Systems Design Sr. Associate

L3

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Reference #31272

Waterdown ON, Canada

Performs technical planning, system integration, verification and validation, cost and risk and supportability and effectiveness analyses for total systems. Analyses are performed at all levels of total system product to include: concept, design, fabrication, test, installation, operation, maintenance and disposal. Ensures the logical and systematic conversion of customer or product requirements into total systems solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule and cost constraints.

Performs functional analysis, timeline analysis, detail trade studies, requirements allocation and interface definition studies to translate customer requirements into hardware and software specifications.

• Provide a technical leadership for the execution / development ofEO/IR projects and contracted programs
• Develop Concepts of Operation, system specifications and interface control documents
• Work collaboratively with Software Engineering to design, test and document new product features and ensure traceability to top level requirements
• Support flight test and customer demonstrations setup, troubleshooting and performance characterization
• Maintain requirement traceability in IBM DOORS
• Support Program Management and Project Engineering during execution of customer funded programs and new product developments
• Support product level design and analysis including trade studies and architecture evaluations
• Perform functional verification tests and support system integration verification/validation tests
• Generate qualification plans, qualification summary reports and qualification by similarity reports
• Participate in and provide inputs to system design reviews
• Ensure deliverable product meets the design objectives
• Collaborate with Senior Engineers on the creation of new product features and sensors
• Keep in synchronization with Systems Engineering industry trends and new technology that may be relevant to L3
  
  Harris Wescam present and future development

• Knowledgeable about Systems Engineering life cycle process
• Knowledge of EO/IR imaging systems, optics, stabilization and/or image processing
• Understanding of MIL-STD-810, MIL-STD-461, MIL-STD-704 and RTCA DO-160 standards with respect to environmental testing
• Strong leadership, planning, organizational and analytical skills
• Ability to deal directly with internal and external customers
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and experience collaborating with cross-functional teams
• Programming skills in Matlab, Python, and/or database management is desirable
• User level knowledge on IBM Doors an asset
• Familiarity with MBSE modelling an asset
• Hands‑on experience in applying machine learning to EO/IR systems an asset (target recognition, object tracking, machine vision)
• Knowledge of navigation systems, GPS denied operations and inertial navigation systems an asset

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 4 years of progressive technical and project experience, or
• Graduate Degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience, or
• In lieu of a degree, minimum of 7 years of prior related experience.
• Meets the requirements of the Controlled Goods Registration Program and is eligible for a Canadian government security clearance

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