Flight Software Systems Engineer
Macdonald, Dettwiler And Associates Corporation
Full-time
IT & Technology
Location
richmond, metro vancouver regional district, 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 tradeβoff 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 ...