
Systems Design Specialist
- Waterdown, ON
- Permanent
- Temps-plein
- Provide a technical leadership for the execution / development of EO/IR projects and contracted programs
- Develop Concepts of Operation, system specifications and interface control documents
- Work collaboratively with Software Engineering to design, test and document new product features and ensure traceability to top level requirements
- Support flight test and customer demonstrations setup, troubleshooting and performance characterization
- Maintain requirement traceability in IBM DOORS
- Support Program Management and Project Engineering during execution of customer funded programs and new product developments
- Support product level design and analysis including trade studies and architecture evaluations
- Perform functional verification tests and support system integration verification/validation tests
- Generate qualification plans, qualification summary reports and qualification by similarity reports
- Participate in and provide inputs to system design reviews
- Ensure deliverable product meets the design objectives
- Collaborate with Senior Engineers on the creation of new product features and sensors
- Keep in synchronization with Systems Engineering industry trends and new technology that may be relevant to L3Harris Wescam present and future development
- Knowledgeable about Systems Engineering life cycle process
- Knowledge of EO/IR imaging systems, optics, stabilization and/or image processing
- Understanding of MIL-STD-810, MIL-STD-461, MIL-STD-704 and RTCA DO-160 standards with respect to environmental testing
- Strong leadership, planning, organizational and analytical skills
- Ability to deal directly with internal and external customers
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills and experience collaborating with cross-functional teams
- Programming skills in Matlab, Python, and/or database management is desirable
- User level knowledge on IBM Doors an asset
- Familiarity with MBSE modelling an asset
- Hands-on experience in applying machine learning to EO/IR systems an asset (target recognition, object tracking, machine vision)
- Knowledge of navigation systems, GPS denied operations and inertial navigation systems an asset
- Bachelor's Degree and minimum 4 years of progressive technical and project experience, or
- Graduate Degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience, or
- In lieu of a degree, minimum of 7 years of prior related experience.
- Meets the requirements of the Controlled Goods Registration Program and is eligible for a Canadian government security clearance