Director of Systems Engineering, Integration & Testing (SEIT)-EN

About CAE

Vision: To be the worldwide partner of choice in defense and security, and civil aviation by revolutionizing customers’ training and critical operations with digitally immersive solutions that elevate safety, efficiency, and readiness.

Mission (Defense & Security): To help prepare military customers to develop and maintain the highest levels of mission readiness.

Values: Empowerment, Innovation, Excellence, Integrity, and OneCAE.

What We Offer

• Comprehensive and competitive benefits package with flexibility that promotes work‑life balance.
• A work environment where all employees are valued, respected, and safe.
• Freedom to succeed by enabling team members to deliver, take initiatives, and make decisions.
• Recognition, professional development, advancement opportunities, and a fun atmosphere.

Role Summary

The Director of Systems Engineering, Integration & Test (SEIT) is a senior technical and organizational leader responsible for establishing, guiding, and assuring CAE’s integrated systems engineering, system architecture, verification, validation, and test execution activities across assigned programs. This role provides unified leadership over requirements development, change management, systems design, integration readiness, test program planning, and product acceptance, ensuring all engineering processes, artifacts, certifications, and test outcomes meet CAE, customer, and regulatory standards. The SEIT Director leads a multidisciplinary team spanning systems engineers, architects, integration engineers, test directors, instructional designers, interface specialists, cyber engineers, and verification/validation personnel.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic & Organizational Leadership
  • Establish and champion CAE’s SEIT strategy, operating model, workflows, and technical standards across programs.
  • Lead the SEIT organization, overseeing staffing, skill development, resource forecasting, and team performance.
  • Serve as the authority for engineering processes, systems engineering plans, integration plans, test approaches, and verification/validation frameworks.
  • Ensure alignment and seamless coordination between product IPTs, Test IPT, Chief Engineers, and Program Management.
  • Develop, update, and enforce SEIT‑related policies, plans, and work instructions.
• Systems Engineering Leadership
  • Oversee requirements analysis, decomposition, allocation, management, and traceability throughout the full lifecycle.
  • Ensure rigorous baseline control, configuration management, and proper change‑control processes.
  • Guide system architecture development, interface definition, and system/subsystem design integration.
  • Champion the technical review process; co‑lead major technical reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR, TIMs, etc.) with IPT and CE teams.
  • Promote adoption of modern SE methodologies (MBSE, MOSA principles, DevSecOps‑aligned development, digital engineering).
  • Ensure engineering products meet cost, technical performance, schedule, cybersecurity, availability, supportability, and quality metrics.
• Integration & Test Leadership
  • Oversee development and execution of Integration and Test plans (STP), Acceptance Test Procedures (ATPs), readiness assessments, and integration milestones.
  • Ensure early involvement of integration/test leadership during subsystem development phases to drive holistic readiness.
  • Direct system‑level integration activities, including Hardware/Software Integration (HSI), Contractor Engineering Verification Test (CEVT), and customer acceptance events.
  • Establish entry/exit criteria, deficiency tracking processes, and issue‑resolution methods in collaboration with QA, Test IPT, and customer organizations.
  • Ensure test artifacts are complete, accurate, updated, and compliant with all configuration/data management requirements.
• Program Execution & Governance
  • Support bid & proposal efforts through requirements screening, WBS development, risk identification, BOEs, and SEIT scoping inputs.
  • Participate in program start‑up, ensuring requirements validation, verification planning, and engineering readiness meet SEIT process and quality standards.
  • Provide technical leadership and decision support across cross‑functional engineering teams and customer engagements.
  • Drive continuous improvement initiatives, engineering efficiency, and standardized process execution across programs.
• Stakeholder & Customer Engagement
  • Serve as senior technical interface for system engineering and test matters.
  • Support customer technical reviews, acceptance events, audits, and on‑site integration/test activities.
  • Ensure clear communication of technical risks, issues, mitigations, and decision paths in close collaboration with the CE and program teams.
• Measurable Team Performance
  • Quality and completeness of SEIT artifacts and reviews.
  • Integration/test schedule adherence and acceptance success.
  • Requirements traceability accuracy.
  • Issues/deficiencies closure performance.
  • Team competency development and organizational health.
  • Stakeholder satisfaction and customer acceptance outcomes.

Qualifications

• 12+ years (with a Bachelor of Science) or 10+ years (with a Master of Science) of industry experience in complex systems‑engineering roles and functional leadership; degree must be in engineering or a relevant technical discipline.
• Demonstrated experience overseeing system architecture, verification/validation processes, and system/subsystem integration.
• Proven leadership of multidisciplinary engineering teams and IPT structures in complex systems‑software‑hardware applications.
• Full understanding of business concepts and processes to manage organizational budget and schedule performance.
• Expertise in systems engineering standards, configuration management, MBSE, integration/test frameworks, and specialty engineering domains.
• Experience running major reviews and ensuring compliance with contractual, technical, and regulatory requirements.
• Strong communication, negotiation, team‑building, influencing, and decision‑making skills.
• Ability to travel as required for program, business, and/or functional support.
• Experience with systems engineering, software development, hardware/software integration, and product testing.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities simultaneously through delegation and selective personal involvement.
• Demonstrated ability to motivate and facilitate effective organizational change.
• Eligible for a U.S. DoD Security Clearance; U.S. citizenship required due to government contract requirements.

Preferred Skills

• Previous experience as a Systems Engineering Manager.
• Master’s degree in systems engineering.
• 10+ years experience in the Aerospace & Defense sector.

Security Requirements

• Compliance with all company security and data‑protection policies and procedures.
• Proper marking and handling of all information and materials; no unauthorized disclosure.
• All government and proprietary information accessed and stored on company‑provided resources.
• Eligibility for a DoD Personal Security Clearance; U.S. citizenship required.

Work Environment

This role operates in a professional office environment and routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets, and fax machines.

Physical Demands

Standard office‑based physical demands; no unusual physical requirements beyond typical office work.

Other Information

Position type: Regular (full‑time). Applicants must be U.S. citizens and eligible for a DoD security clearance. CAE is an equal‑opportunity employer; accommodations are available upon request.