Senior Manager - Systems Requirements

Systra; Toronto; On-site; CAD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

SYSTRA Canada is a leading engineering consultancy in transportation infrastructure, seeking a Senior Manager, Systems Engineering Management (Requirements). You will lead requirements management across the GO Expansion program, ensuring governance, traceability and control from objectives through validation.

You will mentor teams, coordinate across disciplines, manage interfaces with partners and apply ISO/IEC/IEEE standards to ensure robust system design and safety compliance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline required; master's preferred.
• Minimum 10 years of relevant engineering experience.
• Proven leadership in systems engineering and requirements management.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and governance of requirements management plans and processes.
• Maintain end-to-end traceability from objectives to design, testing and validation.
• Coordinate requirements across civil, track, signals, communications, electrification and rolling stock.
• Manage interfaces with delivery partners and stakeholders to align requirements and specs.
• Oversee use of requirements tools and support RAMS activities.

Skills

Systems engineering leadership

Requirements management

Stakeholder engagement

Risk management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Master's degree considered an asset

Tools

IBM DOORS Next Generation

Job description

SYSTRA Canada is part of the SYSTRA group, an international consulting and engineering group, a world leader in the design of transport infrastructures. SYSTRA Canada is an engineering and consulting firm whose primary focus is to offer transportation solutions, whether for passengers or goods: feasibility studies of building a new railway line, increasing the capacity of the existing infrastructure, privatization of a railway.

Understand better who we are by visiting www.systracanada.com.

Context

The Senior Manager, Systems Engineering Management (Requirements) is responsible for leading requirements management activities across the GO Expansion program and ensuring effective governance, traceability and control of system-level requirements throughout the project lifecycle.

Missions/Main Duties

• Leading the development, implementation and governance of Requirements Management Plans and associated processes.

• Establishing and maintaining requirements baseline control and end-to-end traceability from business and operational objectives through design, testing, verification and validation.

• Coordinating requirements activities across multiple engineering disciplines including civil, track, signals, communications, electrification and rolling stock.

• Conducting requirements impact assessments and supporting management of technical change.

• Managing interfaces with delivery partners, contractors and stakeholders to ensure alignment of requirements and technical specifications.

• Overseeing the use of requirements management tools, including IBM DOORS Next Generation.

• Supporting systems assurance, safety and RAMS activities through effective requirements governance and traceability.

• Providing leadership, mentoring and technical oversight to systems engineering and requirements management resources.

• Supporting program delivery through management of technical risks associated with requirements development, verification and compliance.

Profile/Skills

• Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Software Engineering or a related discipline. Master's degree considered an asset.

• Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) designation in Ontario preferred.

• Minimum 10 years of relevant engineering and systems engineering experience.

• Minimum 3-5 years in an engineering management, systems engineering leadership or

  requirements management leadership role.

• Demonstrated experience delivering requirements engineering and systems integration activities on large, complex infrastructure, rail or transit programs.

• Strong understanding of systems engineering principles and industry standards including INCOSE Systems Engineering practices and ISO/IEC/IEEE 15288.

• Experience using requirements management tools such as IBM DOORS Next Generation or equivalent.

• Experience managing requirements traceability, verification and validation processes.

• Strong stakeholder engagement and interface management experience with clients, delivery partners, contractors and regulatory bodies.

• Excellent leadership, communication, risk management and problem-solving skills.

• Experience working within major transit, rail or transportation infrastructure programs is strongly preferred.

SYSTRA Canada is committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer that values applications from all and offers employment equity based on the merits and abilities of candidates and personnel.

Note: In this description, the masculine gender is used for easy reading purposes and includes the feminine.

We use AI-enabled tools in our recruitment platform (iCIMS) for tasks like resume parsing and candidate matching. These tools do not make hiring decisions; all applications are reviewed by a human recruiter, and final decisions are made by our hiring team.

For questions about our hiring process or AI tools, please contact [e-mail].

Workplace Type

On-site