Engineering Full Time Ottawa, ON $65,000 - $100,000 CAD per year
With over 90,000 employees worldwide, Leonardo is a global high-technology company and a key player in the international defence and security sector. Leonardo Canada Inc. (LCI) continues to grow and expand our footprint in Ottawa. We offer a dynamic and collaborative work workplace where innovation is encouraged, and employees are empowered to grow professionally. Our team supports Canadian and international customers with world-leading technologies across land, air, and naval domains.
Position Summary We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Systems, Verification & Validation Specialist , to join our growing engineering team in Ottawa to actively contribute to the ongoing design and product development of our core products within the Electronics Warfare domain. As a member of the engineering team, you will integrate into our growing agile scrum team.
In this role you will provide support to the project team throughout the project life cycle, execute the project’s systems engineering efforts within the allotted timeframe and create and maintain the project’s systems documentation and deliverables.
You will be supporting the project life cycle events including gate reviews, integration, and test events. The successful candidate will possess a blend of systems engineering, verification and validation,
and modeling & simulation knowledge to better understand the customer needs.
Key Responsibilities Verify and validate system designs and implementation to ensure conformance with functional and performance specifications and customer requirements
Develop and maintain manual and/or automated test cases for our software products
Develop, maintain and execute test procedures for test engineering activities
Develop test reports for test engineering activities




Produce and/or review technical documents, specifications and standards, including system and software requirements
Support the development and allocation of system level requirements
Support the project team addressing requirements, design, integration, and test issues
Required Qualifications 1 to 6 years of relevant work experience
Experience in the conduct of testing, use of automated test tools and structured testing techniques for software products
Experience in project execution processes from requirements through commissioning and support
Experience working within systems engineering processes governing change and configuration management
Excellent verbal and written communications and customer interaction skills
Desirable Qualifications (Nice to Have) Experience testing Electron applications or web applications
Experience with Playwright or Selenium for test automation
Experience with Python development
Familiarity with RF, Radar, EO/IR, and Electronic Countermeasure (ECM) operating principles and concepts
Experience in validating simulation models
Experience with Model-Based System Engineering (MSBE) practices and tools
Experience with Requirements Management tools
Comfortable presenting and demonstrating to stakeholders (including customers and senior management)
Experience with supporting the development of bid and proposal material to support the technical solution.
Education Bachelor’s degree of Engineering in a related field.




Security Clearance Given the nature of our software development work, it is a condition of employment that the successful candidate receive the required security clearances. Successful candidates must be eligible for Controlled Goods Regulations Program (CGRP) government clearances and International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) . In addition, candidates must be able to obtain a Canadian Industrial Security Clearance to NATO SECRET level.
If you are unfamiliar with the process, you can find information about Security Clearance requests process on the Government of Canada website (search for "Security Clearance Request Process")
In general, in order to obtain these clearances, you
Must be either a Canadian citizen or permanent resident of Canada;
Must have lived in Canada continuously for the past 10 years;
Must not have a criminal record.
Good to know Group benefits are 100% Company-Paid from first day on the job (including dependents)
Group Health, Dental, Vision, Employee Assistance Plan, Out-of-Province travel, E-A-P
Industry-leading Vacation entitlements
Generous Paid Personal Leave & additional Company Holidays
Dynamic Flex-time policy
Remote & Office work flexibility
Annual Incentive bonus programme
Exceptional Employee Referral programme
Professional Development and Credentialing support - internal and external opportunities
Exceptional professional environment: you'll join a team of some of the best talent in the business (!)
Special needs of candidates with disabilities will be accommodated. Successful candidates must fulfil requirements for Canadian Controlled Goods Program (CGP) and Canadian Security Clearance. Leonardo supports the principles of employment equity and is an equal opportunity employer.

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📌 Systems, Verification & Validation Specialist (Quebec City)
🏢 Leonardo Canada
📍 Quebec City