System Engineering Sub-Discipline Manager, Halifax NS

Thales Canada; Halifax, Quebec; Hybrid; CAD 120,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Extended Health

Dental

HSA

Life Insurance

AD&D

Short-term Disability

Cancer Care Program

Travel insurance

Employee Assistance Plan

Well-Being program

RRSP

DCPP

TFSA

Holidays

Vacation days

Sick leave

Job summary

Thales Canada is seeking a Systems Engineering Sub-Discipline Manager in Halifax, NS for a hybrid role. You will provide system engineering leadership across bids, projects, and products, mentor the team, and drive process improvements while aligning with governance and standards.

The role requires managing workloads, developing team skills, and overseeing recruitment, performance, and succession planning. Travel and security clearances are part of the position.

Qualifications

• Engineering degree or 3-year technical program in a technical field.
• Minimum 2 years in last 10 years managing a SysEng team.
• Minimum 2 years in last 10 years responsible for SysEng functions.
• Minimum 1 year in 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 and in Requirements Management.
• Minimum 2 years of experience as a people or resource manager.
• Minimum 2 years of experience managing a budget.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English.

Responsibilities

• 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 objectives.
• Ensures that company policies and procedures are followed, including timesheets, time off, and travel.
• Involves establishment, standardization and evolution of processes, procedures and tooling for the discipline.
• Develops lessons learned and shares knowledge across the discipline.
• Fosters 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.
• Responsible for performing SysEng work on bids, projects and products.
• Adopts holistic analysis of a system and interrelations.
• Understands system capabilities through functional/logical/value analytics.
• Emphasizes requirements definition through performance analysis, trade studies, constraint evaluation and cost/benefit analysis.
• Adopts Model Based Systems Engineering as basis for architecture.
• Notions of IVVQ and RAMT and related norms and standards.

Skills

Resource management

Leadership

Budget management

English communication

Requirements management

Process improvement

Team coaching

Education

Engineering degree or 3-year technical diploma

Master’s degree in Engineering or related field

Tools

SysEng tool

Job description

This is for a hybrid role in Halifax, NS

System Engineering Sub-Discipline Manager

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.

The Systems Engineering Sub-Discipline Manager reports to the Manager, Systems Engineering.

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, supports the Manager, Systems Engineering

• 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 recognized university or college program or certified as a technologist by a recognized 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 Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Uncertain (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

• Thales provides an extensive benefits program for all full-time employees working 24 or more hours per week and their eligible dependents, including the following:
• 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.

Why Join Us?

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.

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) 120,000 - $140.000 CAD Annual.

This reflects how companies in a similar industry and geographic region generally pay for similar jobs. This range helps the Company make pay decisions as one data point among many. Where a position falls within this range is also dependent on other factors including – but not limited to – the employee’s career path history, competencies, skills and performance, as well as the company’s annual salary budget, the customer’s program requirements, and the company’s internal equity. Thales may offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s status protected by local, state, or federal law.

We use artificial intelligence–enabled tools as part of our recruitment process to support activities such as candidate discovery, résumé matching, and interview scheduling. These tools may help screen and assess applications and recommend potential matches based on the requirements within the job description. All hiring decisions, including candidate evaluation, selection, and disposition, are made by human recruiters. Artificial intelligence does not make hiring decisions on our behalf.

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.