Systems, Verification & Validation Specialist

Leonardo Group; Ottawa; Hybrid; CAD 65,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company-paid benefits

Generous vacation entitlements

Flexible remote/work options

Employee referral program

Job summary

Leonardo Canada Inc. in Ottawa, ON is seeking a Systems, Verification & Validation Specialist to join our engineering team. You will contribute to the design and product development of core electronics warfare products within an agile scrum setting.

You will develop test strategies, execute verification and validation activities, and produce documentation to support project life cycles, including gate reviews and testing events.

Qualifications

• Experience conducting software testing and validation.
• Familiarity with automated testing tools and structured testing.
• Experience in project execution from requirements to support.
• Knowledge of change and configuration management in systems engineering.
• Strong written and verbal communication with customers.

Responsibilities

• Verify and validate system designs against specs and customer needs.
• Develop and maintain manual and automated test cases.
• Create test procedures and reports for test activities.
• Produce technical documents, system and software requirements.
• Support system-level requirements allocation and issue resolution.

Skills

Testing in software products

Automated test tools

Testing techniques

Systems engineering processes

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

Playwright

Selenium

Python

MSBE tools

Requirements management tools

Job description

Engineering Full Time Ottawa, ON $65,000 - $100,000 CAD per year

With over 90,000 employees worldwide, Leonardo is a global high-technology company and a key player in the international defence and security sector. Leonardo Canada Inc. (LCI) continues to grow and expand our footprint in Ottawa. We offer a dynamic and collaborative work environment where innovation is encouraged, and employees are empowered to grow professionally. Our team supports Canadian and international customers with world-leading technologies across land, air, and naval domains.

Position Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Systems, Verification & Validation Specialist, to join our growing engineering team in Ottawa to actively contribute to the ongoing design and product development of our core products within the Electronics Warfare domain. As a member of the engineering team, you will integrate into our growing agile scrum team.

In this role you will provide support to the project team throughout the project life cycle, execute the project’s systems engineering efforts within the allotted timeframe and create and maintain the project’s systems documentation and deliverables.

You will be supporting the project life cycle events including gate reviews, integration, and test events. The successful candidate will possess a blend of systems engineering, verification and validation,

and modeling & simulation knowledge to better understand the customer needs.

Key Responsibilities

• Verify and validate system designs and implementation to ensure conformance with functional and performance specifications and customer requirements
• Develop and maintain manual and/or automated test cases for our software products
• Develop, maintain and execute test procedures for test engineering activities
• Develop test reports for test engineering activities
• Produce and/or review technical documents, specifications and standards, including system and software requirements
• Support the development and allocation of system level requirements
• Support the project team addressing requirements, design, integration, and test issues

Required Qualifications

• 1 to 6 years of relevant work experience
• Experience in the conduct of testing, use of automated test tools and structured testing techniques for software products
• Experience in project execution processes from requirements through commissioning and support
• Experience working within systems engineering processes governing change and configuration management
• Excellent verbal and written communications and customer interaction skills

Desirable Qualifications (Nice to Have)

• Experience testing Electron applications or web applications
• Experience with Playwright or Selenium for test automation
• Experience with Python development
• Familiarity with RF, Radar, EO/IR, and Electronic Countermeasure (ECM) operating principles and concepts
• Experience in validating simulation models
• Experience with Model-Based System Engineering (MSBE) practices and tools
• Experience with Requirements Management tools
• Comfortable presenting and demonstrating to stakeholders (including customers and senior management)
• Experience with supporting the development of bid and proposal material to support the technical solution.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree of Engineering in a related field.

Security Clearance

Given the nature of our software development work, it is a condition of employment that the successful candidate receive the required security clearances. Successful candidates must be eligible for Controlled Goods Regulations Program (CGRP) government clearances and International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) . In addition, candidates must be able to obtain a Canadian Industrial Security Clearance to NATO SECRET level.

If you are unfamiliar with the process, you can find information about Security Clearance requests process on the Government of Canada website (search for "Security Clearance Request Process")

In general, in order to obtain these clearances, you

• Must be either a Canadian citizen or permanent resident of Canada;
• Must have lived in Canada continuously for the past 10 years;
• Must not have a criminal record.

Good to know

• Group benefits are 100% Company-Paid from first day on the job (including dependents)
• Group Health, Dental, Vision, Employee Assistance Plan, Out-of-Province travel, E-A-P
• Industry-leading Vacation entitlements
• Generous Paid Personal Leave & additional Company Holidays
• Dynamic Flex-time policy
• Remote & Office work flexibility
• Annual Incentive bonus programme
• Exceptional Employee Referral programme
• Professional Development and Credentialing support - internal and external opportunities
• Exceptional professional environment: you'll join a team of some of the best talent in the business (!)
• Special needs of candidates with disabilities will be accommodated. Successful candidates must fulfil requirements for Canadian Controlled Goods Program (CGP) and Canadian Security Clearance. Leonardo supports the principles of employment equity and is an equal opportunity employer.