Systems Engineer

Career Opportunity

Are you a driven and innovative Systems Engineer with defence or aerospace experience and a passion for seeing the big picture? Do you thrive in dynamic environments and take pride in owning projects from start to finish? If so, Geo Spectrum Technologies Inc. is looking for you to join our team! We are experiencing rapid growth and require additional capability to support new sonar programs.

As a Systems Engineer at our sonar engineering facility, you will contribute to the program from the onset by generating system requirements and ICDs, maintaining requirements throughout the design and testing process of the program, and leading testing and verification activities prior to system delivery. The systems engineer also supports field activities including sea trials. This role requires someone who is a critical thinker, proactive problem solver, and thrives working across technical disciplines including hydrodynamics engineering, mechanical handling and towing systems, power electronics, digital signal electronics, controls engineering, and real time data processing and operations software.

Geo Spectrum Technologies is a rapidly growing company that designs and manufactures state of the art underwater acoustic components, transducers and integrated end-to-end systems for maritime surveillance and exploration. Geo Spectrum is known for its innovation and designing leading-edge products.

With clients across ocean science, defence, and oil and industries, we’re proud of delivering reliable, customized solutions that go above and beyond the requirements of our customers.

Geo Spectrum was founded in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia and continues to grow after three decades of engineering. Our company’s core values are woven into the fabric of our work, commitment to employee engagement, and client service.

• Create and manage project requirements through development of Verification Cross Reference Matrices (VCRMs).
• Support program development by establishing system architecture and Interface Control Documents (ICDs) for acoustic, mechanical, electronics, power, controls, and software systems.
• Utilize a program VCRM to manage system testing and verification planning, and work with customers to support the design of verification plans for complex systems.
• Lead the development and management of system requirements, architecture, integrations, testing, and verification / commissioning.
• Support environmental and functional system testing.
• Oversee and contribute to the overall requirements management of integrated system projects.
• Establish and lead the development and validation of external interfaces to other systems.
• Contribute to the creation of product and technological system roadmaps and internal research and initiatives.
• Support business development initiatives, write proposals, white papers, and technical documents.
• Support the design of safe systems through facilitating hazard identification processes and creation of safety requirements.

• A bachelor’s degree in engineering.
• A minimum of 5 years of professional engineering experience.
• Experience developing system architecture, requirements management, and verification.
• Experience in marine systems, defence, or aerospace sectors is considered an asset.
• Experience with complex systems that contain electrical, mechanical, software, and data/networking interfaces.
• Experience with military standards, an asset.
• Professional Engineering designation, an asset.
• Ability to balance attention to detail with seeing the bigger picture.
• Energetic and takes initiative, willing to take risks and think creatively.
• Interest in developing and delivering complex systems for demanding applications.
• Ability to identify barriers and takes action to remove them.
• Ability to prioritize in a fast-paced environment.
• Clear desire to learn, leverage mistakes as opportunities for learning.
• Organized with strong management and execution skills.

• All candidates must be eligible to apply for and maintain Canadian Controlled Goods and Canadian Government Security Clearances.
• Candidates must have a social insurance number,…