Job Overview

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 setting 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.

Responsibilities

- Providing software expertise to supplement other specialties (electrical, mechanical, operations etc.) in a mission team;

- Performing technical tasks, such as operational analyses and trade‑off studies, to define requirements and design at mission, system, and subsystem levels;

- Creating and contributing to deliverable documents such as operational concepts, requirements specifications, interface control documents, and engineering plans;

- Presenting design proposals, plans, and reports in clear, complete,



concise and non‑ambiguous terms;

- Developing and/or reviewing flight software, subsystem, and spacecraft test plans and procedures;

- Participating as an integrated team member with vendor flight software development and Assembly, Integration and Test (AIT) teams;

- Integrating flight software with flight hardware, testing and troubleshooting;

- Formal acceptance testing of flight software;

- Supporting integration and verification activities of the overall Spacecraft, Ground Segment, and Mission;

- Frequent travel within Canada to vendor and MDA sites.

Required Skills and Experience

- Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or an equivalent combination of education/experience;

- Minimum of 5 years of experience working with Flight Software;

- Development of one or more o

📌 Flight Software Systems Engineer (Richmond)
🏢 MDA Systems
📍 Richmond