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Forward Deployed Engineer- Aerospace and Defense

Ottawa, Ottawa region
On-site
Full-time
No salary posted1 weeks ago
Employment type
Full-time · On-site
Posted
September 23, 2026
Province
Ontario (ON)

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Job Description About our Aerospace & Defense business Our Aerospace & Defense business helps the world's leading airlines, MROs, OEMs and defense operators keep complex fleets and platforms mission-ready — managing the full maintenance, asset and service lifecycle at scale. We are changing how that software gets built: closer to the operations it serves, in shorter cycles, and increasingly with AI. That means investing in engineers who work at the point of contact between our products and our …

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Typical qualifications for Canadian employers

  • Experience in aerospace, defense, or related industrial software domains
  • Software engineering background
  • Ability to work at the point of contact between products and operations
  • Understanding of complex fleet and platform management
  • Knowledge of maintenance, asset, and service lifecycle management

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  • Software Engineering
  • Aerospace Systems
  • Defense Operations

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What you'll do

  • Build software closer to the operations it serves
  • Develop solutions in shorter development cycles
  • Integrate AI capabilities into aerospace and defense products
  • Manage full maintenance and asset lifecycle at scale
  • Support airlines, MROs, OEMs, and defense operators
  • Ensure platforms and fleets remain mission-ready
  • Work at the intersection of product development and customer operations

What you'll need

  • Experience in aerospace, defense, or related industrial software domains
  • Software engineering background
  • Ability to work at the point of contact between products and operations
  • Understanding of complex fleet and platform management
  • Knowledge of maintenance, asset, and service lifecycle management

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