Defence tech jobs in Canada: software, data and engineering roles

233 open technical roles at 24 defence and security companies in Canada: Software engineering (52), Data and AI (40), Product and engineering leadership (33), Graduates and early careers (39). 148 of them are open to candidates of any nationality; the rest ask for citizenship or a government security check. 7 mention relocation support.

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open technical roles
233
companies
24
open to any nationality
64%
median stated pay
$71k

Companies hiring

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QinetiQ

qinetiq.com
qinetiq.com • HQ: Farnborough, United Kingdom • Testing, Inspection & Certification • Engineering Services • Defense Manufacturing • 1-10 employees • Est. 2001 • Hiring 127, 18 new
HQ: Farnborough, United Kingdom • Testing, Inspection & Certification • Engineering Services • Defense Manufacturing • 1-10 employees • Est. 2001 • Hiring 127, 18 new
QinetiQ is a British defence technology company created in 2001 from part of the government's research agency. It develops robotics, sensors, cyber capabilities and test and evaluation services for defence and security customers, and runs major test ranges and research facilities across the United Kingdom. The company is headquartered in Farnborough, England, United Kingdom.
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Software Requirements & Release Engineer

≈ $55k – $102k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 7+ years exp • Hybrid (Medicine Hat, Canada) • Bachelor's Degree • Citizenship or vetting required • Senior
MATLAB
C++
Python
MATLAB
Simulink
DevOps
Configuration Management
Bitbucket
Gitea
GitLab
Azure DevOps
Jenkins
Git
CI/CD
Azure
Management
Jira
Agile
SpaceTech
DO-178C
IBM DOORS
MedTech
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Production Engineer

≈ $55k – $102k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 5+ years exp • Hybrid (Medicine Hat, Canada) • Bachelor's Degree • Citizenship or vetting required • Senior
Linux
SpaceTech
GD&T
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RTX

rtx.com
rtx.com • HQ: Arlington, United States • Avionics & Flight Control • Air Defense • Missiles • Defense Manufacturing • Aerospace Manufacturing • 5000+ employees • Est. 2020 • Trust A • Hiring 4505, 431 new
HQ: Arlington, United States • Avionics & Flight Control • Air Defense • Missiles • Defense Manufacturing • Aerospace Manufacturing • 5000+ employees • Est. 2020 • Trust A • Hiring 4505, 431 new
RTX is an American aerospace and defense company formed in 2020 by the merger of United Technologies and Raytheon. It operates through three businesses: Collins Aerospace, which makes avionics, aircraft interiors and aerostructures, Pratt & Whitney, which builds commercial and military jet engines, and Raytheon, which produces missiles, air defense systems such as Patriot, radars and sensors. Its customers include airlines, aircraft manufacturers, the United States Department of Defense and allied governments. The company is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, United States.
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≈ $92k – $234k per year (Estimated) • Staff+ • 10+ years exp • In office (Longueuil, Canada) • High School Diploma • Full-Time • Staff • French • English: B2
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≈ $84k – $156k per year (Estimated) • Head+ • 10+ years exp • In office (Mississauga, Canada) • Master's Degree • Full-Time • Architect • French • English: B2
Agile
SpaceTech
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Thales Group

thalesgroup.com
thalesgroup.com • HQ: Paris, France • Electronic Warfare • Satellite Manufacturing • Identity Management • Avionics & Flight Control • C4ISR • 5000+ employees • Est. 1893 • Trust B • Hiring 2187, 472 new
HQ: Paris, France • Electronic Warfare • Satellite Manufacturing • Identity Management • Avionics & Flight Control • C4ISR • 5000+ employees • Est. 1893 • Trust B • Hiring 2187, 472 new
Thales is a French technology group whose lineage runs back to 1893, and it is one of Europe's largest defence and aerospace electronics companies. It builds radar, electronic warfare, sonar and command systems for armed forces, avionics and in-flight entertainment for aircraft, signalling for railways, and satellites through the Thales Alenia Space joint venture with Leonardo. A large cybersecurity and digital identity division, assembled through the Gemalto and Imperva acquisitions, supplies hardware security modules, encryption and the SIM and biometric documents used by banks and governments worldwide.
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Escalation Manager - Technical Support

$94k – $129k per year • Senior • 8+ years exp • Canada • Remote (Canada, UTC-6 – UTC-5 hours) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Staff
Oracle
MS SQL
DevOps
VMWare
Azure
AWS
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Product Owner

$79k – $86k per year • Senior • 6+ years exp • Hybrid (Ottawa, Canada) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Nationals only • Citizenship or vetting required • Senior
Trello
Kanban
Scrum
Agile
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CAE

cae.com
cae.com • HQ: Saint-Laurent, Canada • Commercial Aviation • Military Training • Simulation & Digital Twin Software • 5000+ employees • Est. 1947 • Trust B • Hiring 319, 16 new
HQ: Saint-Laurent, Canada • Commercial Aviation • Military Training • Simulation & Digital Twin Software • 5000+ employees • Est. 1947 • Trust B • Hiring 319, 16 new
CAE is a global high-technology company specializing in advanced simulation, flight training, and operational support solutions for the civil aviation, defense, and security sectors. Headquartered in Canada, the enterprise manufactures full-flight simulators and operates an extensive worldwide network of training centers for commercial pilots, cabin crews, and maintenance professionals.
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3 days ago Likely open · 57%

Application DBA

≈ $50k – $104k per year (Estimated) • Equity • In office (Halifax, Canada) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time
SQL
Databases
Oracle
MS SQL
DevOps
Windows
Windows Server
Cybersecurity
Active Directory
Analytics
SSIS
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BI Analyst

≈ $40k – $74k per year (Estimated) • Junior • 2+ years exp • In office (Montreal, Canada) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Junior • English
SQL
Analytics
Master Data Management
Tableau
ETL/ELT
Power BI
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gd.com • HQ: Reston, United States • Aircraft Manufacturing • Armored Vehicles • Naval Systems • C4ISR • 5000+ employees • Est. 1899 • NYSE: GD • Hiring 82, 10 new
HQ: Reston, United States • Aircraft Manufacturing • Armored Vehicles • Naval Systems • C4ISR • 5000+ employees • Est. 1899 • NYSE: GD • Hiring 82, 10 new
General Dynamics is an American defence and aerospace group whose predecessor built submarines from 1899, and it is unusual among primes for owning a large commercial business alongside its military ones. Its four segments are Marine Systems, which builds Virginia and Columbia class submarines and Navy destroyers, Combat Systems, which makes the Abrams tank and armoured vehicles, Aerospace, which builds Gulfstream business jets, and Technologies, its government IT and mission services arm. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia and listed on the New York Stock Exchange, its submarine programmes carry a backlog measured in decades.
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Manager, Solutions Engineering

$100k – $122k per year • In office (Ottawa, Canada) • Full-Time • Citizenship or vetting required • Senior • English
Copilot Studio
Copilot
DevOps
CloudFormation
Windows Server
Bicep
Amazon EC2
FinOps
Amazon CloudWatch
Unix
Amazon S3
IAM
Terraform
Linux
Azure
CI/CD
AWS
Cybersecurity
Least Privilege
Microsoft Entra ID
Cryptography
Vault
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Director, Enterprise Data & Integration

$107k – $143k per year • Head+ • 10+ years exp • Hybrid (Ottawa, Canada) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Citizenship or vetting required • Staff • English
Apex
Apex
MuleSoft
Databases
Microsoft Fabric
Snowflake
Databricks
DevOps
AWS
Analytics
Azure Data Factory
Management
ITIL
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L3Harris Technologies

l3harris.com
l3harris.com • HQ: Melbourne, United States • C4ISR • Military Satellites • Electronic Warfare • Military Communication • Defense Manufacturing • 5000+ employees • Est. 2019 • Trust A • Hiring 1362, 193 new
HQ: Melbourne, United States • C4ISR • Military Satellites • Electronic Warfare • Military Communication • Defense Manufacturing • 5000+ employees • Est. 2019 • Trust A • Hiring 1362, 193 new
L3Harris Technologies is an American defense contractor formed in 2019 by the merger of L3 Technologies and Harris Corporation. It builds tactical radios and military communication systems, electronic warfare and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance equipment, space sensors and satellites, night vision devices, and uncrewed surface vessels, and owns the rocket engine maker Aerojet Rocketdyne. Its main customers are the United States Department of Defense and allied governments. The company is headquartered in Melbourne, Florida, United States.
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Associate, Engineering Change Analyst (Waterdown, CAN)

$51k – $54k per year • Middle • 4+ years exp • In office (Waterdown, Canada) • Bachelor's Degree • Citizenship or vetting required • Middle
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Intern, Systems Engineering

≈ $31k – $56k per year (Estimated) • Intern • In office (Ottawa, Canada) • Bachelor's Degree • Internship • Secret • Intern
SharePoint
Jira
SpaceTech
IBM DOORS
MedTech
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Skills these roles ask for

Python 48Agile 47Linux 40Azure 26C++ 26Power BI 26Windows 22Scrum 20CI/CD 18SQL 17Microsoft Office 16AWS 16Git 14C# 13Java 13Kanban 11

Where the roles are

Longueuil 57Ottawa 53Montreal 26Waterdown 12Calgary 10Quebec 10Mississauga 10Vancouver 7Mirabel 6Burnaby 6

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Questions

Can a foreigner apply for these roles?

148 of the 233 roles here state no citizenship or security-check demand. A role that does - a citizenship, a national security vetting, a US clearance - says so in its advert, and the card marks it.

Which companies hire most?

RTX (82), General Dynamics (25), Thales Group (24), CAE (23), L3Harris Technologies (15).

Which employers count as defence companies?

Companies whose main business is defence and security - prime contractors, defence electronics, naval, land and air systems, defence software and the defence tech startups - and the defence divisions of diversified groups. Companies of Russia, Belarus, China, Hong Kong, Iran and North Korea and companies under sanctions are left out.

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Source: 233 live postings on employers' careers boardsUpdated 24 Oct 2026MethodologyJSONCC BY-SA 4.0