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Calian in Space & Technology

Manager, Mechanical Design and Core Engineering

Ottawa, ON, Canada

$140K-$180K · Full-time

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Pay: $140K-$180K
Job type: Full-time
Apply by: Nov 9, 2026
Posting language: English
Posted: Oct 9, 2026

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About Calian

At Calian, we help organizations overcome obstacles, manage risks, and drive progress. Since 1982, we’ve grown from a small consulting firm into a trusted global company across defence, space, health, nuclear energy, public safety, and government.

We create innovative solutions that tackle complex challenges and help organizations and communities stay resilient, informed, and connected. If you’re driven by purpose and energized by solving real-world challenges, we want you on our team.

Job Type: Full Time

Ottawa, ON | On-site

Position Overview

The Manager, Mechanical Design and Core Engineering is responsible for establishing and executing the strategic roadmap for shared engineering capabilities, laboratories, technical infrastructure, and specialized engineering services that support the organization’s research, product development, systems engineering, and industrialization activities. The role contributes to engineering strategy, investment planning, workforce development, and continuous improvement initiatives to ensure the engineering organization has the capabilities required to support current and future business objectives.

Responsibilities

This role ensures the availability of high-quality engineering services, tools, laboratories, and technical resources needed to support innovation, product development, systems engineering, and industrialization activities.

Shared Services Leadership

Lead and manage shared engineering resources.
Prioritize and allocate resources across multiple projects.
Establish engineering standards and best practices.
Conduct performance reviews, development planning, succession planning, and talent assessments.
Ensure appropriate workforce capacity and skills development to meet organizational needs.
Foster a culture of technical excellence, innovation, accountability, and collaboration

Technical Service Delivery

Oversee mechanical design and enclosure development.
Manage PCB layout support.
Lead antenna measurement and validation services.
Oversee compliance and environmental testing activities.

Infrastructure and Capability Development

Maintain engineering laboratories and test facilities.
Develop new measurement and validation capabilities.
Ensure calibration and certification compliance.

Process Improvement

Improve efficiency and responsiveness of support services.
Standardize engineering tools and methodologies.
Implement resource planning and forecasting processes.

Collaboration

Support all engineering organizations in achieving program objectives.
Facilitate technical reviews and issue resolution.
Ensure timely execution of engineering support activities.

Engineering Strategy and Capability Planning

Develop and maintain a multi-year roadmap for engineering services, laboratory infrastructure, and technical capabilities.
Identify future capability requirements needed to support product roadmaps and technology development initiatives.
Recommend capital investments, technology acquisitions, and facility enhancements.
Participate in engineering leadership planning activities and contribute to organizational strategy development.
Establish service delivery metrics and monitor performance against engineering objectives.

This helps demonstrate that the role is shaping capability rather than simply administering resources.

Key Internal Interfaces and Cross-Functional Collaboration

The Manager, Core Engineering provides shared engineering capabilities and infrastructure that enable all product, research, systems, and industrialization activities. The role ensures engineering resources are effectively allocated across the organization and aligned with business priorities.

Collaboration Responsibilities

With RF & Antenna Research and Technology

Support prototype development and validation.
Provide measurement, testing, and design services for research activities.
Assist in developing new engineering and laboratory capabilities.

With Product Development

Deliver mechanical design, PCB layout, validation testing, and qualification support.
Participate in development planning and design reviews.
Ensure engineering standards are consistently applied.

With RF & Antenna Systems

Support system integration, prototyping, and qualification activities.
Provide specialized testing and measurement capabilities.
Assist with complex multidisciplinary engineering challenges.

With Industrialization and Production Support

Support manufacturing tooling, test fixtures, compliance activities, and sustaining engineering efforts.
Provide technical expertise for yield improvement and root cause investigations.
Ensure qualification and validation activities support production requirements.

Qualifications

A successful candidate must possess broad engineering knowledge, strong organizational skills, and the ability to manage multiple technical disciplines. They must understand how shared services create value across the entire organization. The Manager, Mechanical Design and Core Engineering is accountable for the effectiveness, scalability, and continuous improvement of centralized engineering capabilities that support all engineering functions within the GNSS antenna business. The role influences engineering strategy through capability planning, resource optimization, technology investments, and operational excellence initiatives

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or related discipline.

Experience

10+ years in engineering development environments.
Experience leading multidisciplinary engineering teams.
Experience supporting product development organizations.

Technical Skills

Mechanical design and electronics packaging.
PCB design processes.
Test and measurement methodologies.
Compliance and environmental qualification testing.
Engineering infrastructure management.

Leadership Skills

Resource management.
Organizational effectiveness.
Process optimization.
Service-oriented leadership.

Additional Requirements

Experience supporting the development of electronic or embedded hardware products.
Experience with plastic enclosure design, injection molding, water sealing, or outdoor electronic products is considered an asset.
Experience with environmental qualification, reliability testing, ingress protection (IP), sealing, or ruggedized product development is considered an asset.

Compensation

$140K-$180K

Vacancy

We have 1 available position.

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AI Usage Disclosure

At Calian, we do not use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to screen or evaluate candidates. AI tools may support backend administrative tasks, but they do not influence hiring decisions. All evaluations and decisions are made by real people on our recruitment team and hiring managers. All applicants are reviewed and only those chosen for an interview will be contacted by our recruiting team.

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Responsibilities

Lead shared engineering services and resources, including mechanical design, PCB layout support, antenna measurement, testing, and laboratory infrastructure. Develop the engineering capability roadmap, allocate resources across projects, and improve service delivery, standards, and technical capabilities in support of product development and business objectives.

Requirements

Requires a bachelor’s or master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related discipline, at least 10 years of engineering development experience, and experience leading multidisciplinary teams and supporting product development. Candidates should have knowledge of mechanical design, electronics packaging, PCB design processes, testing, compliance, and engineering infrastructure; experience with ruggedized electronic products and environmental qualification is an asset.

Skills

Mechanical Design
Electronics Packaging
PCB Design Processes
Mechanical Enclosure Design
Antenna Measurement and Validation
Test and Measurement
Compliance Testing
Environmental Qualification Testing
Engineering Infrastructure Management
Resource Management
Multidisciplinary Team Leadership
Process Optimization
Capability Planning
Injection Molding
Ingress Protection and Sealing
Reliability Testing

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Keywords

Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical Design
Electronics Packaging
PCB Layout
Antenna Measurement
Validation Testing
Compliance Testing
Environmental Qualification
Engineering Laboratories
Test Facilities
Calibration
Certification Compliance
Resource Planning
Capability Roadmap
Capital Investment
Product Development
Systems Engineering
Industrialization
Injection Molding
Water Sealing
Outdoor Electronic Products
Reliability Testing
Ingress Protection
Ruggedized Product Development
Manufacturing Tooling
Test Fixtures
Root Cause Investigation
Yield Improvement

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