Principal Systems Engineer

Engineering

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Montreal, Quebec, Ottawa, Ontario

19077BR

About the role

Lockheed Martin Canada Inc. (Lockheed Martin) is the leading specialized Combat System Integrator (CSI) in advanced, large-scale integration projects in Canada. We leverage advanced engineering practices and modern technologies to design, develop, and integrate combat systems for warships. We are looking for motivated and high-performing individuals with specific skills to join our dynamic Naval Programs team.

The Naval Programs team is responsible for technical planning, design, construction, system integration, verification and validation, cost and risk analysis, sustainability analysis, and overall system effectiveness. As part of the product development of an overall system, involvement includes: design, manufacturing, testing, installation, operation, maintenance, and disposal. The team ensures the logical and systematic conversion of customer or product requirements into overall system solutions that take into account technical, financial, and temporal constraints.

The Naval Programs team is present at Lockheed Martin's main project sites in Canada (Kanata, Montreal, Dartmouth); employment opportunities are available at all these locations to support naval combat system programs and proposal capture activities.

As a Systems Engineer and member of the Naval Development team working in a multidisciplinary team environment, the candidate participates in the full engineering lifecycle including specification, design, development, integration and testing, deployment, maintenance, and field troubleshooting related to large-scale and highly complex naval platform systems.

The candidate will participate in engineering activities that may include, but are not limited to, the following tasks:

• Collaborate on system design activities with the Senior Systems Engineer and other engineering staff, such as supporting technical reviews
• Conduct needs analysis
• Conduct market studies
• Review requirements, their allocation, and market studies
• Perform system modeling and design, including model-based systems engineering
• Define and monitor technical performance measures
• Work on system architecture and design
• Plan system integration
• Create the design document
• Apply system design engineering processes and best practices.

What you bring to the role

• Hold a bachelor's degree from a recognized university in a related discipline or equivalent co-op education, with at least five years of professional experience, OR at least three years of professional experience with a related master's degree.

Additional desired skills for the position

• At least five years of relevant professional experience. Any equivalent combination of experience and education will be considered
• Experience with software, systems, hardware, or maintenance engineering lifecycle
• Ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical personnel within the engineering and management team, as well as with personnel assigned to related tasks
• Aptitude for solving difficult problems within a team environment
• High degree of initiative or autonomy
• High learning ability
• Ability to adapt and perform in a dynamic environment
• Good knowledge of SysML or other object-oriented design methods
• Good knowledge of JIRA, Confluence, Dynamic Object-Oriented Requirements System (DOORS), Cameo, Clearcase, Clearquest or Windchill
• Experience with Agile methods
• Experience in the military naval domain
• Experience in change management, requirements management, testing and trials, security, safety, electromagnetic interference/electromagnetic compatibility, or environmental qualification.

Language requirements in Quebec

Knowledge of English is required for this position so that the candidate can perform all of their duties. The position described in this job offer requires the candidate to communicate daily with a virtual team outside Quebec. The candidate will also need to communicate with different members of the organization, clients, and suppliers located outside Canada. For engineering positions, the candidate will also need to be able to read or modify technical documents from our main clients and write technical documents for these same clients.

What we offer

We deliver on our promise when it comes to work-life balance Your physical, mental, and financial well-being matters to us. In addition to working in a highly supportive, friendly, and respectful environment, here's what you can expect when you join our team as a regular full-time employee:

• Flexible and compressed work schedules, depending on business needs, where you have the option to take Fridays off, as well as