| Location: | London, ON |
| Date Posted: | Aug 23, 2024 |
Job Description
Validation and Verification Systems Engineer
With over 40 years of fielding Canadian military vehicles, General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada has a proven capability of supporting our armed forces over the long haul. Recently, we successfully completed the upgrade of the Canadian Army’s LAV III fleet, providing it with a flexible, multipurpose capability to effectively respond to a full range of operations, ensuring that the LAV remains the backbone of the Canadian Army. The Military Truck programs opportunity expands on this capability into adjacent market segments of logistical trucks and ancillary equipment. If you have, the pedigree needed to fulfill the commitment, innovation and record of accomplishment for on time delivery of projects, this opportunity is for you.
Position Description:
Position Requirements:
Eligibility Criteria:
Preferred Qualifications:
Working Environment:
Physical Conditions and Hazards:
Physical Demands Description:
This section objectively captures and describes the physical demands that are required to perform a particular job or role. Usually completed by the ergonomist.
Usual mobility demands required are standing, walking, sitting, and stair climbing to access upper offices.
Equipment Utilized:
This section describes the type of equipment an employee is required to use:
Computer
Phone
Mobile device
Medical Surveillance:
May include: Anthropometrical Size Restrictions depending on task
Personal Protective Equipment:
Applicable when interacting with shop floor (safety shoes, safety glasses, hearing protection. extraction coveralls)
Description
Background:With over 40 years of fielding Canadian military vehicles, General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada has a proven capability of supporting our armed forces over the long haul. Recently, we successfully completed the upgrade of the Canadian Army’s LAV III fleet, providing it with a flexible, multipurpose capability to effectively respond to a full range of operations, ensuring that the LAV remains the backbone of the Canadian Army. The Military Truck programs opportunity expands on this capability into adjacent market segments of logistical trucks and ancillary equipment. If you have, the pedigree needed to fulfill the commitment, innovation and record of accomplishment for on time delivery of projects, this opportunity is for you.
Position Description:
- Support Subcontract SOW, DID, and Technical Specification Development
- Support design verification and reporting activities:
- Review and determine acceptance of qualification test plans
- Obtain and document objective evidence of design requirement compliance
- Coordinate inspection activities for critical components as required
- Review and approve vendor verification plans
- Interface with Project Engineering and GDLS-C subject matter experts, to ensure vendor requirements have been suitably verified.
- Develop and maintain Quality Assurance Provisions (QAPs).
- Apply Quality Clauses, obtain verification data and determine acceptance of prototype part procurements
- Disposition discrepant material that has been quarantined during prototype builds.
- Develop and support Project Quality Plans
- Liaise with the production Product Assurance (PA) organization to ensure a whole system approach to verification
Position Requirements:
- University Degree or College Diploma in Engineering or a technical field
- Minimum 5 years of experience in Mechanical Engineering or Systems Engineering
- Excellent attention to detail
- Strong technical and analytical ability
- Product knowledge of Military/LAV family of vehicles
- Superior organizational skills with the ability to be agile, set priorities and multi-task under pressure
- Strong systems thinking perspective
- Ability to travel (20% Canadian, 20% US & International) and possess/be able to acquire and maintain a valid passport.
Eligibility Criteria:
- Must be eligible for registration with the Controlled Goods Program;
- Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a government of Canada “Reliability” status and/or Level 2 (Secret) security clearance;
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience in the application and industry knowledge for Heavy Truck (Class 8) and Ancillary Equipment solutions
- Demonstrated ability to work in a cross-functional team and provide technical leadership and direction as appropriate
- Strong knowledge of cross-departmental procedures/practices
- Knowledge of vehicle design practices
- Experience with Data/Knowledge Management systems and practices
- Exposure to Systems requirements definition, analysis, allocations
- Exposure to Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) methodology and tools
- Working knowledge of GDLS Internal Process System and Systems Engineering Fundamentals
Working Environment:
- Office/Shop Floor
Physical Conditions and Hazards:
- The conditions in which an individual or staff works, including but not limited to such things as amenities, physical environment, stress and noise levels, degree of safety or danger, temperature, location.
- Nature of Supervision: Minimal (Self-directed work)
- Work Interruptions and Distractions: Medium/significant,
- Physical Environment: Office
- Hazards: NA
Physical Demands Description:
This section objectively captures and describes the physical demands that are required to perform a particular job or role. Usually completed by the ergonomist.
Usual mobility demands required are standing, walking, sitting, and stair climbing to access upper offices.
Equipment Utilized:
This section describes the type of equipment an employee is required to use:
Computer
Phone
Mobile device
Medical Surveillance:
May include: Anthropometrical Size Restrictions depending on task
Personal Protective Equipment:
Applicable when interacting with shop floor (safety shoes, safety glasses, hearing protection. extraction coveralls)
General Dynamics Land Systems–Canada is committed to providing a diverse, equitable and inclusive environment for our employees. We welcome and encourage applications from women, members of racialized groups/visible minorities, Indigenous Persons, persons with disabilities, persons of any sexual orientation, and persons of any gender identity or expression.
If you require an accommodation to assist you with any aspect of the hiring process, we will work with you to meet your needs. Contact londonHR@gdls.com if you need accommodation.
It is a requirement that General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada be registered with the Canadian Controlled Goods Program and that all of its workforce be security assessed. As such, successful applicants must meet all applicable security requirements, including, but not limited to, the ability to obtain and maintain a Canadian government security clearance to secret level.