Hardware Product Development Manager - Onsite Position

Hardware Product Development Manager - Onsite Position

We’re looking for highly motivated Hardware Product Development Manager to join our Ottawa, ON team, you will lead a dynamic group of Hardware Engineers responsible for the development of new products and the support of the existing product lines. You plan and oversee the product development related activities, ensuring objectives are accomplished to meet the business and customer objectives.

You will also work closely with other cross-functional team members in Engineering, New Product Introduction (NPI), Customer Support, Sales and Marketing. You coach, mentor, guide, and help nurture the development team to realize its full potential and adopt our culture of quality and customer satisfaction.

Location: Ottawa, ON

We Take Care of Our People

Paid Time Off I RRSP with Employer Match I Health and Wellness Benefits I Learning and Development Opportunities I Competitive Pay I Referral Program I Recognition I I *

Salary Range: $119,500 - $152,650 plus bonus opportunity

Please note that the salary range information provided is a general guideline only, reflecting a position based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Criteria such as the candidate’s qualifications and relevant experience, the scope of the specific position, as well as market and business considerations will be evaluated when extending an offer.

Your Challenge

Supervise the work assignments of a highly knowledgeable and motivated project teams

• Be a hands-on leader who achieves success through modelling best practices and a service attitude

• Responsible for the career development, training and performance evaluations of staff allocated to the Engineering Team

• Facilitate and ensure individual and team roles and responsibilities are understood

• Establish effective practices to attract, develop, motivate and retain high caliber staff

• Help lead cross-functional problem-solving initiatives

• Review testing protocols for compliance with accepted standards and verifies testing results to ensure the desired functionality has been achieved

• Participate in bid/project activities such as defining architectures, developing technical proposals and providing detailed cost and schedule estimates

• Interact with customers regarding requirements and technical solutions

• Manage 3rd party relationships and coordination of work for cross site initiatives

• Pre- and Post-Sales support when needed by Product Marketing or Customer Support

What You Bring

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science, Technologist Diploma or equivalent will be considered

• 8 years industry experience relating to electronics computing

• Prior experience in a managerial or leadership role is preferred

• Experience/familiarity in the following is an asset:

  • Development of electronic assemblies for aerospace applications

  • Design for manufacturing processes and techniques

  • Design for rugged environments

  • Open system standards such as VME, VPX, XMC and PMC

  • Leading-edge Intel and NXP/Qualcomm processors (x86, PA, ARM)

  • Leading-edge Broadcom Ethernet Switches

  • High-end FPGA design

  • Latest embedded industry technologies, such as Gen 3/4 PCI Express, 40GbE Ethernet, USB 3, DDR4 memory, etc.

  • Working knowledge of PCB technologies including stack up definition, material selection, IPC etc.

  • Experience with product configuration management

  • DO-254 Safety Certification

• Demonstrated drive and ability to achieve goals in an innovative and fast paced environment

• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously and able to react to shifting priorities to meet business need

• Demonstrated creativity, foresight, and mature engineering judgment in anticipating and solving unprecedented engineering problems

• The candidate should be a results-oriented team player who leads by example, holds themselves accountable for performance, takes ownership of their responsibilities, and champions process improvement initiatives

• Self-confident leader capable of motivating and mentoring their staff

• Ability to estimate/schedule development projects

• Detailed knowledge of embedded computing systems architecture, hardware, software and related support requirements in the military/aerospace industry

• Team orientated and commitment to customer satisfaction

Who We Are

At our world-class manufacturing and design facility in Ottawa, Ontario, we manufacture rugged products optimized for high-mix, high quality and small batch sizes typical of military requirements. Equipped with the latest assembly, cleaning, coating and inspection equipment, our operations are AS9100 and ISO-9001 certified and we comply with the highest standards of workmanship defined by IPC and J-STD specifications. All materials and processes are controlled by our enterprise-wide SAP and MES systems which offer full component traceability to individual products by serial number.