# Automation Systems Engineer

AUTOMATIONS SYSTEM ENGINEER Victoria or Richmond The Opportunity We are seeking an experienced Automation Systems Engineer to join our Engineering Technical Services and Standards (ETSS) team. This role is responsible for providing technical oversight and engineering support for shipboard instrumentation, automation, and operational technology (OT) systems across BC Ferries' fleet. As vessel systems become increasingly reliant on PLCs, HMIs, industrial networks, and engineering software, this position plays a critical role in ensuring system reliability, configuration control, cybersecurity, and lifecycle management. Working closely with internal stakeholders, contractors, shipyards, and regulatory bodies, you will help support safe and reliable operations while contributing to fleet modernization, standardization, refits, and continuous improvement initiatives. The Role Reporting to the Senior Engineering Manager, Electrical and Automation, you will be: Defining technical requirements, acceptance criteria, and engineering standards while supporting equipment evaluation and standardization initiatives; Performing verification and validation activities and providing engineering exp

- **Id**: 3910048
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/bc-ferries-automation-systems-engineer>
- **Role**: DevOps
- **Role family**: DevOps
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Victoria, Canada, Richmond, Canada
- **Countries**: CA
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 8
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-07T01:23:05Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-07
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-09T05:28:01Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 2
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 5327
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Equity
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Public Transport, Sea Freight, Information Security

## Company

- **Id**: 1767354
- **Name**: BC Ferries
- **Domain**: bcferries.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/bcferries-com>
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Oracle

## Salary

- **Min**: 105200
- **Max**: 131500
- **Currency**: CAD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 93968

## Technologies

- **Verification & Validation** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 2

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 8
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-07T06:21:02Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 2
- **Expected fill days**: 17
- **Reasons**: conf:0, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T06:03:00Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 93968
- **Is top pay**: no

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