Engineering Student, Software

Job title: Engineering Student, Software

Job description: Description :

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, aviation charting, 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:

As a member of the Engineering team you will work on our programs such as CHORUS Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Satellite, Canadian Surface Combatant (CSC), Square Kilometer Array (SKA) radio telescope, Aeronautical Navigation products, and Marine Insights products. You will work as part of a technical team to develop new capabilities, enhance existing capabilities and deliver solutions to our customers.

As part of your growth and development we will work with you to establish your development actions alongside regular progress reviews. You are likely to move through various projects to gain the experience and knowledge to progress your career with us.

We’re on the hunt for a Software Engineering Student in our Geointelligence Engineering Team at our Richmond, BC office. This is an 8-month co-op opportunity with possibility of extension starting in May 2022.

As a Software Engineering Student, you will make worldwide flight safer by improving the world’s most innovative and disruptive aeronautical charting system. You will successfully solve complex problems through hard work, a passion for quality, an inquisitive mind, a team-first approach and an innovative edge. A diverse team of domain experts and software professionals will support you.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop and enhance application code
• Plan work, provide effort estimates, and drive your work to completion
• Create internal tools to support team members and automated test
• Follow industry and corporate quality standards and best practices
• Troubleshoot problems in a fast-paced, continuous integration environment
• Collaborate with the team to create engineering solutions to achieve the mission of our customers
• Identify innovative technological advances to support our long-term Aviation business goals

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

• Working towards a University degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics or other relevant discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and experience with at least 2 – 3 years completed
• Programming experience in an object-oriented language
• Experience with Perl, Python or Javascript is desirable. Language-specific training is provided to all developers
• Experience with any of HTML, CSS, XML, SQL or SVG is beneficial
• Knowledge of object-oriented (OOP) design patterns
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to solve complex problems within budget and on schedule
• Previous experience in the Aviation domain and Aircraft navigation concepts and systems is not required—but a keen interest in learning about it is

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.

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.

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.

COVID-19 Hiring Update:

Strengthening our workforce is more important than ever to meet our customers’ mission-critical needs. We are continuing to hire many talented people, and we are closely monitoring COVID-19 to ensure safe hiring practices are used. This includes limiting onsite candidate interviews and prioritizing video interviews.

With a priority on maintaining the safety of our employees, customers and communities, MDA has implemented a mandatory vaccination policy for employees and visitors. Please speak to a recruiter for more details.

Company: MDA

Expected salary:

Location: Richmond, BC

Job date: Sun, 19 Dec 2021 07:58:17 GMT

Job Source: Careerjet.ca

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