The ideal candidate brings deep technical expertise in structural and mechanical engineering as their core foundation, paired with the leadership capability to manage and integrate cross-functional inputs from civil, electrical, and electronics engineering. This position requires a strong technical leader who balances advanced engineering prowess with proven experience across product, program, and project management methodologies.
Key Responsibilities
Senior Leadership
- Contribute meaningfully as a member of the Senior Leadership Team (SLT), supporting cross-functional leaders and stakeholders in shared business outcomes.
- As a member of the SLT, actively participate in the company’s coaching culture—engaging in personal and team development, demonstrating vulnerability, having hard conversations, and committing to ongoing inner work.
- Work collaboratively cross-departmentally with sales, marketing, finance, operations, and HR.
- Actively participate in the company planning, forecasting, and budgeting process.
Advanced R&D and Technical Oversight
- Core Structural & Mechanical Leadership: Serve as the internal authority on heavy mechanical design, dynamic structural loading, and materials performance.
- Multi-Disciplinary Integration: Effectively manage and coordinate secondary engineering disciplines, ensuring seamless sub-system integration of civil foundations, electrical systems, and electronic components.
- Simulation & Virtual Validation: Direct complex, high-fidelity simulations and finite element analyses (FEA) to rigorously evaluate structural integrity and high-impact dynamic performance prior to physical testing.
- Strategic Funding & R&D Compliance: Lead the strategic identification, documentation, and execution of technology grants and R&D tax incentives, expanding the company’s involvement with IRAP, SR&ED, and related initiatives.
- Cutting-Edge Research: Identify, study, and publicize advances in technologies influencing the industry, such as advanced materials research and smart manufacturing.
- Evaluate and address the company’s technical debt, recommending strategies to convert legacy systems, processes, and assets into long-term technical capital.
- Discover, evaluate, and recommend external consultants, subject matter experts (SMEs), or testing partners to deepen organizational expertise.
- Ensure all product development complies with relevant regulatory, certification, and testing requirements (e.g., ASTM, CSA, UL).
Team Leadership, Mentorship & Cultivating Talent
- Model and uphold the company’s core values of Trust, Respect, and Integrity across all interactions.
- Lead and manage the engineering department, providing direct supervision, coaching, and career pathing for engineers, program managers, and technical specialists.
- Promote a culture of continuous learning, structured experimentation, and responsible innovation.
Management & Process Excellence
- The Management Trifecta: Apply a blended expertise in Product, Program, and Project Management to ensure initial market alignment, clear timeline execution, and successful, on-budget product launches.
- Supervise the Program Manager to ensure the development of accurate, detailed, and cross-functionally aligned program plans.
- Codify tribal knowledge into accessible, permanent systems to ensure insights and learnings are retained and passed on.
- Continuously assess and recommend upgrades to engineering software, hardware tools, and simulation platforms to maintain a world-class practice.
- Apply Design for Manufacturability (DFM), assembly, service, and installation principles across all product lines.
- Maintain strong collaboration with Product Management, Operations, Sales, and Supply Chain to ensure customer applicability and manufacturability.
Preferred Qualifications & Requirements
- Education: Bachelor’s degree or higher in Mechanical Engineering, Structural Engineering, or a closely related field.
- Core Expertise: Minimum of 8–10 years of progressive experience in heavy mechanical design, structural dynamics, or impact/stress analysis.
- Management Breadth: Proven track record of managing multi-disciplinary teams, with enough technical literacy to oversee and sign off on civil, electrical, and electronic system integrations.
- Methodologies: Formal or practical depth in Product Management (defining market viability), Program Management (governing parallel tracks), and Project Management (execution, budget, and scope).
- Funding: Direct experience supporting or documenting R&D claims for SR&ED and IRAP programs is highly desirable.
Pay: CA$100,000.00-CA$135,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Casual dress
- Company events
- Dental care
- Employee assistance program
- Extended health care
- Flexible schedule
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Paid time off
- RRSP match
- Vision care
Work Location: In person, Surrey BC
To apply for this opportunity, please submit your resume and a brief letter outlining your relevant experience and qualifications to: [email protected]
