CMC Electronics has an international reputation for innovation in cockpit systems integration, avionics, and display solutions for civil and military aviation. Founded in 1903 as Canadian Marconi Company, CMC blends over a century of experience with the agility of a young, creative team in software and electronics.

Headquartered in Montreal, CMC employs more than 800 people across facilities in Canada and the US. As the hands-on hardware expert and technical lead, you own the hardware design from requirements through certification and qualification. This is an individual contributor role with technical leadership responsibilities and no direct reports. The Chief Engineer and System Engineers lead customer-facing activities, with your close technical support.

Technical Design & Architecture: Lead the hardware design, specifications and architecture, aligned with system-level and certification requirements. Document decisions (block diagrams, the Hardware Engineering Development Plan, balancing performance, reliability, safety, cost, and design reuse, and aligning with the Platform Architect’s reference design.

Design Authority & Technical Leadership: Hold hardware design authority for all mission computers, navigation systems, and display control panels: approve ECOs, guide design teams (AEH, Electrical, Mechanical, PCB), and maintain interface control, configuration management, and requirements traceability. Direct execution across these groups, working with HQE, Test Engineering and Airworthiness to formalize estimates, ensure compliance with CMC work instructions, and act as the technical bridge to quality, verification, and supplier teams.

Certification, Qualification & Safety: Lead hardware compliance (DO-254, DO-160, MIL-STD) and qualification testing (ATP, QTP, QTR). Support FMEA and MTBF safety analyses and provide inputs to ARP4754A and ARP4761.

Lead hardware integration and troubleshooting,



including root-cause analysis of complex issues, with limited technical guidance.

Track technology and regulatory trends, run trade-off studies on avionics architectures, and contribute to the next-generation product roadmap with the Platform Architect.

Translate customer RFPs into requirements and proposal content, supporting the Business Unit Directors in winning the bid.

Customer Support: Support design reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR) as hardware subject-matter expert, alongside the Chief Engineer and System Engineers who lead customer interactions.

Drive high standards for individual, team, and organizational achievement with a strong bias for action and data-driven decisions. Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering; 5+ years in avionics hardware, including highly complex mission computers, navigation & display systems, civil and military markets.

Technical lead for cross-functional, multi-site hardware teams (electrical, PCB layout, mechanical).

Hands-on design: digital, analog, power, high-speed interfaces, embedded processors.

Hardware qualification testing: defining, executing, and reviewing test campaigns.

Strong technical writing and documentation skills, and the ability to convey technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Experience translating customer requirements into hardware specifications, with the ability to think big pictures and arrive at viable technical solutions, across electronics, software, firmware, algorithms, and mechanical disciplines.

Excellent communication skills in English and French.

Eligible for the Canadian Controlled Goods Program, NATO Secret clearance, and ITAR access.

Assets

Processors / architecture: NXP and TI safety-critical processors, Intel-based platforms, ARINC 664 (AFDX) and Time Sensitive Networks (TSN).

FMS, GPS, TCAS, TAWS, WXR, SVS, audio systems, moving maps.

CMC is committed to employment equity and to the equal access program.

📌 Senior Innovation Architect (Montreal)
🏢 CMC Electronics
📍 Montreal