DevOps Engineer/MTS

Macdonald, Dettwiler And Associates Corporation; Brampton; On-site; CAD 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and dental benefits

Retirement savings plan

Employee assistance program

Job summary

MDA Space in Brampton is seeking a DevOps Software Engineer/Member of Technical Staff to accelerate software teams by delivering standardized build, test, and deployment environments with automation and traceability. You will collaborate with senior engineers and management to enforce coding standards and toolchains across projects.

The role emphasizes cross-functional teamwork, robust CI/CD pipelines, and scalable environments, with security clearances and space-grade deployment practices

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in software, Computer, or Electrical Engineering or Computer Science.
• 5+ years of relevant experience.
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Create standardized development environments for projects integrating build tools, automated testing, linting/formatting, requirements tracking, and CI/CD tooling.
• Support software development teams to improve/standardize their build and test environments.
• Collaborate with senior engineers and management on standards for coding, tools, environments, and processes.
• Other duties as assigned by management.

Skills

Build systems

Scripting (Python)

CI/CD

Code quality/metrics

Cross-compiling

Education

Bachelor’s degree in software, Computer, or Electrical Engineering or Computer Science

Tools

Jira

DOORS

Jenkins

Nexus

Artifactory

Prometheus

Grafana

Docker

PTC ILM

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.

The Position

We’re on the hunt for a DevOps Software Engineer/Member of Technical Staff on our Robotics & Space Operations team at our Brampton office.

With 40 years of operational experience and proven performance on the iconic Canadarm programs including Space Shuttle and International Space Station robotics and operations support, our Robotics & Space Operations team has 100% mission success in making space dreams come true.

As our DevOps Software Engineer/Member of Technical Staff, you will be instrumental in accelerating our software teams to deliver high quality software solutions faster than ever before. Leveraging the capabilities of our engineering IT organization, you will build standardized build, test, and deployment environments for our software teams incorporating automation to achieve continuous integration, code standards compliance, requirements/test traceability and more!

Job Responsibilities

• Create standardized development environments for projects integrating:
  • Build tools (e.g. CMake, Bazel, Pants, etc.)
  • Automated testing tools and frameworks for multiple languages and levels of testing (e.g. dotnet-coverage, Selenium, Cucumber, Google Test, etc.)
  • Automated linting/formatting tools (e.g. Clang-tidy, Clang-format, etc.)
  • Requirements definition/tracking tools (e.g. PTC ILM, DOORS, Jira, etc.)
  • Test reporting to PTC ILM
  • Code metrics and reporting tools (e.g. SonarQube)
  • Continuous integration tools (e.g. Jenkins)
  • Artifact Repositories (e.g. Nexus, Artifactory, etc.)
  • Monitoring Tools (e.g. Prometheus, Grafana, etc.)
  • Containerization of Linux/Windows applications (Docker)
• Support software development teams to improve/standardize their build and test environments.
• Collaborate with other senior engineers and management on establishment, evolution, and enforcement of standards for coding, tools/environments, processes, etc.
• Other duties as will be assigned from time to time by management.

Job Required Skills/Experience

• Proven ability/experience implementing/maintaining build systems.
  • Robustness/dependability
  • Speed
  • Reproducibility
  • Cross-compiling to embedded/RTOS platforms.
• Requirements traceability
• Software metrics (code coverage, etc.)
• Strong scripting skills in relevant languages such as Python
• Bachelor’s degree in software, Computer, or Electrical Engineering or Computer Science
• 5+ years of relevant experience
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
• Highly motivated, enthusiastic, and a positive thinker
• Interested in finding scalable, long-term solutions which can be used across multiple programs

Beneficial Skills/Experience

• Deploying and maintaining Kubernetes environments
• Embedded/RTOS development – VxWorks, RTX64, etc.
• Robotic arm control
• Communications interfaces (TCP/IP, PCI, 1553, I2C, RS232, RS422, EtherCat, CANOpen, etc.)
• Familiar with Agile or SAFe practices

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.

Benefits Statement

MDA Space offers competitive compensation and benefits to its employees at all of its locations. As a member of the MDA Space team, you and your eligible dependents can enroll in a benefits plan that provides a comprehensive level of protection through competitive health care, including: health care plans supplemental and flexible drug plans, dental and vision benefits, disability income protection, life insurance, group retirement savings plans and an employee assistance program and to their family.

Equal Opportunity Statement

MDA Space is an equal opportunity employer with a strong focus on diversity and inclusion. We are committed to treating all employees and candidates with respect and dignity. If you require assistance or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or recruitment process, please let us know.

The compensation range for this position is $95,000 - $130,000 annually. The specific compensation offered will be based on the qualifications and experience of the successful candidate.