Senior Requirements Engineer

Ottawa On. Halifax N.S. Fredericton N.B. Victoria B.C. (CAN.) Hybrid

Thales Canada Defence & Security is engaged in supporting the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) through its In-Service Support (ISS) Programs. Between the AOPS & JSS In-Service Support (AJISS) and Minor Warships & Auxiliary Vessels (MWAV) programs Thales Canada provides support to over 70% of the RCN fleet. Thales Canada is leveraging cutting edge solutions to deliver preventative and corrective maintenance Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) Program Management Engineering and Lifecycle Material Management (LCMM) and new capabilities to numerous platforms.

Thales requires a Senior Requirements Engineer to join the requirements management team. The requirements management team is central to AJISS program success ensuring that all contractual technical and regulatory requirements are systematically captured traced verified and controlled throughout the vessel support lifecycle. We are building a dedicated team to establish enterprise-wide requirements visibility support performance incentive achievement (SRVF) and maintain audit-ready compliance documentation.

You will join the Requirements Management team located in Ottawa Canada working in a collaborative environment with Canada/DND stakeholders engineering teams and integrated project teams to deliver mission-critical requirements management capabilities.

Requirements Engineers strive to understand the end-users needs limitations and concept of employment for the system and ensure that they are accurately captured analyzed documented and maintained throughout the system lifecycle. They play a significant role in ensuring that we build systems which are fit for purpose and not merely technically compliant.

The essential functions and responsibilities of a requirements engineer include:

• Leadthe elicitation analysis and documentationof system subsystem and interface requirements. Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure requirements and related work products are consistent with the needs desires and concerns of the end-users.
• Ensure that requirements are unambiguous feasible testable and verifiable. Develop and maintainrequirements specificationsand related artefacts in the approved requirements management tool.
• Ensurebidirectional traceabilitybetween requirements and architecture/design verification and validation artefacts. Perform / Review requirements decomposition / fan-out including coverage and gap analysis. Plan and participate inrequirements reviews walkthroughs and signoff activities with engineering and customer representatives.
• Managerequirements baselines and changes including impact analysis and configuration control.

This role leads the technical implementation of requirements management processes and tools typical duties will include:

• Designing and maintaining the requirements architecture in IBM DOORS/Polarion ALM. Building and maintaining the Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM) with bidirectional links.
• Configuring tool modules views attributes and automated compliance reports. Designing & developing the points-of-contact between DOORS IPESA DRMIS and PfMS. Leading complex requirements decomposition and contract amendment impact analysis.
• Creating technical procedures for requirements flowdown and verification method assignment. Mentoring intermediate and junior team members on tool usage and requirements best practices

OBJECTIVE: To provide products and customer solutions in consistency with all stakeholders needs and entity policies as well as continuously enhance engineering competitiveness

• University or college degree in engineering or a related discipline.
• At least 12 years of professional experience in the design and integration of complex systems in commercial and/or military domains.
• At least 5 years of professional experience with a major focus on requirements.
• Ability to succeed in cross-functional/multidisciplinary teams.

In addition to the minimum professional experience specified above experience in any of the following areas would be considered an asset:

• Requirements management tools such as DOORS and/or Polarion;
• Familiarity with DXL;
• Scripting and Integration technologies - REST APIs XML/ReqIF exchange formats Python Database queries;
• Experience in the in-service-support of naval platforms;
• P. Eng designation is preferred.

In addition to the minimum professional experience specified above experience in any of the following areas would be considered an asset:

• IREB Certified Professional for Requirements Engineering (CPRE) - Foundation or Advanced
• INCOSE Systems Engineering Professional (SEP) or Associate (ASEP)
• ISO/IEC/IEEE 29148
• INCOSE SE Handbook

Full time standard business hours. Possibility of travel to east or west coast sites for technical support / installation onboard ships in dock.

What We Offer
* Thales provides an extensive benefits program for all full-time employees working 24 or more hours per week and their eligible dependents including the following:
* Company paid Extended Health Dental HSA Life AD&D Short-term Disability Cancer Care Program travel insurance Employee Assistance Plan and Well-Being program.
* Retirement Savings Plans (RRSP DCPP TFSA) with a company contribution and a match to a DCPP with no vesting period.
* Company paid holidays vacation days and paid sick leave.
* Voluntary Life AD&D Critical Illness Long-Term Disability.
* Employee Discounts on home auto and gym membership.

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The reference Total Target Compensation(TTC) market range for this position inclusive of annual base salary and the variable compensation target is between Total Target Cash 90000.00 - 110000 CDN Annual.

This reflects how companies in a similar industry and geographic region generally pay for similar jobs. This range helps the Company make pay decisions as one data point among many. Where a position falls within this range is also dependent on other factors including but not limited to the employees career path history competencies skills and performance as well as the companys annual salary budget the customers program requirements and the companys internal equity. Thales may offer additional benefits and other compensation depending on circumstances not related to an applicants status protected by local state or federal law.

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Thales provides an extensive benefits program for all full-time employees working 24 or more hours per week and their eligible dependents including the following:

Company paid Extended Health Dental HSA Life AD&D Short-term Disability Cancer Care Program travel insurance Employee Assistance Plan and Well-Being program.

Retirement Savings Plans (RRSP DCPP TFSA) with a company contribution and a match to a DCPP with no vesting period.

Company paid holidays vacation days and paid sick leave.

Voluntary Life AD&D Critical Illness Long-Term Disability.

Employee Discounts on home auto and gym membership.

Thales is an equal opportunity employer which values diversity and inclusivity in the workplace. Thales is committed to providing accommodations in all parts of the interview process. Applicants selected for an interview who require accommodation are asked to advise accordingly upon the invitation for an interview. We will work with you to meet your needs. All accommodation information provided will be treated as confidential and used only for the purpose of providing an accessible candidate experience.