
Intermediate Systems Engineer, Naval Communications Systems
- Ottawa, ON
- Permanent
- Temps-plein
- System Engineering activities for bids, contracts and products in the military / civilian markets for domestic / international customers ;
- Create of high-level conceptual designs, innovative, scalable, and adaptive solutions to complex systems;
- Produce Interface Control Documents (ICDs) between system components
- Perform systems studies and analyses;
- Perform trade studies and engineering budgets (power, weight, design margin, etc.);
- Risk Management including identification of risks, write risk statements, and prepare risk mitigation strategies;
- Change management including analysis and tracking of baseline changes;
- Estimate work packages;
- Design, implement and execute system test cases; analyze and evaluate test results;
- Develop technical specifications for suppliers and subcontractors, identify potential suppliers, and monitor supplier performance;
- Prepare equipment procurement specification;
- Scoping and costing specialty efforts;
- Industry engagement and trade studies for refinement of equipment specifications to develop optimal system solutions;
- Develop test plans to verify and validate requirements;
- Requirements elicitation and decomposition towards subsystem elements including subcontracted items;
- Requirements derivation and development for subsystem elements;
- Technical subcontract management including management of work scope and compliance of the (subcontractor) supplied solution;
- Develop of the preliminary and detailed designs for system and subsystem elements;
- Produce technical documentation to capture the system and subsystem designs including the architecture, interfaces and installation elements;
- Support test, verification, and validation activities;
- Provide mentorship and leadership to junior engineering staff.
- Requires strong knowledge of job area.
- Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 6 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 4 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 10 years of prior related experience.
- Flexible team player able to adapt successfully to a fast-paced agile environment.
- Results-driven achiever with planning and organizational skills.
- Dependable, responsible and committed to excellence and success.
- Knowledge of naval communication systems, including V/UHF systems, SATCOM systems, tactical voice systems
- Knowledge of environmental, EMI/EMC, and certification requirements
- Knowledge of RF antenna performance and co-site interference tools and processes
- Experience working in different operating systems (Windows, Linux, Apple, etc.).
- Working knowledge of IBM DOORS®
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Working knowledge of typical military and IEC standards used for system design and test
- Knowledge of naval and commercial certification standards and processes
- Proficient in MS Office tools
- Must be eligible for registration with the Controlled Goods Program;
- Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a government of Canada Reliability status and Secret Level 2 / NATO Secret security clearance.
- Must be eligible to meet the requirements for U.S. International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR).