Design Lead - Aerospace

Job Title: Design Lead – Aerospace

Location: Mirabel (hybrid 3 days a week)

You will

• Promote and implement engineering best practices and standardization across teams
• Identify opportunities to improve, design processes, deliverables quality, coordination efficiency
• Contribute to process optimization initiatives (tools, workflows, governance)
• Support implementation of Lean principles
• Drive lessons learned and continuous feedback loops to enhance future deliverables
• Improve data quality, reporting, and traceability of engineering deliverables
• Encourage innovation and digitalization (automation, dashboards, tools)

Tasks

• Coordinate activities across, structures, systems, stress, design teams
• Manage interfaces between components and systems
• Ensure consistency across design solutions and integration constraints

Compliance

• Ensure compliance with client standards, Safety and airworthiness requirements
• Validate that technical outputs meet: Performance requirements and Certification constraints

Planning & Performance Management

• Define and track, engineering milestone and deliverables schedule
• Ensure On-Time Delivery (OTD) and First time right (FTR)
• Identify risks and support mitigation actions

Stakeholder & Supplier Management

• Interface with engineering teams, suppliers and offshore teams
• Coordinate resolution of technical issues and dependencies
• Ensure alignment across all stakeholders

Design Reviews & Validation

• Lead and participate In design reviews and technical validation activities
• Ensure, Technical accuracy. Compliance with requirements, Availability of supporting evidence

Tools and Environment:

• PLM tools (CATIA, ENOVIA or equivalent)
• Engineering workflows and release processes
• Aerospace standards and certification frameworks
• Change management/Continuous Improvement

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in aeronautical or mechanical engineering or related field.
• Minimum of ten (10) years design experience in commercial / business aircraft.
• You have excellent knowledge of aircraft structure and system installation.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Knowledge in mechanics of material, stress analysis and composite materials.
• Knowledge in design office (design or stress) of aircraft structures (Airframe).
• Extensive knowledge in CATIA V5 or similar CAD Software.
• You are able to work autonomously and be a good teammate.
• You have a good command of English language (written and spoken). Being completely bilingual (French and English) is an asset.
• You are an upbeat person with excellent communication and social skills, and a high sense of dedication. You have a willingness to accept responsibilities while acting independently in a fast-paced partner/supplier team environment.
• Must be proficient in MS Office.