Systems Engineer

Systems Engineer

This Systems Engineer role focuses on supporting multidisciplinary engineering teams responsible for vehicles and their subsystems, with a strong emphasis on functional safety, requirements management, and verification and validation. You will establish and evolve systems engineering processes aligned with the V-model, lead safety concept development and risk assessments, manage functional safety documentation and compliance, and build a world-class testing and validation capability, including HIL/SIL and automated test equipment. You will also act as a design owner for key safety-related products, including an innovative radar-based safety system and its integration with mobile equipment and remote control systems.

Responsibilities

• Support all engineering teams responsible for over 30 vehicle types and all associated subsystems, ensuring a consistent systems engineering approach.
• Establish, evolve, and execute internal systems engineering processes aligned with the Engineering V-model, from requirements generation through design, implementation, verification, and validation.
• Perform systematic reviews of international and regional standards relevant to mobile equipment and functional safety.
• Review customer specifications, use cases, and operational scenarios to generate clear, testable system and safety requirements.
• Lead the development of safety concepts and risk assessments for vehicle systems and subsystems.
• Collaborate with cross-disciplinary mechanical, electrical, and software teams to define safety-critical functions and appropriate risk reduction measures.
• Apply structured functional safety frameworks, such as the IEC 16-step Safety Lifecycle, to guide the development process.
• Use formal risk assessment methodologies to identify hazards, evaluate risks, and define safety functions and performance levels.
• Own the design of safety functions, ensuring they meet required performance levels (e.g., PLr, SIL) and integrate effectively with vehicle and control systems.
• Maintain comprehensive documentation of system architectures, configurations, and engineering processes to support traceability and audit readiness.
• Ensure compliance with relevant national and international regulations and industry best practices for functional safety and mobile equipment.
• Develop and maintain safety-related work products, including Safety Requirements Specifications (SRS) and Safety Validation Plans, using structured requirements management tools.
• Ensure audit readiness by providing clear evidence of conformity through rigorous documentation, traceability, and verification artifacts.
• Establish test cases linked directly to requirements within the chosen toolset to ensure complete coverage and regulatory compliance.
• Execute verification and validation tests, document results, and provide timely feedback to design teams to drive design improvements.
• Maintain and improve the test laboratory, aligning test methods with international testing standards and maintaining a strong focus on safety.
• Regularly review and update verification and validation statuses, ensuring systems are always ready for internal and external audits.
• Oversee the creation of verification artifacts, such as fault tree analyses and other safety analyses, ensuring alignment with required safety integrity levels.
• Use computational tools such as Sistema to validate reliability metrics, including MTTFd and DCavg, for system components and safety functions.
• Lead the establishment of a world-class testing facility and methodology for all testing activities, including the creation of automated test equipment (HIL, SIL, and simulation boards).
• Act as product design owner for safety systems, an area guarding system using radar sensors to monitor a detection zone between a remote-controlled vehicle and its operator.
• Define and refine the MSS detection zone behavior so that any encroachment from either the operator side or vehicle side triggers immediate braking and brings the vehicle to a safe stop.
• Own the mechanical, electrical, and software design of the radar barrier device, associated Wi-Fi access points, and their integration with vehicles and radio remote control systems.
• Collaborate closely with vehicle engineering teams to ensure seamless integration of safety systems with existing and new mobile equipment platforms.
• Support continuous improvement of systems engineering, functional safety, and testing processes across the organization.

Essential Skills

• Proven experience in systems engineering, including application of the Engineering V-model across the full product lifecycle.
• Hands-on experience with functional safety, including safety concept development, risk assessment, and design of safety functions.
• Strong capability in test design, including creation of test cases directly linked to requirements.
• Experience with verification and validation activities for complex electro-mechanical systems.
• Proficiency in requirements management, including structuring, tracing, and maintaining requirements throughout the lifecycle.
• Practical experience using requirements management tools such as DOORS or Jama (or comparable platforms).
• Ability to apply formal functional safety frameworks, such as the IEC 16-step Safety Lifecycle.
• Experience using computational tools such as Sistema to evaluate reliability metrics like MTTFd and DCavg.
• Knowledge of sensors and their application in safety-related systems.
• Familiarity with mobile equipment and vehicle systems, particularly in heavy or off-highway applications.
• Ability to maintain detailed documentation of system architecture, configurations, and safety work products.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret standards and customer specifications.
• Effective collaboration skills for working with cross-disciplinary mechanical, electrical, and software teams.

Job Type & Location

This is a Permanent position based out of Collingwood, ON.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $48.00 - $60.00/hr.

Workplace Type

This is a fully onsite position in Collingwood, ON.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

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• Hiring diverse talent
• Maintaining an inclusive environment through persistent self-reflection
• Building a culture of care, engagement, and recognition with clear outcomes
• Ensuring growth opportunities for our people

Actalent is an equal opportunity employer.

About Actalent

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Our Bangalore, Hyderabad, Pune, and Chennai delivery centers are hubs of engineering expertise, with core capabilities in mechanical and electrical engineering, systems and software, and manufacturing engineering. Our teams deliver work across multiple industries including transportation, consumer and industrial products, and life sciences. We serve more than 4,500 clients, including many Fortune 500 brands. Learn more about how we can work together at actalentservices.com.