Systems Engineer Sr - Communications Systems

Standard Job Description

The Naval Programs team spans across Lockheed Martin Canada Inc. (Lockheed Martin)'s main project sites (Kanata, Montreal, Dartmouth), opportunities are available at all sites for supporting Naval Combat Systems Programs and Proposal Capture activities.

The candidate will participate as a Systems Engineering member of the naval development team in a multi-disciplined team environment working on the total engineering life cycle from specification, design, development, integration and test, deployment, maintenance and field trouble shooting for their responsible Subsystem within the large scale high complexity naval platform systems. The subsystems are grouped by warfare area: Anti-Air Warfare (AAW), Anti-Surface Warfare (ASuW), Underwater Warfare (UWW), Electronic Warfare (EW) and Communication Systems(Comms).

The candidate will become the Subject Matter Expert (SME) and Systems Engineering member for Communication and Information Systems (CIS) subsystems and will participate in engineering activities including but not limited to:

• Performing system and platform integration activities for shipboard CIS, including interface design
• Participating in requirements compliance assessments, and planning/coordinating requirements verification activities during design and implementation phases
• Maintain technical specifications and statements of work requirements
• Collaborating with customers, ship design team, subcontractors and other stakeholders to identify and resolve integration and installation issues encountered during CIS design development
• Performing reviews of technical data related to the CIS system design, arrangements, installation, and verification activities; providing comments; and recommending acceptance/rejection of document deliveries
• Performing synthesis of government, customer, and subcontract furnished information to support whole-ship design activities
• Providing input to design documentation and deliverables
• Preparing change proposals based on customer and ship designer inputs
• Preparing and submitting/presenting engineering change requests for change board approval; coordinating implementation of approved changes
• Contributing to the Subcontract milestone activities such as Fact-findings, Kick-off Meeting, Design Reviews, and Design/Product Acceptance
• Maintaining System Architecture and Design
• Following systems engineering processes and best practices.

Basic Qualifications

• Possess a bachelor’s degree from an accredited university in software, hardware, systems, mechanical, electrical or electronics engineering or a related discipline
• Minimum 5 years of relevant professional experience with Communication (Internal/External/Satcom) and Digital Data Information Systems. Equivalent experience/combined education will be considered
• Experience with Software, Systems, Hardware or Maintenance engineering lifecycles is an asset
• Communicate effectively with technical and non-technical personnel
• Aptitude for solving challenging problems in a team environment
• Have a high degree of initiative and autonomy
• Ability to adapt and perform in a dynamic environment

Desired Skills

• Experience with Change Management, Requirements Management, Test and trials, Security, Safety, Electromagnetic Interference (EMI)/ Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) or Environmental Qualification is an asset.
• Familiarity with Dynamic Object-Oriented Requirements System (DOORS), Cameo Systems Modeler, Jira, and Windchill is an asset
• Experience with Agile methods an asset
• Experience with Military Naval domain is an asset
• Experience with Sensors, Weapons or Ship integration is an asset
• Experience with Subcontract Management or Supply Chain Management is an asset