CMC is a company recognized worldwide for its innovative spirit and excellence in the design and manufacture of advanced avionics solutions for the civil and military aviation markets.

This is a unique opportunity to be part of the CMC Electronics family. Use your knowledge and expertise to contribute to an experienced and motivated team mastering the latest design technologies. 

Why join our Test and Sustaining team?

Reporting to Director, Hardware Development, and working with peer Engineering Managers, Program Managers, and Product Managers, the primary function of the test and Support Engineering Manager is to lead the multidisciplinary team and develop a departmental roadmap, deploy and maintain it through an integrated strategy coupled with technical expertise enhancements.

 

As an Engineering Manager your day-to-day responsibilities will include:

• Lead and mentor a team of multi-discipline hardware staff including the Product Sustaining team, Test development team and the component engineering team.
• Develop and maintain a rolling five years departmental roadmap along with an annual strategic plan.
• Prepare financial operational and capital acquisition budgets.
• Suggest, plan and lead continuous improvements projects.
• Provide timely technical and financial estimates to internal customers.
• Responsible to hire, develop and train the staff required to deliver the required support and development capability with innovative solutions.
• Produce employee’s performance reports and develop personnel career paths.
• Maintain employees’ skill set matrices.
• Review team’s projects technical progress and performance through program reviews, providing KPI metrics and follow-up on corrective actions
• Enhance departmental procedures and interfaces with related departments to efficiently increase synergies.
• Provide oversite for the processes of Obsolescence management, Last Time Buy, warranty and other life cycle support requirements
• Coordinate, review and approve design estimates for Test, Sustaining and development activities as required.
• Participate in product development activities using Design For Testability (DFT) concepts to develop test solutions with maximum test coverage.
• Effectively interface and support manufacturing as well as maintenance organizations to ensure continuous operations thus avoiding downtime.

Requirements:

Must work well on teams and demonstrate a history of leadership qualities, organizational and analytical skills, sound business judgment, and multitasking ability. Motivated and a self-starter with good communication skills needed.

Ability to complete and manage assignments with only high level instruction. Demonstrates urgency, flexibility, ownership and a strong work ethic in their daily work. Good understanding of financial concepts, risk management, estimating concepts, and industry practices is required.

• Minimum ten (10) years of experience in engineering, with a minimum of five years in a supervisory/managerial role
• Demonstrated strong leadership and managerial skills, ability to motivate and lead a team of technical staff.
• Experience in preparation and presentation of executive level briefings.
• Highly self-motivated, self-aware and capable of addressing the group’s needs
• Acquainted with continuous improvement techniques, Lean/Six Sigma. Yellow, Green Belt or Black Belt certification would be an asset
• Bachelor degree in Engineering or equivalent.
• Bilingualism (oral and written French and English).

 What does a career at CMC Electronics involves?

• An opportunity to work in the aeronautics industry with avionics enthusiasts;
• Organization of international caliber on a human scale;
• Stimulating multi-disciplined environment;
• Career advancement opportunities;
• Management team engaged in your success;
• Competitive global compensation (group insurance program paid 100% by CMC Electronics and a group pension plan with employer match); 
• Financial education assistance program;
• Free parking and electric car charging stations available;
• On-site cafeteria at low cost;
• Closed between Christmas and New Year's Day;
• Social activities

 

CMC is committed to employment equity and to the equal access program. CMC encourages members of designated groups to apply for jobs. Please note that the use of the masculine gender is only intended to lighten the text.