Junior Systems Engineer - AJISS

Thales is a global leader in aerospace, transportation, defence, security, and space. They are seeking a Junior Systems Engineer to support the Royal Canadian Navy through Engineering Change projects, involving design, integration, and testing of naval systems.

Responsibilities

• Develop the preliminary and detailed designs for system and subsystem elements
• Identify, characterize, and analyze issues in the system or its design through problem reports and document and design reviews
• Provide timely and accurate status updates
• Assess the impact of planned changes on the existing system
• Author or review technical documentation to capture the system and subsystem designs including the architecture, interfaces, and installation elements
• Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure the designs are consistent with needs, desires, and concerns of the end-users
• Support the development of verification and validation artifacts including plans and procedures
• Collaborate with other functions during the implementation and integration of the system and subsystem designs
• Resolution of technical issues arising during the implementation, integration and testing of the system and subsystem elements; and/or
• Support the installation and/or integration testing of the systems remotely or on customer site
• Conduct research on Naval Systems, System Requirements, Standards, and new technologies
• Generate, describe, and recommend solutions to customer concerns as part of the option analysis process
• Produce engineering artefacts including (but not limited to) first principles drawings and system schematics, Statements of Work, System Requirements Documents (SRD), Impact Analyses, and technical reports
• Survey and analysis of shipboard systems
• Planning, authoring, and executing integration and acceptance tests; and
• Coordinating and collaborating with a multi-disciplinary dispersed team

Skills

• University or college degree in engineering or a related discipline
• Ability to obtain clearances as specified under the Regulatory Compliance section
• Any kind of professional experience in the design and integration of complex systems or software would be an asset

Benefits

• Company paid Extended Health, Dental, HSA, Life, AD&D, Short-term Disability, Cancer Care Program, travel insurance, Employee Assistance Plan and Well-Being program.
• Retirement Savings Plans (RRSP, DCPP, TFSA) with a company contribution and a match to a DCPP, with no vesting period.
• Company paid holidays, vacation days, and paid sick leave.
• Voluntary Life, AD&D, Critical Illness, Long-Term Disability.
• Employee Discounts on home, auto, and gym membership.

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