Director, Systems Integration

Dominion Dynamics; Montreal; On-site; CAD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Equity for employees

Equity based on impact

Job summary

Dominion Dynamics in Canada is seeking an experienced Systems Architect to lead the architecture of a system-of-systems program bridging autonomy software and vehicle hardware. You will own integration across software autonomy, control interfaces, and airframe systems, driving ICDs and governance to ensure seamless interoperability.

You will steer architecture decisions, resolve cross-team conflicts, and build a scalable systems integration function, working closely with aerospace and autonomy

Qualifications

• Experience architecting systems of systems spanning software autonomy and a physical vehicle platform.
• Track record owning integration architecture across multiple engineering organizations.
• Deep comfort with interface control and requirements management between software/autonomy and hardware/vehicle teams.
• Experience resolving architecture-level conflicts and trade-offs with authority to decide.

Responsibilities

• Own the architecture for the system of systems — aircraft, peer platforms, control stations, sensors, and command posts.
• Bridge autonomy and aerospace organizations — translate autonomy needs into requirements for airframe/flight controls and vice versa.
• Define and control ICDs for mission autonomy software and vehicle systems and for all aircraft subsystems.
• Set systems integration standards, review processes, and governance for a program still forming the two organizations.
• Lead systems integration reviews and represent the integrated architecture at program-level design reviews.
• Identify and resolve architecture-level conflicts before they become schedule or safety risks.
• Build and mentor the systems integration function as the team scales.

Skills

Systems architecture

Integration architecture

Interface management

Conflict resolution

Systems integration lead

Education

Engineering degree

Job description

Reports to: Senior Vice President, Aerospace Engineering

Type: Full-Time

The Role

The aircraft doesn't operate alone — it's one node in a system of systems that includes peer aircraft, control stations, ground sensors, and command posts, and someone has to own the architecture that makes all of it function together. That's you. You define how mission autonomy, sensors, and payload systems interface with the aircraft's flight management, GNC, and avionics, and how the aircraft itself interfaces with the control stations, the fighter jets, sensors, and command posts around it — so a decision made anywhere in that system translates into something every other part can safely execute.

You sit across the autonomy and mission systems side and the aerospace engineering side, and when there are disagreements on where a capability lives or how an interface should behave, you're the one with the authority to resolve it at the architecture level, not elevate it and wait for someone else to decide.

What You'll Do

• Own the architecture for the system of systems — the aircraft, peer platforms, control stations, ground sensors, and command posts — defining how autonomy, mission systems, and the airframe/flight controls interface and interoperate across all of it.

• Bridge the autonomy organization and the aerospace engineering organization — translating what autonomy needs from the vehicle into requirements the airframe and flight controls teams can build to, and vice versa.

• Define and control interface control documents (ICDs) not only for mission autonomy software and the vehicle management/flight control systems, but also for all aircraft sub-systems.

• Set systems integration standards, review processes, and architecture governance for a program that's still defining both organizations underneath you.

• Lead systems integration reviews and represent the integrated architecture at program-level design reviews.

• Identify and resolve architecture-level conflicts between autonomy, mission systems, and vehicle-level constraints before they become schedule or safety risk.

• Build and mentor the systems integration function as the team scales.

What You Bring

• Experience architecting systems of systems that span software autonomy and a physical vehicle platform, not just one side of that boundary.

• A track record owning integration architecture across multiple engineering organizations, not just within one.

• Deep comfort with interface control and requirements management between software/autonomy teams and hardware/vehicle teams.

• Experience resolving architecture-level conflicts and trade-offs directly, with the authority to make the call.

• Comfortable building the systems integration function itself, not just operating inside an existing one.

• Engineering degree in a relevant discipline.

Nice to Have

• Experience on an autonomous or uncrewed aircraft program specifically.

• Background in Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) or systems architecture frameworks.

• Experience with flight-critical or safety-critical systems integration (DO-178C/DO-254 or equivalent).

• Exposure to RCAF, DND, or NATO airworthiness pathways for uncrewed systems.

No defence background required.

Why Join Us

Building something meaningful starts with the right people.

At Dominion Dynamics, you’ll:

• Shape Canada’s future by building real defence capability for the CAF and our allies.

• Make decisions that ship in a high-trust environment with short feedback loops and rapid iteration.

• Move fast, field faster, and work directly with the operator — our systems are in the field with the CAF now.

• Have an impact from day one with equity, responsibility, and direct access to leadership.

If you’re curious, hands‑on, and driven by the opportunity to make a difference, this is where you belong!

Compensation & Benefits

• Competitive base salary and company equity*

• Comprehensive health benefits

• Additional equity granted based on impact*

We use AI tools to support parts of the hiring process, including screening and reviewing responses. Final hiring decisions are always made by people and follow all applicable privacy and employment laws in Canada.

*Equity awarded to full time employees only.