Systems Requirements Engineer

Systems Requirements Engineer Airborne Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Systems Burlington ON
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At PVLabs, a requirement connects an operational need to an engineering commitment. Getting that connection right means understanding what the customer is trying to accomplish, the conditions the system will encounter, and how its performance will be demonstrated.

We build stabilized airborne imaging systems that bring optics, mechanics, electronics, controls, software and laser technologies together into mission capability. We are seeking a Systems Requirements Engineer who can translate customer and end-user needs into clear, achievable requirements—and maintain that intent through design, integration, verification and delivery.

You will work directly with customers, engineering, program management and leadership. Your contribution is to clarify expectations, expose assumptions and ensure that technical commitments are understood before they become design decisions or acceptance disputes.

In our small, multidisciplinary team, the role extends beyond building or managing a requirements database. You will contribute to operational concepts, architecture, interfaces and technical trade-offs, while keeping the team connected to what the system must accomplish for the people using it.

About the Responsibilities

• Understand customer missions, operator workflows and platform constraints; develop Concepts of Operations that establish how the system will be used.
• Translate operational needs into clear, consistent, feasible and verifiable requirements, with explicit assumptions and measurable acceptance criteria.
• Decompose and allocate requirements across subsystems, maintaining traceability from customer need through design and verification evidence.
• Establish requirements baselines and manage proposed changes, assessing effects on performance, interfaces, cost, risk and schedule before commitments are revised.
• Contribute to system architecture and define interface requirements with the relevant engineering disciplines and external partners.
• Support technical trade studies involving performance, size, weight, power, cost and operational constraints.
• Provide requirements clarification and technical compliance assessments from bids and proposals through delivery, identifying exceptions and unresolved commitments.
• Work with program management and engineering to align deliverables, configurations and priorities with agreed requirements.
• Lead requirements reviews and support preliminary and critical design reviews, making gaps, maturity and technical risks visible.
• Develop verification and validation plans with engineering and test teams, defining how compliance and operational suitability will be demonstrated.
• Support integration, environmental testing and field evaluations; assess findings against requirements and coordinate resolution of discrepancies.
• Maintain concise, controlled requirements, interface and compliance records that support engineering decisions and customer acceptance.

Key Requirements

• An engineering degree in Systems, Electrical, Mechanical, Aerospace or a related discipline, or equivalent demonstrated capability.
• Experience owning requirements work for complex electro-optical, electromechanical or mechatronic systems across multiple development programs.
• Proficiency in requirements definition, decomposition, allocation, baseline management and traceability using DOORS, Jama or comparable tools.
• Experience working directly with customers or end-users to clarify operational needs, resolve ambiguity and establish achievable technical commitments.
• Strong understanding of system architecture, subsystem interfaces, configuration management and requirements change impacts.
• Experience linking requirements to verification methods and acceptance criteria, and assessing whether the evidence supports compliance.
• Working knowledge of applicable environmental, EMI/EMC, airworthiness and software-assurance requirements, including how to determine their relevance to a particular product or program.
• The ability to evaluate technical trade-offs and explain their consequences…