Junior Engineer, Combat Systems

Job Description

The Junior 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 assisting in the 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 Junior Combat Systems Engineer will work independently with supervision from the engineers & Combat Systems Capability Leads to review 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 assisting in developing solutions to resolve technical issues encountered during production and test & trials, 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.
• Manage planned and emergent work with their assigned job scope.
• 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.
• Coordinate the scheduling, planning and conduct of systems activities in support of program milestones.
• Review technical products and deliverables developed by internal and external stakeholders.
• Support other Working Groups 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.
• Some exposure to or interest in marine field through work experience (e.g. co-op) or academic study.
• Some knowledge of maritime combat capabilities (Above Water Weapons/Sensors, Command and Control, Underwater Warfare, Electronic Warfare, Navigation, Communications).
• Develop presentations and reports, develop technical specifications, technical investigation on combat subsystem and physical/functional integration issues.
• Analytical problem solving on complex issues