Robotics & Hardware PM - Startup Execution Lead

Impossible Metals Inc.; Collingwood; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options in this early-stage

Four weeks paid vacation

Flexible hours

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

RRSP matching

Job summary

Impossible Metals Canada is seeking an experienced Engineering Project Manager to plan, coordinate, and drive complex multidisciplinary engineering projects spanning robotics, subsea systems, electrical and mechanical work, software, manufacturing, testing, and offshore operations.

The role sits at the intersection of engineering, operations, procurement, fabrication, testing, and field deployment, reporting to engineering leadership to translate objectives into executable project plans and

Qualifications

• Several years of experience managing engineering, product development, or other technically complex projects.
• Experience coordinating multidisciplinary engineering teams and projects involving multiple technical workstreams.
• Experience managing schedules that have a high level of uncertainty and change throughout the project.
• Experience managing projects involving physical products, hardware development, manufacturing, system integration, testing, or field operations.
• Strong ability to develop and maintain project schedules, milestones, dependencies, risk registers, and action tracking.
• Ability to understand how delays, design changes, resource constraints, or decisions in one technical area affect the broader system and project plan.
• Strong technical literacy and the ability to participate meaningfully in engineering discussions without needing to be the technical authority.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with engineers, technical leads, operations personnel, suppliers, and senior leadership.
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple concurrent workstreams and changing priorities.
• Ability to bring structure to ambiguous projects without creating unnecessary process or bureaucracy.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to clearly communicate what is on track, what is at risk, why it is at risk, and what action or decision is required.
• Comfort challenging assumptions, following up on commitments, and holding teams accountable to agreed deliverables.
• Strong judgment regarding when to resolve an issue within the team and when escalation is required.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-moving startup environment.
• Alignment with Impossible Metals' mission and values

Responsibilities

• Developing and maintaining integrated project plans for engineering development, prototype builds, system integration, testing, and deployment activities
• Translating technical objectives into clear milestones, deliverables, owners, dependencies, and timelines
• Coordinating work across mechanical, electrical, software, controls, manufacturing, operations, and field teams
• Working with technical leads to establish realistic schedules and ensure priorities, dependencies, and resource requirements are understood
• Tracking project progress and proactively identifying schedule risks, resource constraints, blockers, and competing priorities
• Driving resolution of cross-functional issues and escalating decisions when appropriate
• Leading project planning meetings, status reviews, action tracking, risk management, and other project cadences
• Coordinating engineering activities with procurement, suppliers, fabrication partners, logistics, testing, and operations
• Supporting planning and execution for prototype builds, test campaigns, mobilizations, vessel integration, and offshore or field deployments
• Planning around long-lead materials, external vendors, equipment availability, testing facilities, and other critical dependencies
• Ensuring decisions and changes affecting project scope, timing, cost, or system integration are documented and communicated to the appropriate teams
• Providing concise, accurate reporting to engineering and company leadership on project status, upcoming milestones, risks, and decisions required
• Improving and standardizing project management practices as the engineering organization grows
• Leading post-project and post-deployment reviews and ensuring lessons learned are incorporated into future planning

Skills

Engineering project management

Cross-functional coordination

Multidisciplinary teams

Schedule management

Technical literacy

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Startup environment

Mission alignment

Education

Engineering, engineering technology, or related post-secondary education

PMP or similar certification

Job description

Impossible Metals Canada is seeking an experienced Engineering Project Manager to plan, coordinate, and drive complex multidisciplinary engineering projects spanning robotics, subsea systems, electrical and mechanical work, software, manufacturing, testing, and offshore operations.

The role sits at the intersection of engineering, operations, procurement, fabrication, testing, and field deployment, reporting to engineering leadership to translate objectives into executable project plans and