Intermediate Systems Engineer

With over 90,000 employees worldwide, Leonardo is a global high-technology company and a key player in the international defence and security sector. Leonardo Canada Inc. (LCI) continues to grow and expand our footprint in Ottawa. We offer a dynamic and collaborative work environment where innovation is encouraged, and employees are empowered to grow professionally. Our team supports Canadian and international customers with world-leading technologies across land, air, and naval domains.

Position Summary

We are seeking several highly skilled and motivated Intermediate Systems Engineer to join our growing engineering team in Ottawa and actively contribute to the design, development, integration, and delivery of our core products within the Electronics Warfare domain. As a member of the engineering team, you will integrate into our agile scrum environment and collaborate closely with software, test, and product teams.

In this role, you will provide technical leadership and systems engineering expertise throughout the project lifecycle. You will be responsible for translating customer and mission needs into system requirements, supporting system architecture and design activities, managing technical baselines, and ensuring successful system integration and deployment. The successful candidate will possess strong systems engineering knowledge, technical problem-solving skills, and mission awareness to help deliver complex solutions that meet customer needs.

Key Responsibilities

· Elicit, analyze, document, and manage system requirements derived from customer, operational, and stakeholder needs.

· Develop and maintain system architectures, concepts of operation (CONOPS), and system design documentation.

· Allocate and trace system requirements to subsystem and software components.

· Support system design reviews, trade studies, and technical decision-making throughout the project lifecycle.

· Produce and review technical documents, specifications, interface control documents, and system design artifacts.

· Collaborate with software and test engineering teams to ensure successful system implementation.

· Support system integration activities and troubleshoot technical issues across multiple engineering disciplines.

· Manage requirements traceability and support configuration and change management processes.

· Participate in project lifecycle events, including gate reviews, design reviews, integration activities, customer demonstrations, and acceptance events.

· Support verification, validation, and qualification activities to ensure delivered systems meet customer requirements.

· Contribute to risk identification, mitigation planning, and technical planning efforts.

· Support proposal development, technical estimations, and solution definition activities as required.

Required Qualifications

· 3 to 6 years of relevant systems engineering experience.

· Experience with requirements development, management, and traceability.

· Experience working on complex, multidisciplinary engineering projects involving software, hardware, and system integration.

· Experience supporting projects through the full lifecycle, from requirements definition through deployment and sustainment.

· Familiarity with systems engineering processes, methodologies, and best practices.

· Experience with configuration management and change control processes.

· Strong analytical, problem-solving, and technical communication skills.

· Excellent verbal and written communication skills and ability to interact effectively with customers and stakeholders.

Desirable Qualifications (Nice to Have)

· Experience with Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) methodologies and tools.

· Familiarity with SysML, UML, or other systems modeling techniques.

· Experience in the defense, aerospace, communications, or Electronics Warfare domains.

· Experience defining system architectures and conducting technical trade studies.

· Comfortable presenting technical solutions to customers, stakeholders, and senior leadership.

· Experience supporting bid and proposal activities, including solution development and technical volume creation.

· Familiarity with Python development and scripting for engineering analysis or automation.

· Experience supporting system-level integration, verification, and validation activities.

Education

· Bachelor’s degree of Engineering in a related field.

Security Clearance

Given the nature of our software development work, it is a condition of employment that the successful candidate receive the required security clearances. Successful candidates must be eligible for Controlled Goods Regulations Program (CGRP) government clearances and International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) . In addition, candidates must be able to obtain a Canadian Industrial Security Clearance to NATO SECRET level.

If you are unfamiliar with the process, you can find information about Security Clearance requests process on the Government of Canada website (search for "Security Clearance Request Process")

In general, in order to obtain these clearances, you

· Must be either a Canadian citizen or permanent resident of Canada;

· Must have lived in Canada continuously for the past 10 years;

· Must not have a criminal record.

Good to know:

· Group benefits are 100% Company-Paid from first day on the job (including dependents)

· Company-matched Group RRSP

· Group Health, Dental, Vision, Employee Assistance Plan, Out-of-Province travel, E-A-P

· Industry-leading Vacation entitlements

· Generous Paid Personal Leave & additional Company Holidays

· Remote & Office work flexibility

· Annual Incentive bonus programme

· Exceptional Employee Referral programme

· Professional Development and Credentialing support - internal and external opportunities

· Exceptional professional environment: you'll join a team of some of the best talent in the business (!)

· Special needs of candidates with disabilities will be accommodated. Successful candidates must fulfil requirements for Canadian Controlled Goods Program (CGP) and Canadian Security Clearance. Leonardo supports the principles of employment equity and is an equal opportunity employer.