Senior Systems Engineer
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Senior Systems Engineer
SEA Canada | Ottawa, ON (Onsite)
Engineered to Protect, that’s our promise, we protect what matters - our nations, our waters, our land, our cities, our people, our environment, our world.
SEA Canada is looking for an experienced Senior Systems Engineer to join our Ottawa-based engineering team. This is a hands-on, high‑impact role supporting advanced defence and security products throughout their lifecycle, from concept through in‑service support. You’ll work as part of a multi‑disciplinary, international team, collaborating closely with colleagues in Canada and the UK.
Competitive salary and benefits on offer. This role offers hybrid working, with 3 days per week required in the office.
The Role
As a Senior Systems Engineer, you will take technical responsibility for systems engineering activities supporting SEA products in the Canadian market. You will contribute to system design, requirements management, integration, verification and validation, and customer support, while also playing a key role in business development and bid activities.
This position involves working with sensitive information; successful candidates must be eligible to obtain a Canadian security clearance.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage system requirements across the full engineering lifecycle, ensuring traceability, configuration control, and verification & validation
- Develop system design specifications, analyses, and supporting technical documentation using structured systems engineering methodologies
- Lead and coordinate engineering work packages, including planning, execution, and delivery to cost, quality, and schedule
- Support system integration, testing, qualification, and issue resolution activities
- Provide technical input to bids, proposals, and business development activities, including effort estimation
- Interface directly with internal stakeholders, UK-based engineering teams, and external customers
- Prepare and deliver technical documentation and presentations for both technical and senior management audiences
- Support in‑service products with system information, handbooks, and reliability data
- Contribute to the evaluation and adoption of new technologies, tools, and engineering methods
- Actively promote and demonstrate SEA’s environmental, health & safety values at all times
What We’re Looking For
- Strong experience in systems engineering within complex, multi‑disciplinary environments
- Proven capability in requirements management, system analysis, integration, and V&V
- Confidence leading technical work packages and coordinating across engineering disciplines
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts clearly
- Experience working with customers and supporting bid or proposal activities
- A collaborative mindset and commitment to quality, safety, and continuous improvement
Why Join SEA?
At SEA, our values guide everything we do:
- Safety First – We protect our people and the environment
- One SEA Team – We work together ethically, respectfully, and professionally
- People Focused – We support growth, development, and work‑life balance
- Delivery Excellence – We deliver high‑quality results and continuously improve
- Trusted Partners – We act with integrity, internally and externally
Location & Reporting
- Location: Onsite at SEA Canada’s Ottawa facility
- Reporting to: Engineering Lead, SEA Canada
What we offer
We encourage innovation, flexibility and out-of-the-box thinking to solve problems, so we’re always looking for talented, flexible, and creative people to bring their best to SEA. In return we offer generous rewards, a fantastic work/life balance, and excellent career and training opportunities that include:
- Medical and dental benefits.
- RRSP matching.
- 20 days annual vacation.
- Half day Fridays.
- Flexible working arrangements.
- All Staff bonus
If you’re a systems engineer looking to work on technically challenging projects in a collaborative international environment, we’d love to hear from you.
Join****us and be part of something smaller, doing something bigger: protecting what matters.
Not the right fit? Search for Systems Engineer jobs in Ottawa, ON
About Systems Engineering & Assessment Ltd
For over 60 years, SEA has delivered research, development, manufacturing, training, and support of complex maritime systems to the Royal Navy, international partners, and customers across the globe. We are also the UK’s leading provider of intelligent traffic management solutions, offering a range of enforcement technologies designed for supporting the demands of the current Traffic Management and Civil Enforcement Acts.
In the defence domain, we have applications in ship protection, agile-platform anti-submarine warfare and integrated underwater situational awareness. We manufacture and support a wide range of systems designed to provide a rapid response to threats, defend a fleet against attack, track and monitor targets, and ensure system effectiveness and interoperation. Our complex systems are in-service globally and provide agile solutions in nature’s most challenging environment.
In the traffic management domain, we supply high-integrity software and systems development for complex engineering environments. Our mobile, fixed and portable enforcement systems utilise modern 3D vehicle tracking software, visible and infra-red cameras, encrypted evidence pack data collection/handling and secure interfacing with a wide range of back-office equipment suppliers. Our systems and products support transport organisations such as TfL, Network Rail and UK councils.
Our systems are underpinned by robust research, training and simulation capabilities.
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Senior Systems Engineer
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About the role
About The Role
Senior Systems Engineer
SEA Canada | Ottawa, ON (Onsite)
Engineered to Protect, that’s our promise, we protect what matters - our nations, our waters, our land, our cities, our people, our environment, our world.
SEA Canada is looking for an experienced Senior Systems Engineer to join our Ottawa-based engineering team. This is a hands-on, high‑impact role supporting advanced defence and security products throughout their lifecycle, from concept through in‑service support. You’ll work as part of a multi‑disciplinary, international team, collaborating closely with colleagues in Canada and the UK.
Competitive salary and benefits on offer. This role offers hybrid working, with 3 days per week required in the office.
The Role
As a Senior Systems Engineer, you will take technical responsibility for systems engineering activities supporting SEA products in the Canadian market. You will contribute to system design, requirements management, integration, verification and validation, and customer support, while also playing a key role in business development and bid activities.
This position involves working with sensitive information; successful candidates must be eligible to obtain a Canadian security clearance.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage system requirements across the full engineering lifecycle, ensuring traceability, configuration control, and verification & validation
- Develop system design specifications, analyses, and supporting technical documentation using structured systems engineering methodologies
- Lead and coordinate engineering work packages, including planning, execution, and delivery to cost, quality, and schedule
- Support system integration, testing, qualification, and issue resolution activities
- Provide technical input to bids, proposals, and business development activities, including effort estimation
- Interface directly with internal stakeholders, UK-based engineering teams, and external customers
- Prepare and deliver technical documentation and presentations for both technical and senior management audiences
- Support in‑service products with system information, handbooks, and reliability data
- Contribute to the evaluation and adoption of new technologies, tools, and engineering methods
- Actively promote and demonstrate SEA’s environmental, health & safety values at all times
What We’re Looking For
- Strong experience in systems engineering within complex, multi‑disciplinary environments
- Proven capability in requirements management, system analysis, integration, and V&V
- Confidence leading technical work packages and coordinating across engineering disciplines
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts clearly
- Experience working with customers and supporting bid or proposal activities
- A collaborative mindset and commitment to quality, safety, and continuous improvement
Why Join SEA?
At SEA, our values guide everything we do:
- Safety First – We protect our people and the environment
- One SEA Team – We work together ethically, respectfully, and professionally
- People Focused – We support growth, development, and work‑life balance
- Delivery Excellence – We deliver high‑quality results and continuously improve
- Trusted Partners – We act with integrity, internally and externally
Location & Reporting
- Location: Onsite at SEA Canada’s Ottawa facility
- Reporting to: Engineering Lead, SEA Canada
What we offer
We encourage innovation, flexibility and out-of-the-box thinking to solve problems, so we’re always looking for talented, flexible, and creative people to bring their best to SEA. In return we offer generous rewards, a fantastic work/life balance, and excellent career and training opportunities that include:
- Medical and dental benefits.
- RRSP matching.
- 20 days annual vacation.
- Half day Fridays.
- Flexible working arrangements.
- All Staff bonus
If you’re a systems engineer looking to work on technically challenging projects in a collaborative international environment, we’d love to hear from you.
Join****us and be part of something smaller, doing something bigger: protecting what matters.
Not the right fit? Search for Systems Engineer jobs in Ottawa, ON
About Systems Engineering & Assessment Ltd
For over 60 years, SEA has delivered research, development, manufacturing, training, and support of complex maritime systems to the Royal Navy, international partners, and customers across the globe. We are also the UK’s leading provider of intelligent traffic management solutions, offering a range of enforcement technologies designed for supporting the demands of the current Traffic Management and Civil Enforcement Acts.
In the defence domain, we have applications in ship protection, agile-platform anti-submarine warfare and integrated underwater situational awareness. We manufacture and support a wide range of systems designed to provide a rapid response to threats, defend a fleet against attack, track and monitor targets, and ensure system effectiveness and interoperation. Our complex systems are in-service globally and provide agile solutions in nature’s most challenging environment.
In the traffic management domain, we supply high-integrity software and systems development for complex engineering environments. Our mobile, fixed and portable enforcement systems utilise modern 3D vehicle tracking software, visible and infra-red cameras, encrypted evidence pack data collection/handling and secure interfacing with a wide range of back-office equipment suppliers. Our systems and products support transport organisations such as TfL, Network Rail and UK councils.
Our systems are underpinned by robust research, training and simulation capabilities.