Senior Electronic Warfare Systems Engineer

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North is a Canadian defence company delivering secure, multi-domain C4

ISR capabilities that provide decision advantage in complex and contested environments. A wholly-owned subsidiary of MDA Space, building on more than five decades of trusted Canadian defence delivery, 49

North operates as a sovereign Canadian provider of mission-critical C4

ISR systems, bringing disciplined prime-contractor execution to defence and security programs.

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North is rooted in the execution of large, complex, and mission-critical programs developed within 49

NORTH. This legacy reflects a record of delivery where engineering rigour, operational reliability, and national trust are non-negotiable.

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North Defence strengthens Canada’s sovereign defence capability by delivering integrated mission systems and multi-domain C4

ISR integration, enabling trusted Canadian and coalition operations, assured interoperability, and sustained readiness.

We’re on the hunt for a motivated and positive minded Sr. Systems Engineer with experience developing and integrating Electronic Warfare (EW) systems to join our cross functional, multi-disciplined team.

As a member of the Engineering team, you will work as part of a technical team to develop new capabilities, enhance existing capabilities and deliver solutions to our customer.

The Sr. Systems Engineer - Electronic Warfare (EW) Systems Engineer, will work as part of a dynamic systems engineering team that will mature the EW system design and support procurement of EW subsystems through all design phases, Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT), Integration, Set-to-Work and final acceptance trials.

Excellent internal and external communication and leadership skills are necessary to work closely within our distributed team, our customer and their technical teams, our suppliers, and other external stakeholders.

The successful candidate will have a blend of systems engineering discipline, EW systems knowledge and operational mission awareness, as well as understanding the customers’ needs and potential options. Experience or background of the maritime and/or naval domain would be an asset. The successful candidate will be an integral part of an engineering team, under the direction of the Program Engineer, EW IPT Lead, and Systems Engineering Lead.

We are looking for people to be based in either Richmond B.C., Ottawa, ON. or Halifax, N.S. facilities.

The systems engineering team is structured to be flexible and able to respond and evolve with the program needs. Responsibilities could include:

• Ability to work independently and collaboratively with a multi-disciplinary dispersed team
• Develops relationships with customers, contractors and subcontractors
• Support the EW supplier procurements through the subcontracts manager
• Produces and/or reviews technical documents, specifications and standards, including System Requirements, Interface and Design Documents
• Domestic and/or international travel to support program needs
• Supports the project team addressing design & integration issues
• Actively participate in program and test reviews
• Performs the following engineering functions for highly complex systems:
  • Supports the development and allocation of system level requirements
  • Reviews, develops and documents system level operational concepts and mission statements
  • Supports the development and generation of documents such as, design reports, technical deliverables.
  • Our team supports the full scope of system engineering lifecycle aspects including compatibility and interoperability, human factors, cyber-security, modelling and simulation, ILS, and verification and testing
  • Models and simulates system performance and RF interference /…