Job title: Test Engineer
Company: Morson Canada
Workplace type: On-site
Job location: Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
Employment type: Full-time
Pay range: $65,000 to $90,000 CAD per year
Description:
Morson's client, a leading naval defence technology company in Dartmouth, NS, is hiring a Test Engineer. Their sonar, radar, and underwater systems are used by allied navies around the world.
This role is all about the test stations behind production. You’ll design, build, and maintain automated test equipment for complex defence systems, mostly in LabVIEW, and work closely with design, development, and manufacturing to keep quality high from design review through production.
Eligibility
You must be eligible for Government of Canada Reliability Status and the Controlled Goods Program. NATO clearance is started after you’re hired.
What you’ll do
- Design, develop, and maintain automated test equipment
- Build and maintain test software in National Instruments LabVIEW
- Create electronic drawings in tools like OrCAD
- Write test plans and procedures to verify product specs, and review test specs for completeness
- Troubleshoot test equipment, software, and methods when things go sideways
- Dig into test data and production yields to find failure trends and root causes
- Recommend and roll out improvements that make testing faster and more accurate
- Give input on Design for Test and Design for Manufacturing in design reviews
- Keep everything in line with military specs, industry standards, and QA procedures
What you bring
- A degree in Electrical, Computer, or Software Engineering, or a related field
- Hands-on experience building and maintaining test automation in LabVIEW
- Comfortable reading technical drawings, schematics, and system specs
- Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
- A good communicator who works well across engineering and tooling teams
Nice to have
- Python for test development and automation
- Experience with oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, power supplies, and data acquisition systems
- Test engineering experience in defence or aerospace
- Time in a high-volume production environment
- Statistical tools for data analysis and visualization
- Lean Six Sigma certification
What’s offered
- $65,000 to $90,000 CAD + 5% annual bonus
- 3 to 4 weeks of vacation (based on salary) plus 12 paid stat holidays
- Choice of a regular schedule or a nine-day fortnight (every second Friday off)
- Company-paid health and dental from day one
- Life insurance at 3x salary, plus AD&D, both company-paid
- 5% RRSP match, plus an optional TFSA
- Relocation assistance for candidates moving to Nova Scotia
Interested? Apply or message me directly.
