Systems Engineer - Underwater Warfare Systems (UWW)
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Nov 10, 2026. First seen by Alion on Aug 12, 2026. Lockheed Martin scores A on the Alion truth index.
Standard Job Description
Lockheed Martin Canada Inc. (Lockheed Martin) is Canada's most successful Combat System Integrator (CSI) specializing in large, sophisticated integration projects. We take advantage of advanced engineering practices and modern technologies to design, develop and integrate combat systems for naval warships. We are seeking motivated and high performing people with specific skills to become part of our dynamic Naval Programs team.
The Naval Programs team is responsible for technical planning, design, construction, system integration, Verification and Validation (V&V), cost and risk, supportability and effectiveness analysis for total systems. Involvement as part of the total system product development includes: concept, design, fabrication, test, installation, operation, maintenance and disposal. The team ensures the logical and systematic conversion of customer or product requirements into total systems solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule and cost constraints.
The Naval Programs team spans across 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 large scale high complexity naval platform systems.
The candidate will participate in engineering activities including but not limited to:
- Collaborating on Underwater Warfare system design activities with senior systems engineering and other engineering staff, including supporting technical reviews
- Performing requirements analysis
- Performing trade studies
- Reviewing requirements, requirements allocation and trade studies
- Analyzing UWW sensor and effector data received from the vendor, including but not limited to interface information, technical specifications, and engineering drawings
- Defining and tracking of Technical Performance Metrics (TPMs)
- System architecture and design
- System integration planning
- Design documentation
- Following systems engineering processes and best practices.
Basic Qualifications
- Possess a bachelors’ degree from an accredited university in software, hardware, systems, mechanical, electrical or electronics engineering or a related discipline
- 2-5 years of relevant professional experience. Equivalent experience/combined education will be considered
- Experience with Software, Systems, Hardware or Maintenance engineering lifecycles
- Communicate effectively with technical and non-technical members of the engineering/management staff and personnel assigned to related work.
Desired Skills
- Aptitude for solving challenging problems in a team environment
- Have a high degree of initiative and autonomy
- Have a high learning ability
- Ability to adapt and perform in a dynamic environment.
- Familiarity with SysML or other object-oriented design methodology
- Familiarity with Dynamic Object-Oriented Requirements System (DOORS), Rhapsody, Clearcase, Clearquest or Windchill
- Experience with integration of Underwater Warfare Sensors and Effectors (e.g. Sonars, Torpedos, etc)
- Experience with Agile methods
- Experience with Military Naval domain
- Experience with Change Management, Requirements Management, Test and Trials (T&Ts), Security, Safety, Electromagnetic Interference (EMI)/Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) or Environmental Qualification.