Manufacturing Engineer

MDA•Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC

25d•Onsite

About The Position

MDA Space is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer to join their Satellite Systems team in Montreal. This role involves collaborating with a multidisciplinary team to manufacture space products for state-of-the-art satellites. The engineer will be responsible for inter-program cohesion and the assembly, integration, and testing (AI&T) of space products. This includes overseeing the entire production chain from design to customer acceptance, ensuring product quality and documentation within time and cost limits. The role also focuses on continuous improvement of production departments, optimizing tasks, evaluating new equipment, implementing corrective actions, and qualifying new processes/products/subcontractors. The manufacturing engineer will contribute to Lean Manufacturing philosophy and Design for Manufacturing (DFM), acting as an agent of change in a dynamic environment.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering or equivalent with minimum 2 years of experience
Good interpersonal skills and ability to work in a team
Good written and oral communication skills in French and English (Contact with customers outside Quebec)
Interest in change and new technologies - Change management
Ability to learn quickly and work under pressure
Advanced computer skills
Must obtain and hold security clearance at the SECRET status level II, and pass security assessment for the Controlled Goods Program (CGP).
Must obtain and hold security clearance at the reliability status level, and pass security assessment for the Controlled Goods Program (CGP).

Nice To Haves

Experience in composite products
Knowledge of satellite products
Knowledge of manufacturing processes
Knowledge of surface finishing processes
Knowledge of metrology
Creative and innovative
Good synthesis skills
Leadership and good interpersonal skills
Interest in digital transformation and artificial intelligence
Experience in new product integration
Experience in high volume production

Responsibilities

Suggest and implement new technologies such as robots, vision systems, quality control and preventive maintenance tools in collaboration with the engineering and production teams (technology watch)
Analyze and validate existing processes, while participating in the design, installation and deployment of new solutions
Using the tools and ERP, monitor costs and schedules
Develop and implement optimal working methods, efficient testing tools and train users appropriately
Participate in Technical Overview Boards (TOBs) to ensure production needs are met in the designs
Represent the production team during MRBs
Maintain, improve and troubleshoot existing production equipment
Discussion with the project manager and the client to define the requirements
Communication with other team members, both internally and externally
Support production after start-up
Analyze performance indicators of production cells