Engineering Student - DevOps - Winter 2026

MDA; Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading space technology company in Quebec is seeking a DevOps Engineering Student for a 4-month internship. This role involves supporting the automation of embedded systems development, managing delivery pipelines, and troubleshooting issues. Candidates should be pursuing a relevant Bachelor's degree and possess skills in version control and scripting. Bilingual (French and English) proficiency is required for customer interactions outside Quebec.

Qualifications

• Working towards a Bachelor’s degree with three years completed.
• Some programming experience and knowledge of installing and configuring software.
• Bilingual in French and English required.

Responsibilities

• Support continuous improvement of delivery pipelines (CI/CD).
• Design systems to automate development activities.
• Troubleshoot infrastructure-related issues.

Skills

Version control software (GIT, SVN)

Automation software (Jenkins)

Scripting languages (Python, Bash)

System administration

Bilingual (French and English)

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering (electrical, computer) or computer science

Tools

SQL Databases

Virtual Machines (VMware, VSphere, VirtualBox)

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.

Are you ready to launch the next stage of your career in the new space economy? We would love to hear from you!

We are on the hunt for a motivated and talented DevOps Engineering Student in our Digital engineering department at our Montreal office. This is a 4-month internship starting in January 2026.

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.

The successful candidate will provide support to scrum-teams for the automation of development of embedded system such as satellite payloads and other spacecraft.

As our DevOps Engineering Student, you will:

Responsibilities:

• Support continuous improvement of our delivery pipelines (CI/CD)
• Design, document, and build systems to automate development activities
• Troubleshooting of infrastructure-related issues
• Perform system administration tasks, such as configuration management, creating and maintaining Infrastructure as Code (IaC) templates and supporting tools
• Manage the engineering tools and 3rd party IP (procurement, licensing, installation, upgrade, maintenance renewal, computing capacity planning, …) for PCB design, FPGA, software, RF and Systems

Experience and skills required:

Interested candidates should be working towards a Bachelor’s degree in engineering (electrical, computer) or computer science with three (3) years completed.

• Experience with version control software (GIT, SVN, …)
• Some knowledge of automation software like Jenkins
• Knowledge of scripting languages like Python, Bash
• Some programming experience
• Experience with installing and configuring new software under windows & Linux
• System administration
• Bilingual French and English (Contact with customers outside Québec).

Desirable skills:

• Experience with SQL Databases
• Some experience in Web development to provide development teams with GUI tools
• Knowledge to build and deploy Virtual Machines (VMware, VSphere, VirtualBox)

Please upload a copy of both your resume and transcript when you apply.

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.

Equal Opportunity Statement:

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.