Systems Engineer

With over 90,000 employees worldwide, Leonardo is a global high-technology company and a key player in the international defence and security sector. Leonardo Canada Inc continues to grow and expand our footprint in Ottawa. We offer a dynamic and collaborative work environment where innovation is encouraged, and employees are empowered to grow professionally. Our team supports Canadian and international customers with world-leading technologies across land, air, and naval domains.

Position Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Systems Engineer to join our growing engineering team in Ottawa to contribute to the specification, design, development, and testing of our core products within the Electronic Warfare domain.

In this role you will be responsible for providing guidance and direction to the software and systems engineering teams, leading the day-to-day delivery activities of the team with an emphasis on quality and customer satisfaction. This is a Hybrid position that will require in person support at our Ottawa office.

Key Responsibilities:

• Elicit, analyze, and document stakeholder needs and contractual requirements.
• Translate stakeholder needs and contractual requirements into system and software requirements.
• Develop designs and architectures that meet system/software requirements to provide a complete and coherent baseline for implementation.
• Plan and execute integration, verification, and validation activities.
• Establish traceability from stakeholder needs and contractual requirements to delivered products to ensure design compliance and obtain customer acceptance.
• Develop engineering plans and ensure compliance with established designs and standards.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Engineering or related field.
• 10+ years experience as a systems engineer working on software systems.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with a demonstrated ability to convey complex concepts and information in both one-on-one and group settings.
• Experience as technical point of contact for customer interactions.
• Experience leading engineering teams.

Desirable Qualifications (Nice to Have):

• Experience using Model-Based System Engineering (MBSE) approaches to develop software systems.
• Experience in the defence and security industry.
• Experience working with test automation frameworks for web applications.

Security Clearance

Given the nature of our software development work, it is a condition of employment that the successful candidate receive the required security clearances. Successful candidates must be eligible for Controlled Goods Regulations Program (CGRP) government clearances and International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) . In addition, candidates must be able to obtain a Canadian Industrial Security Clearance to NATO SECRET level.

If you are unfamiliar with the process, you can find information about Security Clearance requests process on the Government of Canada website (search for "Security Clearance Request Process")

In general, in order to obtain these clearances, you

• Must be either a Canadian citizen or permanent resident of Canada;
• Must have lived in Canada continuously for the past 10 years;
• Must not have a criminal record.

Good to know:

• Group benefits are 100% Company-Paid from first day on the job (including dependents)
• Group Health, Dental, Vision, Employee Assistance Plan, Out-of-Province travel, E-A-P
• Matching (5%) Group RRSP program
• Industry-leading Vacation entitlements
• Generous Paid Personal Leave & additional Company Holidays
• Dynamic Flex-time policy
• Remote & Office work flexibility
• Annual Incentive bonus programme
• Exceptional Employee Referral programme
• Professional Development and Credentialing support - internal and external opportunities
• Exceptional professional environment: you'll join a team of some of the best talent in the business ()

Special needs of candidates with disabilities will be accommodated. Successful candidates must fulfil requirements for Canadian Controlled Goods Program (CGP) and Canadian Security Clearance. Leonardo supports the principles of employment equity and is an equal opportunity employer.