Gestionnaire de l’AIT, produits récurents - Antennes

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Role: The AI&T Manager manages the Assembly, Integration and test portion of a program, an element of a program, a product, to meet customer and Company expectations. A broader objective of this position is to support the Company’s growth by undertaking tasks that may not have a direct bearing on the management of the program.

Responsibilities:

• Acts as an ambassador for their unit and communicates with internal stakeholders to plan and execute manufacturing and production activities.
• Reviews requests from departments responsible for program management, product development management, and line management.
• Applies and organizes the necessary resources to manage the AI&T (Assembly, Integration & Test) portion of a program or product.
• Negotiates and provides feedback to the program manager(s) regarding products, resources, funding, or methods.
• Prepares detailed schedules to monitor daily product progress and conducts assessments of costs to date and estimates to completion.
• Escalates key issues and improvement opportunities within their unit and proposes solutions.
• Participates in product and design kick-off meetings and ensures that specifications of the manufacturing lines are met.
• Acts as a consultant, providing technical guidance and direction.
• Maintains visibility of AI&T at the management level through regular technical, management, and progress review meetings.

Specific to recurrent products (steerable antennas):

• Propose AIT plan for the introduction of recurrent products.
• Continuous improvement of the new high-volume integration line.
• Defines the metrics and implementation sequence for their line.
• Performs occasional supplier follow-ups and oversees the commissioning of new equipment.
• Develops maintenance and qualification plans for the recurrent products lines.
• Works with programs that are in the bidding or proposal phase.

Qualifications required:

• Mechanical or Electrical Engineering or Industrial degree, bachelor’s or higher.
• Knowledge of motor and dynamic‑movement systems.
• 7 years’ experience of program/project management or project engineering in related technical field.
• 7 years’ experience of Assembly, integration and/or test.
• Experience with negotiations, risk management, contract management, subcontract management, financials, US ITAR regulations.
• Good people skills and leadership skills.
• Communication skills in both French and English required.

Successful candidates must obtain and hold security clearance at the reliability status level, and pass security assessment for the Controlled Goods Program (CGP).

MDA provides competitive compensation and benefits packages for its employees at all locations.