Hardware Engineering Manager

Location: Montreal, QC on site

Shift: day

Non-unionized position

CMC Electronics (CMC) has earned an international reputation for innovation and excellence in the design, manufacturing and support of electronic products for the aviation markets. CMC is focused on delivering innovative cockpit and avionics system integration solutions to commercial and military customers worldwide. Its principal facilities are located in Montreal, Ottawa, Chicago and Reston, in Virginia.

CMC is a major supplier to the aerospace and high-technology industries, airlines, military agencies and government customers worldwide.

Why join our Hardware Engineering team?

As a Hardware Engineering Manager, you will report to the Director of Hardware and Operations Support and you will manage a team of hardware development engineers. You will work in collaboration with peer Engineering Managers, Program Managers and Product Managers. The primary function of the Hardware Engineering Manager is to lead the multidisciplinary team and to develop a departmental roadmap, to deploy it and to maintain it through an integrated strategy combined with the enhancement of technical expertise.

As a Hardware Engineering Manager Your Key Responsibilities Include

• Lead and mentor a team of multi-discipline hardware staff including the Mechanical, ECAD and hardware development teams.
• Develop and maintain a rolling five years departmental roadmap along with an annual strategic plan.
• Prepare financial operational and capital acquisition budgets.
• Suggest, plan and lead continuous improvements projects.
• Provide timely technical and financial estimates to internal customers.
• Responsible to hire, develop and train the staff required to deliver the required support and development capability with innovative solutions.
• Produce employee’s performance reports and develop personnel career paths.
• Maintain employees’ skill set matrices
• Review team’s projects technical progress and performance through program reviews, providing KPI metrics and follow-up on corrective actions.
• Support all direct reports in meeting their 98% on time delivery commitments while respecting scope, budgets, schedules and quality requirements.
• Enhance departmental procedures and interfaces with related departments to efficiently increase synergies.
• Provide oversite for the processes of Obsolescence management, Last Time Buy, warranty and other life cycle support requirements.
• Coordinate, review and approve design estimates for Test, Sustaining and development activities as required.
• Participate in product development activities using Design For Testability (DFT) concepts to develop test solutions with maximum test coverage.
• Manage the evolution of the new software test platform, its impact and benefits.
• Implement and support new sustaining structure with distinctive roles and skillset required: PPE, PE, Team lead, Sustaining engineer and Technical specialists.
• Effectively interface and support manufacturing as well as maintenance organizations to ensure continuous operations thus avoiding downtime.

To Join Our Team, You Must

• Acquainted with continuous improvement techniques, Lean/Six Sigma. Green Belt or Black Belt certification would be an asset

To Excel In This Role, You Must Have

• Hold a Bachelor in engineering or equivalent;
• Possess at least in engineering, with a minimum of an additional ten years in a supervisory/managerial role;
• Fluently bilingual, French and English, orally and written
• Proven leadership skills, team player, internal and external customer oriented, working in a multidisciplinary task environment
• Posses basic financial knowledge to enable departmental operation’s management
• Demonstrate an ability to interface effectively with coworkers and all management levels
• Sound analytical and troubleshooting skills
• Highly self motivated, self aware and capable of addressing the group’s needs
• Strong abilities to build and sustain a high performance team
• Interface skills with Engineering, Manufacturing and Product Maintenance technical issues, testability, manufacturability and test strategy

What We Offer

• Group insurance paid at 100% and pension plan with employer participation
• Financial assistance program for studies
• Free electrical terminals
• On-site cafeteria at low cost
• Closed during the end-of-year holidays
• International-calibre company on a human scale

CMC applies the Equal Employment Opportunity Program and we encourage women, people with disabilities, Indigenous people and visible minorities to apply.

People with disabilities can receive assistance with the pre-selection and selection process, if they wish.

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