Job Specifications
L3Harris is dedicated to recruiting and developing high-performing talent who are passionate about what they do. Our employees are unified in a shared dedication to our customers' mission and quest for professional growth. L3Harris provides an inclusive, engaging environment designed to empower employees and promote work-life success. Fundamental to our culture is an unwavering focus on values, dedication to our communities, and commitment to excellence in everything we do.
L3Harris Technologies is the Trusted Disruptor in the defense industry. With customers' mission-critical needs always in mind, our employees deliver end-to-end technology solutions connecting the space, air, land, sea and cyber domains in the interest of national security.
Operations Test Engineering - Software Co-op
Reference #26677
Waterdown, Ontario
About L3HARRIS WESCAM
As a subsidiary of L3Harris Technologies and within the Integrated Mission Systems Segment, the WESCAM division develops the most advanced optical sensor and targeting systems for global defense and military sectors, National Security, Search & Rescue and Airborne law enforcement agencies. From long-range covert surveillance missions to search and rescue operations, our MX-series systems, and the mission systems solutions they are a part of, produce stabilized high-magnification electro-optical and infrared images from airborne, marine and ground based platforms, enabling our customers to see first and act first.
About The Role
This is a 16 month co-op term to begin May 2026. The successful candidate will be a member our L3Harris Operations Test Engineering Software Team, you will provide test automation software to our production floor and vendors for testing circuit cards, assemblies and top level product.
Primary Responsibilities
We are looking for a skilled software developer who is passionate about coding, comfortable working in a team environment and embraces the opportunity to connect with customers to define and shape our solutions.
You will be expected to follow best practices/ standards and will have a broad range of responsibilities including:
Apply object oriented design (OOD) principles to deliver design and development work using .NET Core / MVC / C# / WPF / XAML.
Develop SQL queries, stored procedures, views and triggers.
Perform code reviews, debug and validation testing.
Create and maintain documentation.
Interact with customers.
Required Capabilities
Can work well and integrate within a team environment.
Self-driven and motivated with the ability to learn new technologies quickly.
Strong troubleshooting/debugging and problem solving skills.
Strong understanding of what it takes to have a production ready solution.
Fundamental understanding of .NET development technologies and tools (DevOps, Visual Studio, NuGet).
Fundamental understanding of C# (.NET, MVC/WebForms, Entity Framework, LINQ)
Familiarity understanding of HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, JQuery, BootStrap, AJAX, JSON, XML
Familiarity of relational database development (table and stored procedure design) using Microsoft SQL Server.
Familiarity understanding of coding methodologies, OOP (Object Oriented Programming), OOD (Object Oriented Design), SOA (service-oriented architecture), ETL (Extract, Transform, Load), Object Oriented, Optimization (indexing, recursive functions, reusable code)
Familiarity with Windows based security [Active Directory (AD)] authentication for intranet applications.
Excellent verbal and written communication and collaboration skills.
Software development experience (C#, .NET Core, .NET Framework and object oriented design and analysis).
Experience with Microsoft SQL relational database and stored procedure design.
Experience with Pipelines and source control [Azure DevOps, Git, Visual Studio] is desired.
Experience with Software Development Lifecycle methodologies (Git Flow).
Experience with ERP and PLM systems is an asset.
Experience with Microsoft Word is an asset
Desired Education And Experiences
Enrolled in University Degree or technology program in Software / Computer Engineering, or equivalent.
Must be able to complete a 16 month Co-Op term starting May 2026
Currently enrolled and in good standing with co-op program through accredited university
Able to obtain Canadian Controlled Goods Program (CGP) clearance
Diversity & Inclusion
We believe that diversity among our employees makes us a stronger organization.
We are committed to diversity and inclusion within our L3Harris WESCAM family, and our community by welcoming and encouraging applications from anyone interested without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran's status, Aboriginal status or any other legally-protected groups. For people with disabilities, we work with you throughout the recruitment process to ensure you have what you need in order to be at your best. If you require any accommodation fo