Director, Engineering Bombardier Experimental

Job Title

Director, Engineering Bombardier Experimental

Job Details

Posting Start Date: 6/26/26

Requisition ID: 14211

Primary Location: Marcel-Laurin Plant 1

Organization: Aerospace Canada

Employee Status: Regular

Benefits Program

• Insurance plans (Dental, medical, life insurance, disability, and more)
• Competitive base salary
• Retirement savings plan
• Employee Assistance Program
• Tele Health Program

Responsibilities

• Lead the Bombardier Experimental organization with full accountability for performance and results, ensuring teams are engaged, enabled, and delivering on all mandates in support of program objectives and corporate strategy
• Lead a best‑in‑class health & safety culture across the Experimental organization, ensuring safety is the top priority in all ground testing and flight test outfitting activities.
• Drive continuous improvement and uphold the highest standards of quality by optimizing processes, strengthening execution discipline, and ensuring operational excellence across all Experimental function deliverables.
• Provide strategic leadership in advancing experimental test technologies, enabling accelerated product development and enhancing testing capability, efficiency, and overall performance.
• Establish, monitor, and drive performance metrics across the Experimental organization to ensure all deliverables and experimental mandates are achieved with quality, on schedule, and within budget.
• Grow, develop, and sustain a high‑performing organization by strengthening technical capabilities, deepening expertise, and implementing effective succession planning and talent development strategies.
• Ensure all organizational activities are conducted in full alignment with company policies, strategic priorities, regulatory requirements, and financial commitments.

Qualifications

• You hold a bachelor’s degree in Engineering and bring a minimum of twenty (20) years of relevant experience in aerospace or a related field, with progressively increasing responsibility.
• You have strong management experience, including conducting performance evaluations, overseeing staffing allocation, driving process improvements, and supporting employee development.
• You possess extensive experience in aerospace ground testing, experimental engineering, and flight test aircraft outfitting, with strong knowledge of operations, methods, logistics, quality, health & safety, and new aircraft development processes.
• You have a proven track record of attracting, developing, and retaining top talent, while effectively mentoring team members to maximize their potential and performance.
• You are highly effective in fast‑paced, high‑volume, and rapidly changing environments, and consistently demonstrate strong execution and results orientation.
• You demonstrate confidence and credibility, with strong communication skills that enable you to effectively lead and influence at all levels of the organization.
• You meet the eligibility requirements for registration under the Canadian Controlled Goods Directorate (CGD) Program.
• You are fully bilingual in French and English, with strong verbal and written communication skills in both languages.

Bombardier is an equal opportunity employer and encourages persons of any race, religion, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, immigration status, disability or other applicable legally protected characteristics to apply.