Chief Engineer

Company Overview:

Jaunt Air Mobility Canada is an aerospace and air mobility pioneer dedicated to the design, certification, and high-rate manufacturing of clean-technology VTOL aviation platforms. Operating as a core pillar of the AIRO Group’s Electric Air Mobility division, Jaunt Canada leverages world-class aerospace engineering and localized supply chains to deliver industry-leading transport solutions. Our current flagship program, the Jaunt JC250, is an advanced hybrid-electric, slowed-rotor VTOL cargo platform engineered for high-endurance, high-reliability Beyond Visual Line-of-Sight (BVLOS) logistics. Headquartered with a strong professional engineering and operational presence in Montreal and Mirabel, Quebec, Jaunt Canada is bridging the gap between abstract aerospace design and certified, real-world embedded implementation.

Position Overview:

The Chief Engineer is the senior technical authority for the Jaunt Cargo aircraft program and is accountable for the overall technical integrity, safety, performance, and certification readiness of the aircraft. This role owns the aircraft-level architecture, technical governance, and engineering execution across all subsystems, ensuring alignment with program objectives, regulatory requirements, and business goals.

The Chief Engineer provides unified technical leadership across airframe, propulsion, hybrid power, avionics, communications, flight controls, flight sciences, systems engineering, safety, and certification, serving as the final technical decision-maker for the program.

Key Responsibilities:

Aircraft-Level Technical Authority

• Own and maintain the aircraft-level technical architecture, including:
  • System decomposition
  • Functional allocation
  • Interface definitions
• Establish and control the aircraft configuration baseline
• Serve as the final technical authority for:
  • Design decisions
  • Trade studies
  • Technical risk acceptance

Technical Governance & Integration

• Ensure end-to-end integration across all aircraft subsystems, including:
  • Airframe and structures
  • Drive systems and propulsion
  • Hybrid power and EPDS
  • Avionics, communications, and GCS
  • Flight control systems and autonomy
  • Flight sciences and performance
• Resolve cross-disciplinary technical issues and integration conflicts
• Ensure subsystem designs collectively satisfy aircraft-level requirements

Design Reviews & Decision Leadership

• Chair and approve outcomes of all major aircraft-level design reviews, including:
  • System Requirements Review (SRR)
  • Preliminary Design Review (PDR)
  • Critical Design Review (CDR)
• Establish technical entry and exit criteria for each program phase
• Approve system-level interfaces, design changes, and configuration updates

Safety & Certification Oversight

• Ensure aircraft design aligns with safety objectives and certification strategy
• Oversee coordination between engineering, systems engineering, and safety teams
• Support and participate in:
  • FHA, PSSA, and SSA reviews
  • Certification planning and regulatory engagement
• Serve as senior technical representative to aviation authorities as required

Program & Executive Interface

• Represent the engineering organization to:
  • Executive leadership
  • Customers and partners
  • Regulatory authorities
• Communicate technical status, risks, and tradeoffs to non-technical stakeholders
• Support program planning and milestone readiness assessments

Engineering Leadership & Culture

• Provide technical mentorship to engineering leadership and discipline leads
• Establish and enforce engineering standards, processes, and best practices
• Promote a culture of technical rigor, safety, and accountability

Qualifications:

• Minimum 20 year's total engineering experience
• Minimum 15 years’ experience in aircraft or advanced aerospace system development
• Demonstrated experience serving as:
  • Chief Engineer
  • Technical Director
  • or equivalent senior technical authority on complex aircraft programs
• Deep familiarity with:
  • Aircraft systems integration
  • Certification frameworks (FAA, EASA, or equivalent)
  • ARP4754A / ARP4761 principles
• Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary engineering organizations and make high-impact technical decisions

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related discipline

Physical and Mental Requirements:

• Standing and sitting for extended periods of time,
• Lifting up to 25 pounds in a safe and prudent manner,
• Ability to work and communicate well with other employees and management, customers, visitors, vendors.
• Ability to perform work utilizing manual dexterity of the hands,
• Ability to push, pull, bend, stoop, reach above and below shoulders, and full use of upper extremities,
• Ability to easily move through an approximately 25,000 square foot warehouse building,
• Ability to read, write, and understand French,
• Correctable vision and hearing.

This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive, and the employee may also be asked to perform other reasonably related job duties as assigned by their immediate supervisor as required. All employees may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time as needed. The AIRO Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

The compensation range for this position is:

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