A Canadian aerospace company scaling its launch program is looking for a Systems Engineering Lead to own technical integrity across the full program. This is a senior, on-site role reporting directly to the CEO.

The Role You are the connective tissue of a complex, multidisciplinary launch program. You own requirements, interfaces, verification, configuration control, and technical risk across all subsystems, from early design through launch operations. As the organization scales toward 100+ engineers, your job is to ensure that adding headcount makes the program more coherent, not more fragile.

What You Own

• System requirements baseline: creation, flowdown, compliance tracking, and verification closure
• Interface control across all subsystems and cross-team dependency management
• V&V strategy: verification matrix and test completion tracking, nothing flies unverified
• Configuration management and change control board
• Technical risk register: design margins, test failures, interface conflicts, each with owners and mitigations
• Non-conformance and anomaly management: root cause analysis and corrective action

What You Decide

• Requirements waivers and deviations
• Interface conflict resolution between teams
• Change control board disposition
• Design review pass/fail — PDR, CDR, and test readiness
• Technical risk acceptance and escalation

Qualifications

• Bachelor's in Engineering (Master's preferred) in Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical, Systems or related
• 7+ years systems engineering experience in launch, aerospace and defence, or complex hardware programs
• 3+ years project or program management experience
• Strong grasp of SE lifecycle: requirements derivation, architecture, interface management, V&V, configuration control
• Experience running phase gate reviews, design reviews, and CCBs
• Background in industries such as commercial space launch, aerospace and defence, oil and gas, chemical manufacturing, or shipbuilding

On-Site: This role is fully on-site near Toronto. No hybrid or remote option.