Senior Project Manager, Aircraft Program Development (ACP)

The role

Location and type

• The posting specifies on-site work in Ottawa and Montreal.
• The role is identified in the description as full-time.

What you'll do

• Own the ACP aircraft engineering scope, schedule, and development cost against the baseline set by the Program Manager.
• Maintain the integrated program schedule and risk register; resolve conflicts between disciplines before they become schedule risks.
• Define scope and timelines across Aerodynamics, Structures, Avionics, GNC, Propulsion, Mission Systems, and Autonomy.
• Carry the program from concept and requirements through integration, ground test, and flight test.
• Ensure technical teams complete SRR, SDR, PDR, and CDR reviews and prepare associated data packages.
• Manage technical execution of engineering subcontracts and development partner statements of work, including scope, schedule, and deliverables.
• Provide reliable engineering scope, schedule, cost, and risk updates for customer and management reporting.
• Represent the engineering baseline at technical reviews with customer engineering staff when asked.
• Provide engineering input to manufacturing, procurement, and partnership plans, including design-for-manufacture and supplier technical requirements.

What you bring

• 10+ years progressing complex technical programs in aerospace or defence, with real authority over scope, schedule, and cost.
• Technical fluency to monitor engineering trades across multiple disciplines for completeness.
• Experience carrying a program from concept through flight test or fielding.
• Experience briefing status, risk, and trade-offs to senior internal leadership and customer technical staff at design reviews.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain a Canadian security clearance at Secret level or higher.
• Degree in Engineering.

Nice to have

• Experience with an Integrated Master Schedule and tools such as MS Project, JIRA, Confluence, or Smartsheet.
• Background on an uncrewed or autonomous aircraft program.
• Supplier and technology-partner management experience on a flight hardware program.
• PMP or equivalent program management certification.
• Exposure to RCAF, DND, or NATO airworthiness pathways for uncrewed systems.

Why join

• The company describes an opportunity to build defence capability for the CAF and its allies.
• The company highlights a high-trust environment, rapid iteration, direct operator contact, equity, responsibility, and access to leadership.

Compensation and benefits

• The posting offers a competitive base salary and company equity, with additional equity based on impact.
• Benefits include comprehensive health benefits.
• Equity is awarded to full-time employees only.