JOB DESCRIPTION
The Combat Systems Engineer will be responsible for ensuring that combat systems deployed on the River Class Destroyer (RCD) ships are designed, developed, integrated, tested, and accredited to support the needs of the Royal Canadian Navy. Working as part of the Combat Systems Team, the role will be responsible for technical oversight of the development of system design, development, production, integration, set to work and testing of all aspects of combat systems aboard the RCD Platform.
The Combat Systems Engineer will work as an integral member of the River Class Destroyer Combat Systems team. They will be responsible for reviewing subcontractor models, reports, and technical specifications, to ensure that technical requirements from the customer and the shipyard have been achieved in the design. They will also be responsible for supporting the resolution of technical issues encountered during the design, integration, production, test, and evaluation of Combat Systems with the ultimate goal of successfully presenting capabilities for final acceptance.
RESPONSIBILITIES

• 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 cCombat systems to ensure solutions under their scope of work are most appropriate for RCD.
• 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 RCD.
• Manage sub-contractor and Royal Canadian Navy inputs to the RCD Combat Systems solutions.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor of Engineering (B. Eng.) or equivalent, Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) or equivalent.
• Experience (typically 4 to 10 years) working as an engineer in the shipbuilding or defence industry.
• Knowledge of maritime Combat Systems (Above Water Weapons/Sensors, Command and Control, Underwater Warfare, Electronic Warfare, Navigation, Communications), and/or defence 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