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Role The Engineering Manager manages an entire small to medium-sized technical department, recruiting and retaining a workforce with the key technical skills required to ensure the successful execution and delivery of the company's products and projects. The department in question may belong to one of the areas of engineering, manufacturing or support services of a technical nature.

Responsibility Resource management (workforce and facilities):

Allocate manpower to projects, front end of the business and R&D; activities, taking into account the skills, type of task, experience and workplace of the program team.

Identify and manage labour conflicts between all programs.

Coordinate and approve employee vacation requests based on program requirements.

Maintain appropriate staffing levels by regularly analyzing program and department demands. Take appropriate hiring or layoff actions to adjust staffing levels accordingly.





Implement knowledge transfer and technical expertise retention strategies to mitigate risks associated with departures, retirements, and critical resources.

Ensure the development of succession resources for strategic skills and critical technology sectors.

Coordinate the acquisition and use of the software tools required for the department activities with Information Services.

Assign and co-ordinate appropriate test facilities and equipment to the department for Flight-testing and development activities.

Suggest required capital investment items with appropriate financial justification and implement procurement within budget and on time to support ongoing operations.

Performance / Employee Management

Monitor and manage overall employee performance, including technical quality, cost and schedule compliance and attendance.

Conduct annual performance appraisals for all members of the department, with input from program teams. Set individual objectives in line with the department's objectives and the division's overall strategic objectives.

Foster a safe, inclusive, and collaborative work environment focused on employee well-being, engagement, and mobilization.

Facilitate the creation of a development plan by employees and provide or arrange individual career guidance, as needed.





Ensure the proper and judicious application of the company's collective agreements (engineering and others) in collaboration with the Human Resources department.

Define and implement a Performance Improvement Plan (PIP) as required and, where necessary, follow the appropriate disciplinary procedures under the direction of the Human Resources department.

Technical Overview

Evaluate and promote the adoption of new technologies, tools, methodologies, and development practices to improve the quality, productivity, and competitiveness of the company's products.

Monitor technological developments in the fields of FPGA, DSP, ASIC and digital space technologies.

Participate in or lead Technical Overview Board (TOB) meetings, providing expert advice and technical guidance to project teams, as well as advice on the quality and effectiveness of the overall presentation.

Coordinate and ensure the dissemination of lessons learned relating to the engineering discipline following the resolution of significant issues.

Support internal and external audits and ensure corrective actions are implemented where appropriate.

Identify and promote opportunities for automation and the use of artificial intelligence tools to improve the efficiency of engineering activities.

Participate in or lead technical troubleshooting and problem solving investigations where significant failures or non-conformances have occurred. Provide expert support to Engineering Review Boards and customer requests as required.

Financial Management

Manage the department overhead budget within allocation and provide forecasts to finance as required.

Coordinate capital planning for the department. Suggest fiscally r

📌 Sr. Engineering Manager (St-Joseph-de-Beauce)
🏢 MDA Space
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