Location:Bruno-de-Montarville, QC
Industry: Rail Transportation / Rolling Stock
Position type: FTE/Contract
Visa type: Open
Responsibilities:
- Tender and Scope Definition:
- Contribute to tender phase activities related to the physical mock-up scope, identifying requirements, deliverables, and key milestones.
- Define mock-up objectives and the level of representation required ("just enough" approach) to support validation and customer approval.
- Physical Verification Planning:
- Consolidate the physical verification plan and identify necessary verification configurations.
- Formalize specifications and ensure alignment with overall project and engineering verification strategies.
- Mock-Up Development and Management:
- Lead the development, realization, and acceptance of physical mock-ups in coordination with suppliers and project stakeholders.
- Monitor progress, manage technical risks, and ensure timely delivery of all mock-up stages.
- Conduct technical reviews and acceptance testing of mock-ups with suppliers and customers.
- Validation and Issue Resolution:
- Validate design concepts through the mock-up process and ensure findings are accurately documented and addressed.
- Escalate design or integration issues to the project team and support their resolution.
- Promote design improvements and feedback integration into final engineering solutions.
Competencies & Skills:
Technical:
- Proven understanding of product development and validation processes, ideally in rail or complex system engineering.
- Experience in prototype, mock-up, or model management.
- Strong organizational and project coordination skills.
- Familiarity with design documentation and verification processes.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills across multidisciplinary teams.
- Customer-oriented mindset with a focus on quality and continuous improvement.
- Proactive problem-solving and ability to manage multiple priorities.
- Fluent in English (B2 level minimum) - both written and spoken, including technical discussions.
Qualifications:
- A degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Automobile, Production or Systems Engineering) with min 6+ years
- Experience coordinating with suppliers, managing deliverables, and leading design reviews.
- Familiarity with design and visualization tools (e.g., CATIA, 3DEXPERIENCE, or equivalent) and standard office tools (MS Office suite).
- Knowledge of configuration management and requirements traceability is a plus
- Experience in railway systems engineering
- Strong communication skills, a problem-solving mindset, and the ability to work in cross-functional teams