System Engineering Sub-Discipline Manager

Thales; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 111,000 - 202,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology solutions provider in Ottawa is seeking a Systems Engineering Sub‑Discipline Manager. This role involves overseeing the Systems Engineering team, ensuring best practices are followed, and managing project resources. The ideal candidate holds an engineering degree and boasts at least two years of managerial experience in Systems Engineering. Responsibilities include mentoring engineers, ensuring compliance with industry standards, and leading projects to meet performance goals. Competitive salary and benefit packages are offered.

Benefits

Comprehensive health benefits

Retirement savings plans

Paid holidays and sick leave

Employee discounts

Qualifications

• An engineering degree or a diploma from a recognized institution.
• Minimum 2 years managing a SysEng team in the last 10 years.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English.

Responsibilities

• Manage resources for bids, projects, and product delivery.
• Ensure the team meets productivity and quality objectives.
• Foster continuous improvement based on analysis and feedback.

Skills

Leadership

Team management

Communication

Problem-solving

Education

Engineering degree or technical diploma

Tools

SysEng tools

Job description

Location: Ottawa 1 Chrysalis, Canada. In fast changing markets, customers worldwide rely on Thales. Thales is a business where brilliant people from all over the world come together to share ideas and inspire each other. In aerospace, transportation, defence, security and space, our architects design innovative solutions that make our tomorrow's possible. For decades, Ottawa has been a global technology leader. Today, Canada’s capital holds one of the brightest and most diverse technological ecosystems in North America. Voted as Canada’s best place to live 2017 by Maclean's, Ottawa offers a low cost of living with a high quality of life. The Thales Ottawa office has been a major supplier and long‑term trusted partner to DND, enabling the Canadian Armed Forces and the Canadian Coast Guard to achieve mission success.

Position Summary

The Systems Engineering Sub‑Discipline Manager provides System Engineering support throughout the project life cycle from requirements analysis and design, through development, integration, test and acceptance to integrate electronic systems on commercial and military platforms. The Systems Engineering Sub‑Discipline Manager supports the Manager, Systems Engineering in inspiring and catalysing the improvement of best practices, processes, tools and governance within the Systems Engineering discipline, ensuring that they are mastered effectively. They act as a primary point of contact on complex subjects and take on an educational role so that their team can reach discipline excellence and deliver competitive solutions within a multidisciplinary environment. They are a mentor and coach - serving the discipline’s engineers and offering a diverse and inclusive environment. They are the guardians of an engineering discipline excellence in a learning environment which contribute to our highly competitive advantage.

Regulatory Compliance Requirements

Canada Controlled Goods Program Clearance.

Security Clearance – Describe Specific need: NATO SECRET.

Special Position Requirements

Travel: Occasional national and international travel. About 4 times per year.

Key Areas of Responsibility

As a Resource Manager,

• Provides appropriate resources to deliver bids, projects and products.

• Plans the team’s workload in the short, medium and long term.

• Develops team skills to support bids, projects and products.

• Supports recruitment, onboarding, performance management, career management and succession planning for the team.

• Coaches, mentors and develops the team.

• Leads the team to meet company expectations for productivity, chargeability, quality, continuous improvement and accomplishment of objectives.

• Ensures that company policies and procedures are followed, including timesheets, time off, and travel.

As an Engineering Manager,

• In the establishment, standardization and evolution of processes, procedures and tooling for the discipline.

• In ensuring that the discipline processes, procedures and tooling meet the current and future needs of the bids, projects and products.

• In the development of lessons learned and the sharing of knowledge and experience across the discipline.

• Foster continuous improvement based on root cause analysis, problem solving and new practice deployment.

• For bid, project and product estimates for the discipline and sub‑disciplines.

As a member of the Systems Engineering team,

• Responsible for performing SysEng work on bids, projects and products.

• You have the ability to adopt a holistic approach to analyse a system, focusing on the way that a system’s constituent parts interrelate and how systems work over time and within the context of larger systems.

• You are able to understand the system capabilities through functional, logical and value analytics.

• You understand the importance of requirements definition through a process using performance analysis, trade studies, constraint evaluation and cost/benefit analysis.

• You are able to adopt a Model Based Systems Engineering and see how it serves as a basis for architecture.

• You have notions of IVVQ (Integration/Verification/Validation/Qualification), R‑A‑M‑T (Reliability/Maintainability/Availability/Testability) and associated norms and standards.

Basic Qualifications

• An engineering degree or 3‑year technical program diploma in a technical field from a recognised university or college program or certified as a technologist by a recognised provincial, state, or federal (national) licensing body in a related field.
• A minimum of 2 years of experience in the last 10 years managing a SysEng team.
• A minimum of 2 years of experience in the last 10 years of responsibility for SysEng functions.
• A minimum of 1 year of experience in the last 10 years as a Systems Engineering Manager for a Capital or In‑Service Support contract.
• Expertise in at least one SysEng tool.
• Expertise in at least one SysEng standard.
• Expertise in Requirements Management.
• A minimum of 2 years of experience as a people or resource manager.
• A minimum of 2 years of experience managing a budget.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English.

Key Competencies

• You are a team player, have good interpersonal skills and foster collaborative work both within and outside your team.
• You know how to tackle complex problems.
• You manage resources in order to meet cost, schedule and quality commitments.
• You are able to make decisions in a VUCA environment.
• You have proven dedication towards continuous improvement and knowledge sharing.
• You have strong business acumen and dedicate yourself to bringing value to your customers.
• You are rigorous and organized.
• You are a leader.
• You are willing to engage and develop your team.
• You are able to clearly determine and communicate status.
• You are able to prioritize the use of resources.

Preferred Qualifications

• A Master’s degree in Engineering, Science, or a related field.
• Management of budget worth at least 200k CAD.
• Experience in the Defence industry.
• Fluency in French.

What We Offer

• Company paid Extended Health, Dental, HSA, Life, AD&D, Short‑term Disability, Cancer Care Program, travel insurance, Employee Assistance Plan and Well‑Being program.
• Retirement Savings Plans (RRSP, DCPP, TFSA) with a company contribution and a match to a DCPP, with no vesting period.
• Company paid holidays, vacation days, and paid sick leave.
• Voluntary Life, AD&D, Critical Illness, Long‑Term Disability.
• Employee Discounts on home, auto, and gym membership.

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The reference Total Target Compensation (TTC) market range for this position, inclusive of annual base salary and the variable compensation target, is between Total Target Cash (TTC) 111,710.72 - 201,817.01 CAD Annual.

Thales is an equal opportunity employer which values diversity and inclusivity in the workplace. Thales is committed to providing accommodations in all parts of the interview process. Applicants selected for an interview who require accommodation are asked to advise accordingly upon the invitation for an interview. We will work with you to meet your needs. All accommodation information provided will be treated as confidential and used only for the purpose of providing an accessible candidate experience.

This position requires direct or indirect access to hardware, software or technical information controlled under the Canadian Export Control List, the Canadian Controlled Goods Program, the Canadian Industrial Security Program, the US International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and/or the US Export Administration Regulations (EAR). All applicants must be eligible or able to obtain authorization for such access including eligibility to the Canadian Controlled Goods Program and able to obtain a Canadian NATO Secret clearance.