Software Integration & Test Lead

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Job Title: Software Integration & Test Lead

Job Location: Montréal, QC

Job Code: SWP5

Job Schedule: Day Shift

Compensation Range: Between $113,000 - $163,000 CDN annually

Essential Functions:

• Act as the system-level technical authority for integration, validation, and deployment readiness across multiple concurrent projects and test environments.
• Lead large, complex technical integration and validation initiatives of strategic importance to the organization, operating with minimal oversight or direction.
• Define, maintain, and evolve system-level validation strategies, standards, and approaches, ensuring consistency across test sites with differing configurations and objectives.
• Establish and implement operational plans for integration and validation activities that have measurable short-term impact on product readiness, customer acceptance, and project execution.
• Provide clear, evidence-based validation readiness and risk assessments prior to software releases, FAT, and STW, enabling informed management and customer decisions.
• Coordinate and align validation activities with test site teams, system engineers, software teams, and project stakeholders to ensure environment readiness and configuration coherence.
• Communicate and influence internal and external stakeholders, including customers, to align on validation scope, readiness status, and risk mitigation strategies.
• Investigate complex system-level issues observed during testing, FAT, STW, or field operation, conducting thorough root-cause analysis and guiding appropriate technical resolution paths.
• Support customer-facing validation activities, including FAT and STW, acting as a senior technical reference during critical project phases.
• Provide technical guidance, coaching, and knowledge sharing to engineers and testers across the organization within the area of system integration and validation.
• Drive continuous improvement of integration and test processes, methodologies, and supporting documentation.
• Contribute input to new products, system architectures, deployment approaches, and validation concepts that improve organizational capability and customer outcomes.
• Maintain and evolve technical artifacts such as system integration maps, validation strategies, deployment playbooks, and known failure mode documentation.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Software, Electrical, Computer, Systems Engineering, or a related discipline, or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 10+ years of relevant experience in software integration, system validation, testing, and/or deployment of complex systems.
• Recognized subject matter expert with comprehensive knowledge of system integration, validation, and test practices in complex, multi-disciplinary environments.
• In-depth experience providing technical leadership and authority for large, complex integration or validation initiatives with minimal oversight.
• Demonstrated ability to manage and coordinate large, complex technical activities across multiple projects, environments, and stakeholders.
• Strong system-level understanding of software interacting with hardware, deployment platforms, and operational environments.
• Proven experience conducting root-cause analysis on complex, ambiguous issues spanning software, integration, configuration, and environment domains.
• Hands-on experience with integration testing and system validation in real or simulated environments (test sites, laboratories, or field/operational environments).
• Experience supporting FAT, STW, or equivalent customer acceptance or commissioning activities.
• Experience using deployment platforms or tools as an end-user/operator; development or maintenance of such tools is not required.
• Demonstrated ability to influence practices, processes, and approaches across teams through technical expertise and credibility.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with experience communicating technical status, risks, and readiness to leadership, customers, and cross-functional teams.
• Familiarity with test automation, CI/CD pipelines, agile/DevOps methodologies, and support of legacy or obsolescent systems is an asset.
• Bilingualism (French and English) is required due to contractual obligations

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 Secret Level 2/NATO Secret security clearance.

L3Harris is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to treating all of its employees and job applicants with respect and dignity and to maintaining a workplace free from discrimination. Anyone applying for a position will be considered without regard to the following: race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, age, nationality, ancestry, ethnicity, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, family status, genetic characteristics, disability, citizenship status, or conviction for an offence for which a pardon has been granted or in respect of which a record suspension has been ordered, or any other characteristic that is protected by applicable human rights legislation.

L3Harris maintains a drug-free workplace and conducts pre-employment drug and alcohol testing and background checks, in accordance with applicable law. Such results are only accessible and viewed by individuals at L3Harris who have direct responsibility in the hiring process. If you fail to report for a drug and alcohol test, refuse to undergo such test or test positive for the presence of drugs or alcohol, the hiring process may be concluded or your offer of employment may be rescinded, in L3Harris’ sole discretion.

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At L3Harris, we foster an inclusive and equitable workplace. L3Harris is committed to treating all employees and applicants for employment with respect and dignity and maintaining a workplace that is free from unlawful discrimination. For applicants with disabilities, we will provide you with accommodation so that you have what you need in order to be at your best.

L3Harris performs background checks prior to employment as all applicants must be eligible for registration with the Controlled Goods Program and obtain and maintain a positive security assessment. Some positions may require a government of Canada “Reliability” status and/or Level 2 (Secret) security clearance. In addition, L3Harris performs pre-employment substance abuse testing where required.