Systems Engineering Lead

Our client is a Canadian aerospace company scaling a complex hardware program. They are hiring a Systems Engineering Lead to own technical integrity across the full program. Senior, onsite role in the Greater Toronto Area reporting directly to the CEO.

The Role

You are the connective tissue of a complex, multidisciplinary hardware program. You own requirements, interfaces, verification, configuration control and technical risk across all subsystems, from early design through operations. As the organization scales, your job is to make sure adding headcount makes the program more coherent, not more fragile.

What You Own

• System requirements baseline: creation, flowdown, compliance tracking and verification closure.
• Interface control across all subsystems and cross-team dependency management.
• V&V strategy and verification matrix; nothing ships unverified.
• Configuration management and change control board.
• Technical risk register and mitigation tracking.
• Non-conformance and anomaly management; root cause and corrective action.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's in Engineering (Master's preferred) in Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical, Systems or related.
• 7+ years systems engineering on aerospace, defence or complex hardware programs.
• 3+ years project or program management experience.
• Strong grasp of the systems engineering lifecycle.
• Experience running phase gate reviews, design reviews and CCBs.
• Onsite in the Greater Toronto Area.