Flight Software Systems Engineer
Macdonald, Dettwiler And Associates Corporation
Full-time
Other-General
Location
richmond, bc, Canada
Posted
July 20, 2026
Job Description
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 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.
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 pr...
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 pr...