Required Skills & Experience

- Bachelor of Engineering (B. Eng.) or equivalent, Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) or equivalent. - 5-7+ years of experience working as an engineer in the shipbuilding or defense industry. - Knowledge of maritime Combat Systems (Above Water Weapons/Sensors, Command and Control, Underwater Warfare, Electronic Warfare, Navigation, Communications), and/or defense projects including Requirement Management, and shipyard production environment. - Demonstrated knowledge in some of the following fields: Formal validation and verification Engineering design processes and engineering change control Marine regulations such as Lloyd's Register Classification of Ships Requirements management Verification test planning and execution Installation and commissioning of combat systems and subsystems on complex naval platforms. Knowledge of a shipyard production environment Experience with naval systems integration and testing Strong technical skills and familiarity with naval technical terminology Experience with certification and accreditation of naval Systems - Develop presentations and reports, develop technical specifications, technical investigations on combat subsystem and physical/functional integration issues. - Strong communication with the ability to represent the owner in design meetings

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

- Engineering project management experience

Job Description

Insight Global is looking for a Combat Systems Engineer to join our large defense clients in Halifax, NS. This person will join the team in a full-time role and will be required to go on-site five times a week. The Combat Systems Engineer will be responsible for managing a portfolio of sub-systems as well as the following: - Support the Combat Systems team in providing technical and programmatic oversight of combat systems-related activities. - Proactively engage with internal and external stakeholders to resolve technical issues. - Develop mitigations for risk items relating to the combat systems capability area, including risk identification and risk mitigation planning. - Evaluate requirements and performance capabilities of combat systems to ensure solutions under their scope of work are most appropriate for the program. - Coordinate the scheduling, planning, and conduct of systems activities in support of program milestones. - Take a lead role in executing technical tasks for their designated scope of work within the Combat Systems team. - Support other transverse areas (Platform, Design for Build, Production) in developing the operational solution for the program.