Technical Integrator

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical execution of assigned defense programs and serve as the principal technical integrator across work packages, engineering disciplines, suppliers, and the IPDT.
• Maintain technical integrity of engineering proposals, platform architecture, design solutions, and key technical decisions throughout the program lifecycle.
• Establish, develop, validate, and maintain project-level technical requirements, including Technical Requirements Documents (TRDs) and other aircraft-level technical definition documents.
• Translate customer, program, and business needs into clear and achievable technical requirements and validate that proposed solutions are technically feasible, supportable, and compliant.
• Provide oversight for technical gate reviews and technical maturity activities, including SRR, PDR, CDR, test readiness, and related review forums.
• Identify, evaluate, and manage technical risks, dependencies, bottlenecks, and integration issues that could affect safety, compliance, performance, schedule, or cost.
• Develop and drive mitigation, recovery, and resolution plans for technical issues, supplier performance concerns, and program integration challenges.
• Direct and coordinate the technical activities of applicable suppliers and support supplier selection, technical evaluation, technical ranking, and ongoing supplier technical management.
• Coordinate cross-work-package and cross-discipline design integration to ensure consistency, compatibility, and alignment of the overall product solution.
• Support certification, airworthiness, compliance planning, and regulator-facing activities for assigned programs, including coordination with applicable internal airworthiness and certification stakeholders.
• Support continued airworthiness, technical upkeep, in-service design evolution, and review of defense modifications, maintenance procedures, and operational procedures as required.
• Chair or co-chair technical review activities and technical change management forums, and serve as a lead technical decision maker in assigned technical review boards.
• Serve as the primary internal and external technical point of contact for design, development, technical issues, risks, and technical integration matters related to the assigned program.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or a related technical discipline required; advanced degree preferred where applicable.
• 10+ years in aircraft design, systems integration, flight test, certification, defense modification programs, or complex aerospace development environments.
• Demonstrated success leading cross-functional technical teams and integrating work across multiple engineering disciplines and supplier organizations.
• Strong knowledge of technical requirements development, design reviews, engineering change management, technical risk management, and product lifecycle considerations.
• Experience supporting certification planning, compliance activities, airworthiness coordination, and regulator interactions in a highly regulated aerospace environment preferred.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to lead technical discussions, influence decisions, and present effectively at working and executive levels.
• Demonstrated ability to balance technical performance, customer commitments, schedule, cost, and compliance requirements in a program environment.
• Able to work on ITAR programs.

Benefits

• Enjoying an international and multicultural work environment 🌎
• Having access to internal mobility opportunities
• Gaining valuable knowledge through continuous training 🎓
• Benefiting from a range of social benefits and advantages: RRSP (with employer contribution), group insurance (50% employer coverage), telecare, 5 personal days, and an additional week off during the holiday season