Job Posting Title
Manager, Situation Display Products
Job Category
Engineering Development and Support
Language Requirements
English / Anglais
English is required / L'anglais est requis
Flexible Work Agreement Type
Hybrid / Hybride
Posting End Date
2026-05-21
Job Grade
L1 Zone B
Pay Range
Commensurate with Experience / Selon l’expérience
Job Summary
As the Manager, Situation Display Products, you will lead a specialized group of software engineers dedicated to developing and maintaining the primary visual interface user by Air Traffic Controllers in Canada and internationally. This is a mission-critical role where system reliability, real-time performance and human-factors integration are paramount. You will be responsible for the professional growth of your team, the execution of project milestones and ensuring that our display technology meets stringent aviation hand human factors standards.
Job Description
Why NAV CANADA?
- Impactful Leadership: Thrive in a challenging, team-oriented environment where your work ensures the safety of the skies.
- Elite Rewards: Benefit from competitive compensation and the long-term security of a defined benefit pension plan.
- Growth-Focused: Access continuous opportunities for professional development to stay at the forefront of aviation innovation.
- Balanced Flexibility: Maintain peak performance with flexible work arrangements tailored for modern leadership.
- Inclusive Culture: Lead a diverse workforce that values unique perspectives as a core strength.
In this role you will:
- People Leadership: Manage, mentor, and coach a team of software engineers. Conduct performance reviews, facilitate career development, and foster a collaborative, high-integrity engineering culture. This includes talent acquisition, onboarding and retention.
- Project Delivery: Oversee the end-to-end lifecycle of situation display features, from requirements analysis and architectural design to deployment and maintenance.
- Technical Oversight: Provide guidance on real-time data visualization, graphics rendering, and UI/UX improvements specifically for high-stakes aviation environments.
- Strategic Collaboration: Work closely with Senior Management, Systems Engineering, Certification and Product Owners to align team deliverables with the broader organizational roadmap.
- Quality & Compliance: Ensure all team members follow the process and all team output adheres to rigorous safety-critical software standards (e.g., ED-109-A) and internal quality management systems.
- Financial and Resource Management: Track team utilization and project efforts to ensure alignment with organizational CAPEX/OPEX targets. Provide regular financial health updates to Senior Management and strategies to keep projects within approved funding limits.
What you bring:
- Bachelors degree in Engineering or Computer Science or equivalent education and experience supplemented by some experience in Air Traffic Management Systems.
- Minimum of 8-10 years in software engineering with at least 2-3 years in formal leadership or a supervisory/team lead role
- Current and in-depth knowledge of rapidly evolving industry trends, computing and communications technology and products and services available in the Air Traffic Management community.
- Thorough knowledge and extensive experience in the development, testing, implementation and life cycle support of complex, safety critical Air Traffic Management systems.
- Knowledge and experience in management techniques and processes including business case analysis, project management, finance and human resources.
- Thorough knowledge and extensive experience in directing software projects by program planning, budgeting, preparing work plans, scheduling activities, setting priorities and assigning resources to meet objectives and deadlines.
- Good knowledge of procurement policies, tendering processes, proposal evaluations and contracting mechanisms.
- Knowledge and experience with talent acquisition, onboarding techniques and staff retention
- Knowledge of C/C++ and UI frameworks, UI design and experience used in complex HMI systems
How others describe you:
- Ability to negotiate deliverables with industry, consultants and project members when coordinating projects.
- Clear, concise and effective written and verbal communication skills to draft strategies, policies, procedures, systems and business cases and explain project and resource development tools, equipment and services, to internal and external stake holders.
- Persuasiveness to present plans and convince stakeholders of the necessity of strategic planning for project and resource development.
Working Conditions:
- This position is a hybrid position with a minimum – 3 days per week on site.
Behaviour Statement:
- All employees of NAV CANADA are expected to demonstrate behaviours aligned with company’s Code of Business Conduct, values, safety and objectives. This includes adherence to any safety policies, standards, and procedures corresponding to job responsibilities and duties.
NAV CANADA is committed to building a skilled, diverse workforce reflective of Canadian society. If you do not believe that you match every job requirement listed on this job posting, we still encourage you to apply. NAV CANADA encourages a culture of learning and growth, and recognizes that although some technical skills are mandatory, many others can be taught.
Our Company strives to create an inclusive and barrier-free selection process and work environment. If you require accommodations during this competition process, please ensure that you inform the interview coordinator or hiring manager of any accommodation measures you may require. NAV CANADA will provide accommodations throughout the recruitment and selection process to applicants with disabilities as required.
The successful candidate must meet the security requirement of the position and be legally able to work in Canada.
We thank all applicants for their interest; only those selected for next steps will be contacted.
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