Halifax, N.
In fast changing markets, customers worldwide rely on Thales. In aerospace, transportation, defence, security and space, our architects design creative solutions that make our tomorrow's possible. For decades, Ottawa has been a global technology leader. Voted as Canada’s best place to live 2017 by Maclean's, Ottawa offers a low cost of living with a high quality of life. The Thales Ottawa office has been a major supplier and long-term trusted partner to DND, enabling the Canadian Armed Forces and the Canadian Coast Guard to achieve mission success. Thales Canada, Defence & Security is engaged in supporting the Canadian Army’s Land Command, Control, Communications & Computers (C4) Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (LC4ISR) systems which enable critical decisions on a daily basis. Together with industry partners, Thales is building on the existing networks and applications to enhance digitized operations, support communications between joint and allied forces, and monitor and defend against the threats and evolving capabilities of potential adversaries. Thales has a vacancy for a Senior Systems Engineer to join our Innovation team, supporting the development and integration of autonomous systems and LC4ISR solutions. The successful candidate will work at the intersection of customer needs, business opportunities and product development. They will collaborate closely with Business Development, Product Engineers, Software Engineers and other technical stakeholders to understand operational needs, derive system and software requirements, and manage those requirements throughout the solution lifecycle.



This role is well suited to a systems thinker who is comfortable working in a fast-paced innovation environment where requirements may initially be incomplete and must be progressively refined through customer engagement, prototyping, demonstrations and technical analysis. Regulatory Compliance Requirement This position requires direct or indirect access to hardware, software or technical information controlled under the Canadian Export Control List and/or the US the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). Tailor the system engineering process, practices and tools. Review and validate internal and subcontractor designs, plans, and schedules. Identify, characterize, and describe issues in the system or its design through problem reports and document and design reviews. Author technical documentation to capture the system and subsystem designs including the architecture, interfaces, and installation elements. Collaborate with other functions during the implementation and integration of the system and subsystem designs. Resolution of technical issues arising during the implementation, integration and testing of the system and subsystem elements. Support the installation and/or integration testing of the systems remotely or on customer site and/or technical subcontract management including management of work scope and compliance of the (subcontractor) supplied solution. For this specific project, typical duties will include: Engage with Business Development, customers,



end users and technical stakeholders to understand operational needs, use cases and capability gaps. Translate customer and operational needs into clear, measurable and verifiable system and subsystem requirements. Manage requirements traceability from customer needs through design, implementation, integration, verification and validation. Facilitate requirements workshops and technical discussions with internal teams, partners and customers. Work closely with Product Engineers, Software Engineers and Solution Architects to ensure requirements are technically feasible and aligned with product capabilities and roadmaps. Support system architecture development, functional analysis, interface definition and trade-off studies. Identify requirement gaps, ambiguities, conflicts, assumptions and technical risks, and coordinate their resolution. Support the integration of autonomous platforms, command-and-control applications, sensors, communications systems and mission-management capabilities. Contribute to technical proposals, statements of work, estimates, product demonstrations and customer briefings. Support system integration, test planning, verification and validation activities. Maintain requirements baselines and manage changes throughout iterative and agile development cycles. Support field trials, demonstrations and experimentation activities in Canada and internationally, as required. At least 10 years of professional experience in the design and integration of complex systems in commercial and/or military domains. At least 3 to 7 years of relevant systems engineering, requirements engineering or complex software/system integration experience. Demonstrated experience eliciting, analyzing, documenting and managing t

📌 Systems Engineer (Canada)
🏢 Thales
📍 Canada