Senior Manager, Systems Engineering – Hybrid (Ottawa)

Canadian Inclusion; Ottawa; Hybrid; CAD 140,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits package

RRSP match

Paid holidays

Employee discounts

Career development

Job summary

Thales Canada Defence & Security (TCDS) is seeking a Senior Manager, Systems Engineering. You will lead the SysEng discipline across the organization, act as Resource Manager for SysEng teams, and mentor engineers to achieve discipline excellence.

The role covers requirements analysis, design, development, integration, test and acceptance across commercial and military platforms. Occasional travel applies; hybrid Ottawa work model.

Qualifications

• Engineering degree or 3-year technical program diploma in a technical field.
• 8+ years of experience in the last 15 years managing a SysEng team.
• 8 years of experience in the last 15 years of responsibility for SysEng functions.
• 5+ years as Systems Engineering Manager for Capital or In-Service Support contracts.
• Expertise in at least one SysEng tool.
• Expertise in at least one SysEng standard.
• 8 years of experience as a people or resource manager.
• 5 years of experience managing a budget.
• 8 years of experience managing an Engineering Discipline, including policies and procedures.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English.

Responsibilities

• Leads a team of Resource Managers and provides resources for bids, projects and products.
• Heads the discipline, standardizes processes, tooling and governance.
• Manages SysEng planning, management and subcontractor activities.
• Defines metrics and technical performance measures for bids, projects and products.
• Drives Model-Based Systems Engineering capabilities and knowledge sharing.
• Performs SysEng work on bids, projects and products.

Skills

People management

Systems Engineering

English communication

French language

Education

Engineering degree or 3-year technical diploma

Master's degree (preferred)

Job description

Thales Canada Defence & Security (TCDS) is seeking a Senior Manager, Systems Engineering. You will lead the SysEng discipline across the organization, act as Resource Manager for SysEng teams, and mentor engineers to achieve discipline excellence.

The role covers requirements analysis, design, development, integration, test and acceptance across commercial and military platforms. Occasional travel applies; hybrid Ottawa work model.