About Canada Rocket Company

Canada Rocket Company is developing Canada's first medium-lift launch vehicle.  

We are a team of veterans from SpaceX, Blue Origin, Rocket Lab, ArianeGroup, Pangea Propulsion, Tesla, and MDA, bringing over a century of combined launch and space systems experience back to Canada.  

Our mission is to provide reliable, independent access to space for Canada and its allies in a rapidly expanding global market.  

Our approach is defined by pragmatic engineering:  

• We utilize a single 700 kN engine that scales from light- to medium-lift via engine clustering.  

• We lean on simple, proven technologies to reach orbit faster, avoiding the pitfalls of complex or novel designs.  

• We test early and often, catching problems on the bench instead of at the pad.  

Backed by $20M in funding secured within our first four months, including the largest all-Canadian seed round in the sector and an $8.3M Department of National Defence grant, we are moving with the speed and institutional backing required to meet Canada’s orbital launch needs.  

About the role

Canada Rocket Company is building a sovereign launch capability for Canada. As our first Avionics Specialist, you will work at the intersection of electrical design, test, and production, helping to build and test flight-grade avionics hardware for R1 and successive vehicles. This is a hands-on, broad-scope role for someone who is equally comfortable debugging a failing circuit board, configuring a Linux test server, fabricating a wire harness, and writing a test script to automate what was done manually yesterday. 

This is a role for a self-starter who solves problems without being asked and leaves systems better than they found them. You will work closely with the Electrical Design Engineering team to bring avionics hardware from bench to flight, owning test tooling, production support, process development, and the day-to-day problem solving that keeps hardware moving. CRC is early-stage, which means the problems are real, the decisions matter, and there is no bureaucracy between you and the work. 

What you'll do

• Design and fabricate test tooling including electrical checkout fixtures, data acquisition (DAQ) setups, cable harnesses, and GSE (Ground Support Equipment) racks to support avionics integration and production 

• Develop and maintain test procedures, checkout scripts, and troubleshooting guides for both development and flight hardware 

• Support day-to-day production activities including hardware integration, anomaly dispositioning, root-cause investigations, and rework execution 

• Fabricate, inspect, and repair wire harnesses including soldering, crimping, and connector assembly to applicable workmanship standards 

• Configure and maintain Linux-based servers and test infrastructure for HITL (Hardware-in-the-Loop) and factory environments 

• Contribute to Python-based test automation, reducing false failures, improving test coverage, and accelerating checkout cadence 

• Support environmental qualification testing including TVAC, vibration, shock, and EMI campaigns, operating test hardware and capturing data 

• Provide hands-on support to technicians and engineers during vehicle-level integration and test activities 

Qualifications

Required 

• 3+ years of experience in a hands-on technical role involving electronics, or a bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline 

• Demonstrated ability to read and interpret electrical schematics and use them to troubleshoot hardware 

• Experience with electronic test and measurement using instruments such as oscilloscopes, multimeters, power supplies, and serial interface tools 

• Hands-on experience with cable harness fabrication including soldering, crimping, and connector assembly 

• Strong problem solving instincts with a track record of working through ambiguous failures independently 

Preferred 

• Passion for spaceflight and curiosity about how complex systems fit together 

• Experience supporting environmental test campaigns including vibration, shock, thermal, TVAC, or EMI 

• Proficiency with Python for test scripting or automation 

• Experience configuring or administering Linux-based systems in a lab or production context 

• Familiarity with avionics interfaces including CAN, ethernet, RS-422, UART, SPI, or I2C 

• Experience with tools such as Altium or equivalent, at least for schematic review 

• Familiarity with SMT rework and PCB inspection techniques 

• Experience installing and using instrumentation sensors such as thermocouples, RTDs, accelerometers, pressure transducers, or strain gauges