Senior Electronic Warfare Systems Engineer

The Sr. Systems Engineer – Electronic Warfare (EW) Systems Engineer, will work as part of a dynamic systems engineering team that will mature the EW system design and support procurement of EW subsystems through all design phases, Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT), Integration, Set-to-Work and final acceptance trials.

Excellent internal and external communication and leadership skills are necessary to work closely within our distributed team, our customer and their technical teams, our suppliers, and other external stakeholders.

The successful candidate will have a blend of systems engineering discipline, EW systems knowledge and operational mission awareness, as well as understanding the customers’ needs and potential options. Experience or background of the maritime and/or naval domain would be an asset. The successful candidate will be an integral part of an engineering team, under the direction of the Program Engineer, EW IPT Lead, and Systems Engineering Lead.

We are looking for people to be based in either Richmond B.C., Ottawa, ON. or Halifax, N.S. facilities.

The systems engineering team is structured to be flexible and able to respond and evolve with the program needs. Responsibilities could include:

Ability to work independently and collaboratively with a multi-disciplinary dispersed team

Develops relationships with customers, contractors and subcontractors

Support the EW supplier procurements through the subcontracts manager

Produces and/or reviews technical documents, specifications and standards, including System Requirements, Interface and Design Documents

Domestic and/or international travel to support program needs

Supports the project team addressing design & integration issues

Actively participate in program and test reviews

Performs the following engineering functions for highly complex systems: Supports the development and allocation of system level requirements Reviews, develops and documents system level operational concepts and mission statements Supports the development and generation of documents such as, design reports, technical deliverables. Our team supports the full scope of system engineering lifecycle aspects including compatibility and interoperability, human factors, cyber-security, modelling and simulation, ILS, and verification and testing Models and simulates system performance and RF interference / integration into mission platform and other platform sensors Supports system/product integration Verifies and validates system designs to ensure conformance with functional specifications and customer requirements

Supports the development and allocation of system level requirements

Reviews, develops and documents system level operational concepts and mission statements

Supports the development and generation of documents such as, design reports, technical deliverables. Our team supports the full scope of system engineering lifecycle aspects including compatibility and interoperability, human factors, cyber-security, modelling and simulation, ILS, and verification and testing

Our team supports the full scope of system engineering lifecycle aspects including compatibility and interoperability, human factors, cyber-security, modelling and simulation, ILS, and verification and testing

Models and simulates system performance and RF interference / integration into mission platform and other platform sensors

Supports system/product integration

Verifies and validates system designs to ensure conformance with functional specifications and customer requirements

Successful candidates must obtain and hold security clearance at the secret level, and pass security assessment for the Controlled Goods Program (CGP) and ITAR.

49North is an equal opportunity employer prizing diversity and inclusion. We are committed to treating all employees and applicants for employment with respect and dignity. If you require assistance and/or reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please feel free to notify us.

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