Title:  Software Test Team Lead

About your next Challenge as a Software Test Team Lead:

You will lead, organize, and coordinate the activities of the software test and integration team across multiple concurrent projects.

What will you do:

• Understand system and customer requirements in order to prepare, plan, and execute test strategies and test plans.
• Coordinate integration and validation activities on the test site, ensuring smooth execution and alignment with project milestones.
• Participate in iterative validation with customers through release candidates and support acceptance activities.
• Supervise and optimize concurrent test campaigns across projects, ensuring deadlines and quality objectives are met.
• Manage and maintain test environments, including support for software and hardware obsolescence.
• Investigate and respond to customer requests, ensuring timely root cause analysis and resolution.
• Support continuous improvement of test processes, tools, and methodologies.
• Collaborate closely with project managers, developers, and system engineers to ensure integrated project delivery.

Required Skills and Experiences:

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical or Software Engineering.
• A degree in Software, Electrical, or Computer Engineering (or equivalent).
• 10+ years of experience in software development, testing, and/or integration, with proven leadership experience.
• Strong organizational and planning skills to manage parallel activities across projects.
• Solid analytical and problem-solving abilities combined with technical expertise.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral, with the ability to work with customers and multidisciplinary teams.
• Experience in software test planning, execution, and reporting.
• Hands-on experience with integration testing and system validation in real or simulated environments.
• Familiarity with test automation, CI/CD pipelines, and agile/DevOps methodologies (an asset).
• Experience handling hardware/software obsolescence and supporting legacy systems.
• Experience with agile methodology and using tools such as Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, etc.
• Bilingualism (French and English) required. The knowledge of the English language, other than the French language is necessary due to contractual requirements.

Eligibility Criteria (Mandatory):

• Must be eligible for registration with the Controlled Goods Program;
• Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a government of Canada “Reliability” status and Level 2 (Secret) security clearance.
• Must be eligible to meet the requirements for U.S. International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR).