Principal Defence Systems Engineer is open at Skywatch in Ottawa ON | Hybrid. The posting gives a salary of CA$200K - CA$240K. Posted on Sep 30, 2026, and still on Skywatch’s careers page when we last checked, on Nov 14, 2026.
About the role
You own the architecture of the sovereign product line and the roadmap and delivery of the Government & Defence engineering team. You build the team from the ground up, about six engineers and two continuously staffed co-op seats over 2027, and you are the technical acceptance authority at each delivery milestone. Reporting to the CEO, you have real say over what gets built and how. That means your calls have to be…
The opening lines of the posting. The rest is on Skywatch’s careers page.
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