Technical Expert - Aircraft Structures
- Montreal, QC, Canada
Full-time
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- Job type
- Full-time
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- Experience
- Minimum 15+ years of relevant experience in aerospace engineering or a related industry.
- Posting language
- English
- Posted
Original job description
About The Role
As a Technical Expert, you will act as a key integrator and technical authority, ensuring seamless integration of aircraft structures and systems across the full product lifecycle.
Key Responsibilities1. Design Integration & Architecture
Demonstrated Strong Expertise In
Strong Understanding Of
Demonstrated Ability To
As a Technical Expert, you will act as a key integrator and technical authority, ensuring seamless integration of aircraft structures and systems across the full product lifecycle.
Key Responsibilities1. Design Integration & Architecture
- Lead the development of conceptual layouts and integration solutions for structures and systems across the complete airframe.
- Define and manage interfaces, installation requirements, and system architecture to ensure compatibility and performance.
- Perform and lead trade studies and optimization activities (weight, cost, performance, manufacturability).
- Act as a focal point across multidisciplinary teams: stress, systems, interiors, aerodynamics, thermodynamics, mass properties, manufacturing, and quality.
- Coordinate technical alignment with partners, suppliers, and other engineering teams.
- Provide technical leadership, coaching, and mentorship to junior team members.
- Generate preliminary and detailed design concepts using 3D modeling tools.
- Support production, manufacturing, and shop floor issue resolution.
- Ensure robust Design for Manufacturing (DFM) and Design for Assembly (DFA).
- Support verification & validation (V&V), test definition, and execution.
- Ensure designs meet airworthiness, safety, and regulatory requirements.
- Contribute to certification strategy, compliance demonstration, and qualification requirements.
- Manage engineering modifications through full lifecycle and configuration control processes.
- Provide input to impact assessments (technical, cost, schedule, risks).
- Track and manage technical risks, dependencies, and design maturity.
- Provide clear status reporting to project and functional leadership.
- Ensure PLM data integrity and configuration management (ENOVIA / Teamcenter).
- Contribute to process improvements, design standards, and lessons learned.
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Aerospace or Mechanical Engineering.
- Minimum 15+ years of relevant experience in aerospace engineering or a related industry.
Demonstrated Strong Expertise In
- Aircraft structures and/or systems installation and integration.
- Configuration development, preliminary sizing, and detailed design.
- Design for Manufacturing, Assembly, and Industrialization (DFM/DFA).
- Materials & processes, GD&T, and aerospace design standards.
- Weight control and optimization.
- Certification requirements (CAR/FAR/CS) and compliance processes.
- Proficiency in: CATIA V5, ENOVIA, MS Office.
- Knowledge of (Asset): NX, Teamcenter, PLM systems, and configuration control.
Strong Understanding Of
- Aircraft systems operation and interfaces.
- Manufacturing processes and capabilities.
- In-service operation and maintenance constraints (asset).
- Aircraft interiors integration (asset).
Demonstrated Ability To
- Lead technical integration across multiple stakeholders.
- Work effectively in high-pressure, complex program environments.
- Communicate clearly with internal and external partners.
- Apply strong problem-solving, decision-making, and leadership capabilities.
- Fluent in French and English (mandatory).
More about this job
Responsibilities
Lead the integration and design of aircraft structures and systems across the product lifecycle, coordinating multidisciplinary teams and optimizing designs for performance, cost, weight, and manufacturability. Support industrialization, certification, verification and validation, configuration control, risk management, and continuous improvement.
Requirements
Requires a bachelor's or master's degree in aerospace or mechanical engineering and at least 15 years of relevant aerospace or related-industry experience. Candidates should have strong aircraft structures or systems integration expertise, proficiency with CATIA V5 and ENOVIA, knowledge of certification and manufacturing practices, leadership capabilities, and fluency in French and English.
Skills
- Aircraft Structures
- Systems Integration
- Aircraft Architecture
- Configuration Development
- Preliminary Sizing
- Detailed Design
- Design for Manufacturing
- Design for Assembly
- Industrialization
- Materials and Processes
- Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing
- Weight Optimization
- Airworthiness Certification
- Technical Leadership
- CATIA V5
- ENOVIA
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Categories
- Engineering
- Management & Leadership
- Manufacturing
- Transportation
Keywords
- Aircraft Structures
- Systems Installation
- Systems Integration
- Airframe
- Conceptual Layouts
- Interface Management
- System Architecture
- Trade Studies
- Weight Optimization
- Cost Optimization
- Manufacturability
- CATIA V5
- ENOVIA
- NX
- Teamcenter
- PLM
- Configuration Control
- Design for Manufacturing
- Design for Assembly
- Materials and Processes
- Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing
- Aircraft Interiors
- Airworthiness
- CAR/FAR/CS
- Verification and Validation
- Certification
- Manufacturing
- Mass Properties
- Risk Management
- Industrialization