Thales Canada Inc., Defence and Security

Senior Manager Systems Engineering (Project Management) Location: Ottawa, CanadaIn 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.

This role is Hybrid Ottawa Senior Manager, Systems Engineering Position Summary Thales Canada Defence & Security (TCDS) is looking for a Senior Manager, Systems Engineering. The Senior Manager of Systems Engineering is the Head of Discipline (HoD) responsible for Systems Engineering (SysEng) across the organization. They are also the Resource Manager for the SysEng Resource Managers.

The Senior Manager, System Engineering 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 Senior Manager of Systems Engineering is responsible for inspiring and catalysing the improvement of best practices, processes, tools and governance within the Systems Engineering discipline and its sub-disciplines, 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 setting. 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 Senior Manager of Systems Engineering reports to the Director of Engineering.

Regulatory Compliance Requirement This position requires direct or indirect access to hardware, software or technical information controlled under the Canadian Export Control List and/or the US the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). All applicants must be eligible or able to obtain authorization for such access.

Key Areas of Responsibility Resource Manager

Leads a team of Resource Managers

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 undefined

Head of Discipline

Responsible for the establishment, standardization and evolution of processes, procedures and tooling for the discipline and sub-disciplines





Ensures that the discipline and sub-discipline processes, procedures and tooling meet the current and future needs of the bids, projects and products

Responsible for development of lessons learned and the sharing of knowledge and experience across the discipline and sub-disciplines

Responsible for bid, project and product estimates for the discipline and sub-disciplinesSystems Engineering sub-disciplines include Modeling and Simulation, Human Factors Engineering, Requirements Management, Environmental Engineering, and Safety Engineering.

Manager of Systems Engineering

Implement and sustain the Company's SysEng capability

Perform SysEng Planning and Management

Responsible to define subcontractor SysEng activities

Maintain and report on SysEng metrics

Define Technical Performance Measures for bids, projects and products

Improve the Company's Model-Based Systems Engineering capabilities

Member of the Systems Engineering team

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

Minimum Requirements

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 8 years of experience in the last 15 years managing a SysEng team

A minimum of 8 years of experience in the last 15 years of responsibility for SysEng functions

A minimum of 5 year of experience in the last 10 years as a Systems Engineering Manager for a Capital or In-Service Support contractExpertise in at least one SysEng tool
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