Software Engineer – Ground Systems​/Operations

Position: Software Engineer – Ground Systems / Operations
Location: Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville

Software Engineer – Ground Systems / Operations
Job Category :
Engineering

Requisition Number : SOFTW
011818

Posted :
May 14, 2026

Full-Time

On-site

Locations
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Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, QC , CAN

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.

MDA Geospatial Services is strengthening the software development team in support of satellite operations and is seeking an experienced and versatile Software Engineer to join our team in St. Bruno, QC.

Your Mission:

The Software Engineer will work under the supervision of the Lead Software Engineer and specific Component Lead/Product Owner to participate in the development, integration, testing and maintenance of user interfaces and web services, using established software engineer principles and software configuration management techniques. The Software Engineer will also be interacting with the operations team to help find and prevent operational issues as well as maintain/improve the development environment for the systems he will be working on.

The Software Engineer will support CHORUS-C and/or Radarsat-2 (R2) and/or Radarsat Constellation Mission (RCM) if needed.

R2 is a Canadian commercial satellite and provides high-resolution SAR imagery to customers around the world. RCM is a constellation of three satellites, which provides high-resolution SAR imagery. CHORUS-C is the next MDA generation commercial Earth observation (EO) mission.

This position is located in MDA control center, in St Bruno QC.

Responsibilities:

Perform software engineering to develop, integrate, test and maintain ground system applications

Contribute to the product roadmap in collaboration with the team and Product Owner

Interact with operation teams to support application integration and testing within operational and development environments.

API lifecycle release management

Work closely with our operations and production teams to provide Level 3 support.

Document the various software development phases (e.g., test and maintenance plan).

Maintain, update and improve the development environment as well as all the needed systems (database, file transfers etc …)

Manage and document bugs and issues including CVEs

Secondary responsibilities:

Tools development to support system maintenance and automation

Support investigation and fix of database and system issues.

Minimum Qualifications

Required:

Completed post-secondary education (B.Sc., M.Sc. or equivalent) in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related discipline. IT Diploma and relevant experiences will also be considered.

Minimum 5 years related experience in software development

Experience with React.js and typescript

Experience with Python including Django framework

Experience with SQL (SQL server, Postgre

SQL),

Experience with Java using maven (including Spring framework and Hibernate)

Experience with Agile processes and issue tracking tools like JIRA

Experience with containerization and CI/CD processes

Knowledge of Windows and Linux OS

Able to solve problems and ability to work in an operational environment that might have important time, procedural and security constraints.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with XML, JSON, SVN, Git, Jira and Jenkins.

Knowledge of Cybersecurity as it relates to web applications

Knowledge of C++ development, standards and specifications

Experience with Kafka messaging system

Experience with AWS or other cloud infrastructure

Knowledg…