Senior Software Developer
Top Benefits
About the role
Job Posting Title
Senior Software Developer
Job Category
Systems Engineering
Language Requirements
Bilingual Preferred / Bilingue de préférenceIn the event a qualified bilingual candidate is not found, a qualified unilingual candidate will be considered. / Dans l’éventualité où un candidat bilingue qualifié n’est pas disponible, un candidat unilingue qualifié sera considéré.
Flexible Work Agreement Type
Hybrid / Hybride
Posting End Date
2025-11-10
Job Grade
PIPSC-4
Pay Range
$127,829 - $160,581
Job Summary
Participates in planning, organizing and providing technical leadership of the work involved in the planning, development, acquisition, configuration, validation, documentation, enhancements, implementation and lifecycle of complex computer software systems. Provides expert level functional and technical guidance and advice in one or more areas of technology and software systems specialization to technical and management teams.
Job Description
What NAV CANADA offers you:
- Challenging, team-oriented work environment
- Competitive compensation and benefits
- Defined benefit pension plan
- Opportunities for growth and development
- Flexible work arrangements
- Diverse and inclusive workforce
Key Accountabilities:
- Provide technical and functional expertise, leadership, and innovation within your specialization and across the organization.
- Represent your unit or department as a technical expert, championing ideas and driving improvements.
- Lead the life-cycle support of corporate systems, focusing on performance optimization, monitoring, data management, security, and technical support.
- Resolve complex cross-functional issues involving software, applications, databases, and hardware, ensuring high performance standards.
- Contribute to the development and resolution of inconsistencies in policies, training, plans, and technical standards.
- Oversee the development and implementation of new features, enhancements, and maintenance for assigned systems.
- Analyze and define technical requirements for new software, applications, and hardware to ensure interoperability with existing systems.
- Lead complex projects, including cross-functional initiatives, involving design, implementation, and maintenance of system architecture and interfaces. Conduct cost-benefit analyses, manage project planning, and recommend software certifications and corrective actions.
- Guide the management of technical resources, addressing user concerns, technological developments, and implications of system changes.
- Provide strategic, tactical, and operational leadership in system, project, and resource development.
Job Requirements
Education:
- Graduation with a degree from a recognized university with specialization in computer science or systems engineering OR an acceptable combination of education, training, and experience.
Experience:
- A minimum of 5 years experience working in a multidisciplinary team of system and software development professionals with emphasis on requirements study, detailed design, coding standards, unit-integration-certification testing, implementation and software configuration.
- Extensive experience in software development and maintenance using C and C++ for real-time Linux based mission critical system.
- Experience in the processing of Air Traffic Control (ATC) radar surveillance data and related mathematical principles.
- Proficiency in object-oriented software design techniques and applications.
Knowledge:
- In-depth knowledge of Radar Data Processing systems, operations, processing of sensor data and related mathematical principles.
- Extensive experience with a range of technologies, programming languages, operating systems and tools, including hands-on development, system architecture design, and troubleshooting.
- Strong technical expertise in C/C++, Python, Linux with practical knowledge of network protocols and object-oriented methodologies and programming.
- In-depth knowledge of Systems Development and Life-Cycle principles (SDLC), including development, testing, implementation, and support of complex systems.
- Good knowledge of industry trends, emerging technologies, and real-time programming practices.
Abilities:
- Has excellent assessment, analytical and testing skills.
- Has strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Able to provide expert advice and opinions in functional area and able to coach and mentor team in the field of expertise.
- Able to lead multiple complex cross-functional projects and handle project management issues and recommend approaches.
- Adapts to changing priorities with minimal supervision, organize work and work effectively under pressure.
Personal Suitability:
- Works independently and in a team-lead capacity to deliver robust and maintainable software on-time and on-budget.
- Self-starter, quick learner demonstrates troubleshooting and problem-solving skills/abilities.
- Establishes and maintains appropriate interpersonal relationship with team members, colleagues, and superiors, key customers, suppliers and resolves conflicts effectively.
- Promotes teamwork, innovation, safety, quality, excellence, achievement, responsiveness.
Flexible work arrangements:
- This position is a hybrid position with a minimum of 3 days per week on site.
NAV CANADA is committed to building a skilled, diverse workforce reflective of Canadian society. If you do not believe that you match every job requirement listed on this job posting, we still encourage you to apply. NAV CANADA encourages a culture of learning and growth, and recognizes that although some technical skills are mandatory, many others can be taught.
Our Company strives to create an inclusive and barrier-free selection process and work environment. If you require accommodations during this competition process, please ensure that you inform the interview coordinator or hiring manager of any accommodation measures you may require. NAV CANADA will provide accommodations throughout the recruitment and selection process to applicants with disabilities as required.
The successful candidate must meet the security requirement of the position and be legally able to work in Canada.
We thank all applicants for their interest; only those selected for next steps will be contacted.
About NAV CANADA
NAV CANADA is the private sector, non-share capital corporation that owns and operates Canada's civil air navigation service (ANS).
NAV CANADA co-ordinates the safe and efficient movement of aircraft in Canadian domestic airspace and international airspace assigned to Canadian control. Through its coast to coast to coast operations, NAV CANADA provides air traffic control, flight information, weather briefings, aeronautical information, airport advisory services, and electronic aids to navigation.
Senior Software Developer
Top Benefits
About the role
Job Posting Title
Senior Software Developer
Job Category
Systems Engineering
Language Requirements
Bilingual Preferred / Bilingue de préférenceIn the event a qualified bilingual candidate is not found, a qualified unilingual candidate will be considered. / Dans l’éventualité où un candidat bilingue qualifié n’est pas disponible, un candidat unilingue qualifié sera considéré.
Flexible Work Agreement Type
Hybrid / Hybride
Posting End Date
2025-11-10
Job Grade
PIPSC-4
Pay Range
$127,829 - $160,581
Job Summary
Participates in planning, organizing and providing technical leadership of the work involved in the planning, development, acquisition, configuration, validation, documentation, enhancements, implementation and lifecycle of complex computer software systems. Provides expert level functional and technical guidance and advice in one or more areas of technology and software systems specialization to technical and management teams.
Job Description
What NAV CANADA offers you:
- Challenging, team-oriented work environment
- Competitive compensation and benefits
- Defined benefit pension plan
- Opportunities for growth and development
- Flexible work arrangements
- Diverse and inclusive workforce
Key Accountabilities:
- Provide technical and functional expertise, leadership, and innovation within your specialization and across the organization.
- Represent your unit or department as a technical expert, championing ideas and driving improvements.
- Lead the life-cycle support of corporate systems, focusing on performance optimization, monitoring, data management, security, and technical support.
- Resolve complex cross-functional issues involving software, applications, databases, and hardware, ensuring high performance standards.
- Contribute to the development and resolution of inconsistencies in policies, training, plans, and technical standards.
- Oversee the development and implementation of new features, enhancements, and maintenance for assigned systems.
- Analyze and define technical requirements for new software, applications, and hardware to ensure interoperability with existing systems.
- Lead complex projects, including cross-functional initiatives, involving design, implementation, and maintenance of system architecture and interfaces. Conduct cost-benefit analyses, manage project planning, and recommend software certifications and corrective actions.
- Guide the management of technical resources, addressing user concerns, technological developments, and implications of system changes.
- Provide strategic, tactical, and operational leadership in system, project, and resource development.
Job Requirements
Education:
- Graduation with a degree from a recognized university with specialization in computer science or systems engineering OR an acceptable combination of education, training, and experience.
Experience:
- A minimum of 5 years experience working in a multidisciplinary team of system and software development professionals with emphasis on requirements study, detailed design, coding standards, unit-integration-certification testing, implementation and software configuration.
- Extensive experience in software development and maintenance using C and C++ for real-time Linux based mission critical system.
- Experience in the processing of Air Traffic Control (ATC) radar surveillance data and related mathematical principles.
- Proficiency in object-oriented software design techniques and applications.
Knowledge:
- In-depth knowledge of Radar Data Processing systems, operations, processing of sensor data and related mathematical principles.
- Extensive experience with a range of technologies, programming languages, operating systems and tools, including hands-on development, system architecture design, and troubleshooting.
- Strong technical expertise in C/C++, Python, Linux with practical knowledge of network protocols and object-oriented methodologies and programming.
- In-depth knowledge of Systems Development and Life-Cycle principles (SDLC), including development, testing, implementation, and support of complex systems.
- Good knowledge of industry trends, emerging technologies, and real-time programming practices.
Abilities:
- Has excellent assessment, analytical and testing skills.
- Has strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Able to provide expert advice and opinions in functional area and able to coach and mentor team in the field of expertise.
- Able to lead multiple complex cross-functional projects and handle project management issues and recommend approaches.
- Adapts to changing priorities with minimal supervision, organize work and work effectively under pressure.
Personal Suitability:
- Works independently and in a team-lead capacity to deliver robust and maintainable software on-time and on-budget.
- Self-starter, quick learner demonstrates troubleshooting and problem-solving skills/abilities.
- Establishes and maintains appropriate interpersonal relationship with team members, colleagues, and superiors, key customers, suppliers and resolves conflicts effectively.
- Promotes teamwork, innovation, safety, quality, excellence, achievement, responsiveness.
Flexible work arrangements:
- This position is a hybrid position with a minimum of 3 days per week on site.
NAV CANADA is committed to building a skilled, diverse workforce reflective of Canadian society. If you do not believe that you match every job requirement listed on this job posting, we still encourage you to apply. NAV CANADA encourages a culture of learning and growth, and recognizes that although some technical skills are mandatory, many others can be taught.
Our Company strives to create an inclusive and barrier-free selection process and work environment. If you require accommodations during this competition process, please ensure that you inform the interview coordinator or hiring manager of any accommodation measures you may require. NAV CANADA will provide accommodations throughout the recruitment and selection process to applicants with disabilities as required.
The successful candidate must meet the security requirement of the position and be legally able to work in Canada.
We thank all applicants for their interest; only those selected for next steps will be contacted.
About NAV CANADA
NAV CANADA is the private sector, non-share capital corporation that owns and operates Canada's civil air navigation service (ANS).
NAV CANADA co-ordinates the safe and efficient movement of aircraft in Canadian domestic airspace and international airspace assigned to Canadian control. Through its coast to coast to coast operations, NAV CANADA provides air traffic control, flight information, weather briefings, aeronautical information, airport advisory services, and electronic aids to navigation.