Requirements Engineering Specialist

Requirements Engineering Specialist
Ottawa, ON

Mist Mobility Integrated Systems Technology is a pioneering company in the field of precision aerial delivery and recovery systems including the Sherpa™ family of GPS guided parafoils, Space Recovery Systems, LaunchPADS™ Multi-Mission Manager, SkyLink™ Parachutist Navigation and Situational Awareness System, and other support equipment. With a strong commitment to innovation and excellence, we have established ourselves as the industry leader. Our cutting-edge technologies and solutions are trusted by military and commercial customers worldwide. We are currently seeking a Requirements Engineering Specialist to join our Ottawa based team who will lead the definition, management, and traceability of system and subsystem requirements and convert mission needs into clear, testable engineering requirements that support safe, certifiable, and high‑performance systems!

What will you be doing?

• You will work closely with product, engineering, testing and manufacturing teams to ensure that customer, regulatory, and internal requirements are clearly defined, verifiable, and implemented throughout the product lifecycle.


• Elicit, analyze, and document system, and subsystem requirements (guidance, navigation, control, avionics, software, etc).


• Translate customer, operational, and regulatory needs into clear, testable, and traceable requirements.


• Maintain requirements traceability across the full V-model lifecycle, from concept through verification and validation.


• Manage requirements using tools such as Jira, ReqView, DOORS, Polarion, or similar.


• Support system architecture trades and ensure requirements alignment with design decisions.


• Participate in design reviews and support certification or customer acceptance activities.


• Collaborate with MMIST’s engineering and operations teams to capture feedback and refine requirements.


• Identify and manage requirement changes, risks, and dependencies throughout development.


• Define and support verification and validation (V&V) strategies, including test cases, analyses, inspections, and demonstrations.

What do we need from you?

• Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.


• Strong experience in requirements engineering for complex technical systems. Ideally with experience in aerospace, defense, UAVs, or autonomous systems.


• Experience working with embedded systems involving software, electronics, and mechanical components ideally with safety-critical or mission-critical systems.


• Strong understanding of systems engineering processes and lifecycle models (e.g., V-model).


• Ability to write clear, concise, and testable requirements.


• Familiarity with requirements management and traceability tools.


• Knowledge of GNSS, IMUs, control systems would be an asset


• Familiarity with standards such as DO-178, DO-254, ARP4754, MIL-STD-499 would also be highly desirable

Compliance Statement
This position may require exposure to export-controlled information and is subject to additional security screening. In the event information provided during the security screening reveals ineligibility to access export-controlled information, any offer of employment may be reconsidered or withdrawn.
MMIST values diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.
If you require accommodation due to a disability at any time during the recruitment and/or assessment process, please contact Talent Acquisition and we will make all reasonable efforts to accommodate your request.
For this job an equivalent combination of education and experience, which results in demonstrated ability to apply skills will also be considered.