Safety and Mission Assurance (S&MA) Lead Engineer

Safety and Mission Assurance (S&MA) Lead Engineer

Location : Brampton office, North York, Ontario, Canada

About MDA Space

Building the space between proven and possible, MDA Space 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 Position

We’re looking for a Safety and Mission Assurance (S&MA) Lead to support the Canadarm 3 program at our Brampton office.

Job Responsibilities

• Lead a small team of S&MA personnel on quality, safety and reliability tasks for one Canadarm3 element or subsystem.
• Chair the Materials Review Board (MRB) driving the investigation and resolution failure of hardware and software non‑conformances, including tracking non‑conformance status and metrics.
• Participate in design and process reviews to ensure conformance to product and process standards.
• Continuous monitoring and support during manufacturing, assembly, integration, and test (MAI&T) to ensure MDA and Customer technical and quality requirements are met.
• Supervise S&MA activities and resources to ensure completion of required activities within program budget, schedule and quality requirements.
• Early identification of quality requirements and implementation planning.
• Early identification of safety risks, mitigation planning and driving requirements to include safety controls.
• Early identification of technical risk and mitigation planning.
• Serve as customer point of contact for S&MA issues.
• Find process improvements for increased quality, productivity, efficiency and cost savings.

Job Requirements

Strong verbal and written communication skills.

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) .

Compensation

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.

EEO Statement

MDA is a proud equal opportunity employer that prizes diversity, integrity and collaboration. We are committed to growing MDA’s and Canada’s leadership in this next golden age.

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