Job Title: Architecte en intelligence artificielle embarquée / Embedded Artificial Intelligence Architect
Location: Montreal, Quebec (Hybrid)
Estimated Duration: Fulltime
Architecte en intelligence artificielle embarquée
Responsabilité :
- Diriger la conception et la livraison de solutions d’IA embarquée pour des systèmes satellitaires.
- Assurer le leadership technique sur l’ensemble du cycle de vie IA/AA (concept, architecture, implémentation, vérification et déploiement), y compris le mentorat et la prise de décisions techniques.
- Collaborer avec les experts IA/AA des différentes divisions de client afin de partager les meilleures pratiques et d’accélérer le développement.
- Réaliser la formulation des problèmes et des études de faisabilité pour des applications IA/AA dans les satellites de télécommunications.
- Définir une feuille de route progressive allant des prototypes au sol vers l’inférence à bord, en priorisant les déploiements selon l’impact mission, le risque et le ROI.
- Affiner les exigences et sélectionner des architectures de modèles appropriées pour répondre aux besoins mission dans les contraintes de calcul embarqué, de puissance, de mémoire et de latence.
- Développer et évaluer des approches IA/AA pour la prédiction du trafic réseau, l’atténuation du brouillage et les fonctions de radio cognitive, puis traduire les résultats en capacités systèmes déployables.
- Évaluer et prototyper des approches d’apprentissage adaptées—incluant l’entraînement hors ligne, l’adaptation en ligne et, lorsque pertinent, l’apprentissage par renforcement—tout en assurant la robustesse et la vérifiabilité pour un usage opérationnel.
- Concevoir et implémenter des simulateurs complexes (p. ex. jumeaux numériques) afin de générer des données d’entraînement représentatives.
- Créer, organiser et gérer les jeux de données utilisés pour l’entraînement, la validation et les essais.
- Définir des métriques et évaluer la performance des modèles, leur robustesse et l’utilisation des ressources sur les plateformes cibles.
- Rédiger et maintenir la documentation technique (architecture, conception, entraînement, vérification et déploiement).
- Collaborer avec les ingénieurs système et les développeurs logiciels afin d’intégrer les capacités d’IA dans la solution de bout en bout.
Qualifications minimales requises:
- Maîtrise (M.Sc.) en IA/AA, informatique, génie informatique ou domaine connexe (ou expérience pratique équivalente).
- 10 ans de développement de logiciels embarqués
- Expérience pratique du déploiement ou du prototypage de modèles d’apprentissage automatique sur des cibles embarquées (p. ex. Raspberry Pi 5, dispositifs de type Versal/FPGA).
- Excellentes compétences en Python; expérience avec TensorFlow (déploiement embarqué) et/ou PyTorch.
- Capacité à écrire du code de qualité production en C/C++.
- Expérience avec le contrôle de version et des méthodes de développement collaboratives (p. ex. Git).
- Capacité à travailler de façon autonome, à établir des priorités et à évoluer avec une supervision minimale.
- Excellentes compétences en communication écrite et verbale en anglais et/ou en français. Travaille en collaboration avec le personnel du siège social de l'Ontario, les clients hors Québec, dans le cadre des phases de développement du produit
- Solides compétences interpersonnelles et capacité à travailler efficacement au sein de grandes équipes pluridisciplinaires.
- Rigueur, débrouillardise et engagement envers des résultats d’ingénierie de haute qualité.
Atouts :
- Doctorat (Ph.D.) en IA/AA, informatique ou génie informatique.
- Expérience des concepts, protocoles et architectures réseau (p. ex. DVB-S2X, 5G NTN, routage IP, SDN).
- Connaissance des normes de communications satellites (p. ex. DVB-S2X).
- Expérience CUDA et/ou optimisation GPU pour l’entraînement ou l’inférence de modèles.
- Expérience des systèmes RF et des notions fondamentales de traitement du signal.
- Expérience avec Jira et Confluence (ou des outils similaires) pour la gestion du travail et de la documentation.
- Expérience avec Linux embarqué.
- Expérience de pratiques de développement logiciel rigoureuses (revues de code, tests, CI/CD).
- Maîtrise du français. Travaille en collaboration avec le personnel du siège social de l'Ontario, les clients hors Québec, dans le cadre des phases de développement du produit
Job Details
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 4,000 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. For more information, visit?www.mda.space.
For those who dream of advancing our space in the Universe and on Earth, we’ll take you there.
Serving the world from our Canadian home and our global offices, MDA is an international space mission partner and robotics & space operations, satellite systems and geointelligence pioneer with a 50-year story of firsts on and above the Earth. Today, we're leading the charge towards viable Moon colonies, enhanced Earth observation, communication in a hyper-connected world, and more.
We’re fueled by a pioneering spirit that carries us beyond. And together we enable highly skilled people to continually push boundaries and tackle big challenges requiring solutions that endure and inspire.
Are you ready to launch the next stage of your career in the new space economy? We would love to hear from you!
We’re on the hunt for an Embedded Artificial Intelligence Architect on our Satellite systems team at our Montreal office.
As the leading global independent commercial supplier of antennas, payloads, and electronics for communication and radar satellites, our team has successfully contributed to hundreds of missions in the past 60 years. With an extensive heritage in a wide range of solutions delivered to customers globally, our Satellite Systems team continues to grow and evolve on the ground and in the stars.
We’re a dream team of purpose-driven, collaborative and passionate people, and we are constantly looking for others to join #TeamMDA to ignite new and innovative approaches to problem-solving that push us forward to improve life on and above Earth. If you’re excited to expand our place in space and driven to inspire the next generation, we’ll take you there.
We have entered a new era of exploration and development, and MDA welcomes all who yearn to suit up and be part of it. An equal opportunity employer prizing diversity, integrity and collaboration, we are committed to growing MDA’s and Canada’s leadership in this next golden age.
Role :
The Embedded Artificial Intelligence Architect (Technical Lead) is responsible for the architecture, documentation, implementation, and training of complex AI/ML models for ground systems and embedded platforms, including those hosted on MDA’s AURORA™ software-defined satellites—enabling AI capabilities in space. The role will initially focus on ground-based development and validation, progressing to on-board deployment where it delivers clear mission value and ROI (e.g., network traffic prediction, anti-jamming mitigation, and cognitive radio applications). Initially, this position will serve as the single accountable architect for AI, with the goal of achieving an initial deployment this year or early next year.
Responsibilities :
- Lead the design and delivery of embedded AI solutions for satellite systems.
- Provide technical leadership across the AI/ML lifecycle (concept, architecture, implementation, verification, and deployment), including mentoring and technical decision-making.
- Collaborate with AI/ML experts across MDA divisions to share best practices and accelerate development.
- Perform problem formulation and feasibility studies for AI/ML applications in telecommunication satellites.
- Define a phased roadmap from ground prototypes to on-board inference, prioritizing deployments based on mission impact, risk, and ROI.
- Refine requirements and select appropriate model architectures to meet mission needs within embedded compute, power, memory, and latency constraints.
- Develop and evaluate AI/ML approaches for network traffic prediction, anti-jamming mitigation, and cognitive radio functions, and translate results into deployable system capabilities.
- Assess and prototype suitable learning approaches—including offline training, online adaptation, and (where appropriate) reinforcement learning—while ensuring robustness and verifiability for operational use.
- Design and implement complex simulators (e.g., digital twins) to generate representative training data.
- Create, curate, and manage datasets used for training, validation, and testing.
- Define metrics and evaluate model performance, robustness, and resource utilization on target platforms.
- Author and maintain technical documentation (architecture, design, training, verification, and deployment).
- Partner with system engineers and software developers to integrate AI capabilities into the end-to-end solution.
Requirements :
- Sc. in AI/ML, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).
- 10 years experience in embedded software development.
- Hands-on experience deploying or prototyping ML models on embedded targets (e.g., Raspberry Pi 5, Versal/FPGA-class devices).
- Strong Python skills; experience with TensorFlow (embedded deployment) and/or PyTorch.
- Ability to write production-quality code in C/C++.
- Experience with version control and collaborative development workflows (e.g., Git).
- Ability to work independently, prioritize effectively, and operate with minimal supervision.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills in English and/or French. Works with Ontario head office staff, English-speaking customers, during the product development phases
- Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively in large, cross-functional teams.
- Disciplined, resourceful, and committed to high-quality engineering outcomes.
Nice to have
- PhD in AI/ML, Computer Science or Computer Engineering
- Experience with networking concepts, protocols, and architectures (e.g., DVB-S2X, 5G NTN, IP routing, SDN).
- Knowledge of satellite communication standards (e.g., DVB-S2X).
- CUDA experience and/or GPU optimization for model training or inference.
- Experience with RF systems and signal processing fundamentals.
- Experience using Jira and Confluence (or similar tools) to manage work and documentation.
- Experience with embedded Linux.
- Experience with disciplined software development practices (code reviews, testing, CI/CD).
- Fluency in French. Works with Ontario head office staff, English-speaking customers, during the product development phases
The pay range that the employer reasonably expects to pay for this position is between CA$100,000 and CA$150,000
Our voluntary benefits offering includes medical, dental, vision and retirement benefits.
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