and verification activities of the overall Spacecraft, Ground Segment, and Mission.
• Frequent travel within Canada to vendor and MDA sites. What We're Looking For
• Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent combination of education/experience.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience working with Flight Software.
• Development of spacecraft platform or payload flight software, mission critical software, or embedded software.
• Development and/or use of Command and Control, Monitoring and Control, or Communications systems.
• Development of software with significant resource constraints (processor speed, memory, communication capacities limited relative to conventional host environments).
• Familiarity with real-time operating systems or kernels (commercial products or custom).
• Experience with spacecraft, bus (platform), or payload Assembly, Integration and Testing.
• Requirements analysis, specification, and verification.
• Specification of interfaces, including but not limited to command and telemetry messaging.
• Estimation/analysis of resource budgets and Technical Performance Measures.
• Troubleshooting of complex systems.
• Data analysis and reduction.
• Understanding of different types of engineering lifecycle as applicable from large complex programs to software development.
• Familiarity with software development methodology.
• Ability to work flexibly and manage multiple tasks in a dynamic environment.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and customer interaction skills.
• Team-friendly attitude and willingness to learn. Nice to Have
• Familiarity with CCSDS, ESA, and NASA standards.
• Familiarity with data communication and storage security standards.
• Experience with satellite operations.
• Experience with radiation tolerant systems and mitigation of radiation effects on software execution and storage.
• Experience developing or using spacecraft simulators.
• Prior involvement in remote sensing, earth observation, space science, or space communications missions. Compensation & Benefits MDA provides competitive compensation and benefits packages for its employees at all locations. As a team member of MDA, you and your qualified dependents are eligible to participate in a benefit plan that ensures a comprehensive level of protection through.