Systems Engineering Integrator Job Ottawa area,Ontario Canada,Manufacturing / Production

Company Description

Build bold. Deliver impact. Win together.

At General Dynamics Mission Systems–Canada, we’re not just engineering technology — we’re shaping the future of defence and security. Our teams design and deliver advanced, mission-critical solutions that enhance national security, strengthen communities, and protect the people we serve.

If you’re looking for meaningful work that contributes to a safer, more secure world, you’ll find purpose here. Every day, your skills will directly impact programs that matter.

Job Description

The Land Command, Control, Communications, and Computers Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C4

ISR) Applications team has an opportunity for a System Engineer to participate in the integration and validation of applications for the Canadian Army. The team builds and integrates a large variety of custom and Commercial Off the Shelf (COTS) applications and plugins used by soldiers in the Land Command Support System (LCSS), including Battle Management, Planning, Communication, and Data Exchange. We work hand-in-hand with our customer to integrate leading technologies from a variety of global vendors.

This is a software integration and testing role. In this role, you will work on investigating and setting up new system deployments as well as implementing automated testing. You will be responsible for writing and maintaining test suites and custom plugins. You will work as part of a multi-disciplined engineering team that has adopted an Agile framework, so you will take part in Scrum events, Sprint reviews, and work collaboratively with our program teams and customers.

Typical responsibilities include:

Work with the customer in an Integrated Product Team environment and interact with software engineering, systems engineering, and solution teams

Developing test plan and strategies, writing and executing test procedures and fixing defects

Developing automation tasks for use in lab deployments and integration testing

Perform integration and verification in labs, including preparing and executing test cases, analyzing results, and documenting findings

Prepare and review verification test procedures and reports

Report progress and status, share knowledge, and present ideas to colleagues

Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives and expand knowledge of the latest technologies and products relevant to your area of work.

Participate in the system designs presentations, engage in reviews and inspections

Review requirement specifications, interface control documents, design documents, and use cases to develop test cases for software and integration verification & validation

Building and maintaining virtual environments, including set up of virtual machines, their software, and networking

Prepare, analyze, and track defect reports

Deployment of new system solutions in a lab environment

Documenting and presenting the results of the integration work

Working with the Product Owner and the Scrum Master, assist in the elaboration of team backlog items in support of Sprint and PI planning activities

Participate in validation tests, investigate issues found, maintain related documentation.

Learn to deploy and upgrade part of the system

Perform other related duties as assigned

Always conduct themselves professionally, in all meetings and activities

Qualifications

What You Need to Have to Succeed:

5+ years of experience in testing and integration activities, preferably within communications and networking equipment environments

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline

Experience defining, developing, and executing integration and qualification test plans, including understanding subsystem interactions and dependencies

Proven ability to investigate, analyze, and resolve complex technical defects and system issues

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to draw sound technical conclusions and recommendations

Hands-on experience with:

Windows Servers Networking concepts such as routing and VLANsMicrosoft applications

Voice and/or data networks

Automation tools such as Python and Squish Troubleshooting and diagnostic tools such as…