Mechanical Lead Engineer - Interiors Development Center

ALSTOM Gruppe; Saint-Bruno; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent transportation firm is seeking a Mechanical Lead Engineer for its Interiors Development Center in Saint-Bruno, Canada. This role involves managing a team responsible for developing components and ensuring quality designs within budget and timelines. The ideal candidate will have at least 5 years of experience in Interiors engineering within the railway industry and proficiency in CATIA V5. Candidates must be bilingual in French and English and capable of working effectively under pressure.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years’ experience in Interiors engineering in Railway industry.
• Experience working with suppliers.
• Ability to manage small engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of Interiors engineers and external sub-contractors.
• Provide technical support to project managers.
• Ensure deliverables quality and acceptance by internal customers.
• Support Validation Engineer in establishing Certification & Validation Plans.
• Manage Risk Assessment and Mitigation Plan.

Skills

Interiors engineering

CATIA V5

Supplier management

Management of engineering teams

Bilingual (French & English)

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

CATIA V5

Job description

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Mechanical Lead Engineer - Interiors Development Center (CDS Interiors)

Date: 31 Jan 2026

Company: Alstom

At Alstom, we understand transport networks and what moves people. From high-speed trains, metros, monorails, and trams, to turnkey systems, services, infrastructure, signalling and digital mobility, we offer our diverse customers the broadest portfolio in the industry. Every day, more than 80 000 colleagues lead the way to greener and smarter mobility worldwide, connecting cities as we reduce carbon and replace cars.

Join us as Mechanical Lead Engineer, Interiors Development Center (CDS), and you’ll be looking at a career-defining role based in St-Bruno, Canada.

As Mechanical Lead Engineer of the new Interiors Development Site (CDS), you and your team will be accountable for the interior’s parts development and engineering of passenger interiors and/or front end and/or driver cab in tender and project phases. You will be responsible to deliver quality designs, and meeting the objectives in terms of costs, time, performances.

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES WILL BE:

Manage:

• Manage functionally a team of Interiors engineers and/or external engineering sub-contractors.
• Provide technical support to allow Interiors project manager and Engineering Group Leader to monitor supplier engineering
• Deploy and apply development procedures, catalogue, and standard solutions.
• Ensure deliverables quality & their acceptance by internal customer
• Define concept of interior fitting according to standard solution of CDS rules
• Organize Design / Verification reviews and provides the associated reports.
• Be responsible for the respect of recurring and non-recurring cost targets for interior parts of his/her scope
• Be responsible for the respect of interiors parts engineering planning on his/her scope
• Support Validation Engineer in establishing Certification & Validation Plans (including F&S and Safety).
• Ensure configuration management of his/her scope
• Provide inputs for the mock-up activity
• Provide support to industrialization and production teams during manufacturing ramp-up.
• Prepare activities of CAD and Mechanical Engineers
• Support Quality team during Suppliers reviews

Provide support to procurement:

• Analyze the suppliers technical offers (clause by clause)
• Participate to Business Award preparation in project phase

Monitor, control and consolidate his/her scope. As such:

• Organize and lead his/her scope reviews
• Manage Risk Assessment and Mitigation Plan
• Report his/her targets to Engineering Group Leader

AS OUR IDEAL CANDIDATE:

• You are an engineer with minimum 5 years’ experience in Interiors engineering in Railway industry
• You know and use CATIA V5
• You have already worked with Suppliers
• You are able to demonstrate management of small engineering teams
• You have the ability to prioritize and to work effectively under pressure to meet the deadline.
• You are able to work in an international environment and matrix organization structure.
• You have good written and spoken communication skills (French & English).

You don’t need to be a train enthusiast to thrive with us. We guarantee that when you step onto one of our trains with your friends or family, you’ll be proud. If you’re up for the challenge, we’d love to hear from you!

Important to note

As a global business, we’re an equal-opportunity employer that celebrates diversity across the 63 countries we operate in. We’re committed to creating an inclusive workplace for everyone.