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Thales

Global defense and aerospace electronics

System & IVV Avionics Engineering Manager

Engineering LeadershipConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeMontreal, QC, CanadaNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • A university degree in electrical engineering or software engineering.
  • At least 10 years of experience developing critical embedded systems in aerospace or equivalent experience.
  • Knowledge and application of DO-178 and ARP4754A.
  • Experience planning and monitoring engineering work.
  • Experience managing human resources.
  • Verbal and written communication skills in French and English.
  • Ability to analyze an organization in terms of competencies, structure, and processes.
  • Ability to improve overall efficiency by proposing continuous-improvement initiatives for plans and processes.
  • A good understanding of the aerospace industry is an asset.
  • Ability to work effectively as part of a team.
  • Good knowledge of English for preparing technical documents and interacting with, supporting, or providing services to international clients, employees, partners, and foreign government authorities who do not speak French.
  • Ability to obtain authorization for access to controlled hardware, software, or technical information, including eligibility for the Canadian Controlled Goods Program.

Responsibilities

  • Lead a group of 30–40 specialists, including systems specialists, integration, verification and validation (IVV) specialists and managers, safety specialists, and aviation cybersecurity specialists.
  • Plan and monitor activities to comply with systems engineering and IVV standards, ensuring projects meet functional scope, performance, internal and client milestones, and delivery costs.
  • Manage team resources, including budgets and human resources, and ensure project workloads, resources, and competencies are appropriately matched.
  • Support team members’ professional development, assess critical knowledge, and organize that knowledge to ensure continuity.
  • Provide progress reports, system maturity indicators, and compliance matrices to project managers and senior management.
  • Plan and monitor research and technology activities for future system architectures, predictive safety, and resilient cybersecurity for embedded systems.
  • Prepare and coordinate systems engineering, IVV, safety, and cybersecurity engineering quotations for proposals.
  • Improve team competitiveness across the product lifecycle, including system specifications, technical proposals, and automated IVV methodologies.
  • Monitor developments in systems engineering methodologies and tools, including model-based systems engineering and model-based design.
  • Ensure deployment and maintenance of Thales Engineering Environment tools, such as modeling and requirements-management tools.
  • Automate integration and validation test pipelines.
  • With support from team specialists, present and defend system architecture, safety case, and cybersecurity dossiers to certification authorities and clients as needed.
  • Ensure teams comply with aviation certification bases and industry standards, including DO-178C, ARP4754A/ED-79A, DO-297, ARP4761, DO-326A/ED-202, and DO-254 for related hardware interfaces.
  • Apply and enforce the product policy and company guidelines.
  • Coordinate collaborative development activities between Canada and France with French counterparts.

Desired Qualifications

  • A Bachelor's or Master's degree.

About the Company

Thales

Global defense and aerospace electronics

Thales designs and delivers critical technology for aerospace, defense, and digital security. Its products include electronics, software, and data-security systems that power air travel, payments, and modern military platforms, by integrating hardware and software to build systems such as avionics, radar, cybersecurity, and secure communications that collect sensor data and protect networks. It stands out through deep industrial experience, end-to-end solutions across defense, aerospace, and cybersecurity, and a focus on AI and quantum tech, aided by strategic acquisitions and partial state ownership. Its goal is to provide reliable, secure, and connected technologies that support national security, public safety, and everyday life by solving complex security and connectivity challenges.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Meudon, France
Founded
1893

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