Mechanical Design Lead

Aversan Inc; Montreal (administrative region); Hybrid; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Aversan Inc. in Montreal, QC, is seeking a Mechanical Design Lead to guide a multidisciplinary engineering team in developing safety-critical aerospace and space systems.

You will drive mechanical design execution, mentoring staff, and aligning projects with strategic objectives. The role emphasizes leadership, resource planning, and process improvement, including DFMs and collaboration with Program management.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years’ experience in engineering/manufacturing
• Strong leadership and people-management abilities
• French language proficiency preferred over English

Responsibilities

• Recruits and manages staff performance and development.
• Oversees group competency and applies DFMs.
• Leads or participates in technical troubleshooting and audits.

Skills

People leadership

Staff development

Bilingual communication

Job description

Mechanical Design Lead Aversan Inc. (www.aversan.com) is a trusted multi-service engineering and electronics manufacturing company. Aversan delivers leading-edge and reliable safety-critical electronics and software systems to the aerospace, defence, and space industries.

We are currently seeking a qualified Mechanical Design Lead to join our team. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record in mechanical design, strong leadership skills, and experience managing teams in a dynamic environment.

Location: Montreal, QC

Job Type: Full Time

Working Arrangement: Hybrid

Responsibilities

• Recruits’ employees, assigns, direct and evaluates their work. Monitors and manages overall employee performance, conducts annual performance appraisals and sets individual objectives.
• Provides staffing expertise to support the demand of Programs, R&D, and Business Development. Ensures that staffing supports the demand of current and future MDA programs.
• Develops staff to ensure necessary skill sets. Establishes and regularly updates succession plans for key skills to avoid single point failures and bottlenecks in resource allocation.
• Ensuring group competency remains abreast of state-of-the- art techniques in the respective engineering/manufacturing / support service disciplines.
• Oversee engineering facilities, processes, and tools required to support department activities and program needs.
• Identifies and manages facility conflicts between all programs for flight or development activities as appropriate to the department.
• Supports management of departmental overhead budget within allocation and provides forecasts to finance as required.
• Supports coordination of capital planning for the department. Proposes necessary capital investment items with proper financial justification and implements the procurement.
• Ensures the proper application of the company’s collective agreements.
• Participate in or lead Technical Overview Board (TOB) meetings.
• Coordinates and ensures distribution of lessons learned.
• Supports internal and external audits and ensure corrective actions are implemented as required.
• Promotes a Design for Manufacturing (DFM) culture.
• Participates in or leads technical troubleshooting and problem solving.
• Provides expert support to MRBs and customer enquiries where needed.
• Ensures proper application and adherence to overall company policies and processes by staff in the department.
• Supports development and maintenance of departmental specific policies, processes, work instructions and standards and ensures they are available to and followed by staff.
• Proposes and leads new initiatives or participates in initiatives for business process improvement (BPI) to improve departmental or global efficiency.
• Acts as the area owner and ensures all Health & Safety procedures and policies are adhered to and maintained.
• Provides support and participate in proposal activities
• Makes recommendations to the product development organization for new products and R&D initiatives in line with the company’s strategic direction.
• Supports and coordinates patent applications in conjunction with the product development organization. Ensures that the company’s trade secrets and proprietary information is protected and handled securely.
• Performs other tasks as required such as; leading proposals at the front end of the business, managing small projects or parts thereof, providing support to subcontract management, participating in collective agreement negotiations.

Basic Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years’ experience in the field of engineering / manufacturing
• Demonstrated superior ability for people skills, conflict resolution and leadership skills.
• Career aspirations to managing teams of people in a dynamic environment.
• Experience or interest in developing skills in resource management, negotiations, risk management techniques and financial reporting.
• Bilingual – more French than English
• Soft skills – people-oriented personality – KPI management / experience with 1:1 | performance reviews | pays | timesheets | motivation – growth conversations
• Mechanical engineers
• Knowledge of the tools will be an asset
• Strategic mindset
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in the field of engineering / manufacturing preferably in the space industry or related area.

Compensation: $90,000 – $120,000 CAD (annual salary) The base salary or rate offered to an applicant within this range is determined by considering several factors, including the individual's geographic location, skills, competencies, and unique qualifications. This ensures compensation is fair and aligned with the specific requirements and attributes of each candidate.

Vacancy Status: This posting is for an existing vacancy.

AI in Hiring: We use AI tools to assist with application management (e.g., organizing submissions and surfacing potentially relevant qualifications). AI is not used to make hiring decisions. All decisions are made by our hiring managers and recruitment team. Our use of AI is governed by security and privacy risk assessments aligned with our cybersecurity framework