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Engineering Flight Software Engineer
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Posted:
10 October 2026 (3 days ago)
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Application Deadline:
7 January 2027
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1 Vacancy
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Job Summary
Senior Flight Software Engineer/MTS
Aversan Inc. () is a trusted multi-service engineering and electronics manufacturing company. Aversan delivers leading-edge and reliable safety-critical electronics and software systems to the aerospace defence and space industries.
We are currently seeking a qualified Senior Flight Software Engineer/MTS to join our this role you will lead designs for safety critical real-time software solutions while mentoring junior team members. An ideal candidate brings extensive experience in C VxWorks and embedded applications along with strong communication skills and a proven track record of designing and implementing safety-critical real-time software.
Location: Brampton
Job Type: Contract
Working Arrangement: Hybrid
Responsibilities
- Lead the design development implementation and testing of safety-critical real-time embedded flight software solutions.
- Define and document complex software designs ensuring technical decisions and architectures are clearly communicated across the team.
- Lead subsystem design and implementation activities delivering modular extensible testable and efficient software solutions.
- Review software designs code and other work products to ensure quality reliability and compliance with established engineering standards.
- Mentor and coach junior engineers by providing technical guidance explaining design trade-offs and supporting their professional development.
- Lead effort estimation for new tasks and contribute to project planning and technical decision-making.
- Collaborate with senior engineers and management to establish improve and enforce coding standards development tools environments and software engineering processes.
- Develop and execute automated tests to verify software functionality performance and reliability in real-time environments.
- Support software integration troubleshooting defect resolution and continuous improvement throughout the software development lifecycle.
- Contribute to team objectives and perform additional responsibilities as assigned by management or the team lead.
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelors degree in Software Engineering Computer Engineering Electrical Engineering Computer Science or a related field.
- Minimum of 10 years of experience developing embedded software applications.
- Minimum of 5 years of hands-on experience with VxWorks (Wind River).
- Strong programming skills in C and experience developing real-time embedded applications.
- Demonstrated ability to design and implement safety-critical real-time software solutions.
- Experience working with systems-on-chip (SoCs).
- Experience with automated software testing and verification.
- Strong analytical troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively within multidisciplinary engineering teams.
- Demonstrated technical leadership including software design reviews technical decision-making and mentoring of junior team members.
- Highly motivated proactive and committed to delivering high-quality engineering solutions.
- Ability to obtain and maintain Reliability Status security clearance and meet Controlled Goods Program (CGP) security assessment requirements with eligibility to obtain higher-level clearances as required.
Please note:
Interested applicants must apply directly to Engineering - Flight Software Engineer to be considered for this position.
The name of the file for the resume should be the applicants full name and the position title you are applying for. The resume format should be PDF.
Compensation: $112000- $140000 CAD (annual salary)
The base salary or rate offered to an applicant within this range is determined by considering several factors including the individuals geographic location skills competencies and unique qualifications. This ensures compensation is fair and aligned with the specific requirements and attributes of each candidate.
Vacancy Status: This posting is for an existing vacancy.
AI in Hiring: We use AI tools to assist with application management (e.g. organizing submissions and surfacing potentially relevant qualifications). AI is not used to make hiring decisions. All decisions are made by our hiring managers and recruitment team. Our use of AI is governed by security and privacy risk assessments aligned with our cybersecurity framework
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