{"id":3740445,"url":"https://alion.io/job/dominion-dynamics-mission-systems-engineer","title":"Mission Systems Engineer","company":{"id":43023,"name":"Dominion Dynamics","domain":"defendthedominion.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/dominion-dynamics","size_band":"51-200","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Ashby","truth_index":{"grade":"B","score":75,"open_postings":3,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":1,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":null,"computed_at":"2026-11-08T05:47:12Z"}},"role":"Defense","role_family":"Defense","seniority":null,"employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Montreal, Canada","Ottawa, Canada"],"countries":["CA"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":null,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":true,"technologies":[{"name":"Link 16","optional":false},{"name":"Sensor Fusion","optional":false}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-11-02T14:36:59Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-11-02","last_verified_at":"2026-11-08T18:36:19Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":6,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":6},"description":"Reports to: Director, Aircraft Systems\nType: Full-Time\nThe Role\nDominion Scout is Canada's first autonomous collaborative platform (ACP) - a sovereign aircraft designed autonomy-first, built to be tasked by allied platforms and to fly alongside fighter jets and multi-mission airplanes. Its design is modular, such that it carries critical mission equipment tailored for the CONOPS it is about to fly.\nYou work with mission system requirements, and you set the systems architecture required and connect the pieces: sensor payloads, weapon interfaces, secure datalinks, and the tactical AI autonomy built in-house by our mission autonomy team. Mission systems integration is where the demonstrator's engineering effort concentrates.\nWhat You'll Do\nDefine and manage the end-to-end mission systems architecture, built for WOSA and MOSA compliance, including the interchangeable payload interface.\n\nIntegrate sensor payloads (AESA radar, IRST, EW), weapon interface suites, secure datalinks, and tactical AI autonomy kernels so the mission executes at machine speed.\n\nWork with AI/ML software teams to integrate tactical autonomy for sensor fusion, automated target recognition (ATR), target tracking, and weapon assignment.\n\nAlign with the same teams on human-on-the-loop (HOTL) safety architecture and Rules of Engagement (ROE) enforcement logic.\n\nLead trade studies and interface definition for air-to-air payloads - active and passive sensors, EW suites, and air-to-air effector and missile interfaces.\n\nIntegrate Link 16 and next-generation directional datalinks for collaborative sensing and cooperative engagement.\n\nLead system integration testing, HIL simulation in AuraSim, and flight test campaigns that validate air-to-air mission capability.\n\nWhat You Bring\nMission systems or avionics systems engineering experience on a military air platform, through integration and test.\n\nHands-on integration of combat sensors - radar, IRST, or EW - and an understanding of how their outputs feed fusion and targeting.\n\nExperience defining architecture and interfaces in an open-systems environment (WOSA, MOSA, or equivalent).\n\nWorking knowledge of tactical datalinks, including Link 16, and of the constraints of operating in contested RF environments.\n\nExperience leading integration testing - HIL, system integration labs, or flight test - and turning results into architecture changes.\n\nAbility to work credibly with AI/ML engineers on autonomy integration and with operators on what the mission actually requires.\n\nNice to Have\nWeapon integration experience - stores management, effector interfaces, or air-to-air missile integration.\n\nManned-unmanned teaming or collaborative combat aircraft (CCA) programs.\n\nLPI/LPD communications and directional datalink design.\n\nSensor fusion, ATR, or tracking algorithm background.\n\nExperience with autonomy safety architectures, HOTL design, or ROE enforcement in weapon systems.\n\nIntegrating allied-sourced sensors, datalinks, or effectors onto a new platform.\n\nNo defence background required.\nWe've hired people who didn't tick every box. If this is the work you want to do, please apply anyway.\nWhy Join Us\nBuilding something meaningful starts with the right people.\nAt Dominion Dynamics, you’ll:\nShape Canada’s future by building real defence capability for the CAF and our allies.\n\nMake decisions that ship in a high-trust environment with short feedback loops and rapid iteration.\n\nMove fast, field faster, and work directly with the operator - our systems are in the field with the CAF now.\n\nHave an impact from day one with equity, responsibility, and direct access to leadership.\n\nIf you’re curious, hands-on, and driven by the opportunity to make a difference, this is where you belong!\nCompensation & Benefits\nCompetitive base salary and company equity*\n\nComprehensive health benefits\n\nAdditional equity granted based on impact*\n\nWe use AI tools to support parts of the hiring process, including screening and reviewing responses. 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