Posted 3 months ago
Senior Systems Engineering Manager
@ SYSTRA
Toronto, Ontario
Overview
SYSTRA Canada is hiring a Senior Systems Engineering Manager to lead systems engineering on a major Light Rail Transit project. The role covers requirements, interfaces, integration, verification and validation, and configuration control, with 15+ years of rail or complex infrastructure experience required and a hybrid arrangement.
Responsibilities:
- Manage day-to-day systems engineering for the SRS scope
- Lead requirements management and traceability
- Coordinate interface management and ICDs
- Plan and coordinate verification and validation activities
- Support RAMS and hazard management
Requirements summary:
- University degree in engineering
- P.Eng. licence in Ontario or equivalent
- 15+ years of systems engineering on rail or complex infrastructure
- Knowledge of CENELEC EN 50126, IEEE 15288 or similar
- Hands-on experience with DOORS or equivalent
Tools & skills
Source and dates
Employer career site / ATS feed · icims
- Employer posting date
- 2026-07-30
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-09
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-10
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Job details
| Seniority | Senior |
| Department | Engineering |
| Experience | 15+ years |
| Manages people | Yes |
| Hours per week | 40 (estimated) |
| Work setting | Office, Client sites |
| Position | Mostly sitting |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Languages | English |
| Licences & certifications | P.Eng. |
| Education | Bachelor’s degree (required) |
| Fields of study | Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering |
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SYSTRA
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Full company description
SYSTRA is one of the world's leading engineering and consultancy groups specialising in public transport and mobility solutions. For more than 65 years, the Group has been committed to helping cities and regions to contribute to their development by creating, improving and modernising their transport infrastructure. With its 11,000 employees, the Group's mission is to connect people and bring territories closer together in the 80 countries where it operates. By making travel more fluid, the infrastructures designed by SYSTRA bring communities together, develop social integration and facilitate access to employment, education and leisure. A signature for transport solutions, SYSTRA supports its partners and clients throughout the lifecycle of their projects. SYSTRA is involved at a very early stage in the design phase, right through to the deployment and maintenance test phases. SYSTRA provides all of its services in more than 80 countries worldwide and generates 80% of its turnover internationally. KEY FIGURES - €1.3 bn in sales in 2024 - 2nd international engineering company for Mass Transit & Rail* - 3d for Bridges* - 6th in the Transport sector* * Engineering News-Record (ENR) ranking, 2025
- LinkedIn followers
- 360,472
- People associated on LinkedIn
- 10,091
- Reported office locations
- 72 rue Henry Farman, Paris, 75015, FR
- Business categories
- Railroad
- Cyber Security
- Consulting
- Infrastructure
- Transportation
- Public Transportation
- Asset Management
- Smart Cities
- Project Management
- Civil Engineering
- Other recorded names
- SYSTRA
- Specialties
- Project management
- Design
- Sustainable and environmental studies
- Construction supervision
- Testing Commissioning
- Operation Maintenance
- Transport planning & Preliminary studies
- Infrastructure
- Systems engineering
- and Operation & Maintenance engineering
- Profile identifies a recruitment agency
- No
- Reported total investment
- 0
Currency and observation date were not supplied; this is not a current valuation or a funding round.
SYSTRA is one of the world's leading engineering and consultancy groups specialising in public transport and mobility solutions. For more than 65 years, the Group has been committed to helping cities and regions to contribute to their development by creating, improving and modernising their transport infrastructure. With its 11,000 employees, the Group's mission is to connect people and bring territories closer…
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Industry | Engineering Services |
| Company size | 10,001+ employees |
| Headquarters | Paris |
| Organization type | Privately Held |
| Specialties | Project managementDesignSustainable and environmental studiesConstruction supervisionTesting CommissioningOperation MaintenanceTransport planning & Preliminary studiesInfrastructureSystems engineeringand Operation & Maintenance engineering |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 166 |
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SYSTRA Canada is part of the SYSTRA group, an international consulting and engineering group, a world leader in the design of transport infrastructures. SYSTRA Canada is an engineering and consulting firm whose primary focus is to offer transportation solutions, whether for passengers or goods: feasibility studies of building a new railway line, increasing the capacity of the existing infrastructure, privatization of a railway.
Understand better who we are by visiting www.systracanada.com.
Context
We are seeking an experienced Systems Engineering Manager / Lead to support the delivery of a major Light Rail Transit (LRT) project. This role is responsible for leading day-to-day systems engineering activities across the designated project scope, ensuring that requirements, interfaces, integration, verification, validation, and configuration processes are effectively planned, implemented, and controlled throughout the project lifecycle.
The successful candidate will work closely with design, assurance, RAMS, testing, construction, and stakeholder teams to ensure that the LRT system is delivered in accordance with project requirements, applicable standards, and certification expectations. This role requires strong leadership, technical coordination, and experience working on rail or similarly complex infrastructure programs.
Missions/Main Duties
- Manage day-to-day systems engineering activities for the SRS scope.
- Lead requirements capture, analysis, allocation, traceability, and change control for SRS systems.
- Maintain requirements compliance and traceability from design through verification and handover.
- Coordinate interface management across disciplines, contractors, stakeholders, and external parties.
- Develop, maintain, and control interface control documents (ICDs) and interface registers.
- Identify, track, and resolve interface issues, risks, and action items.
- Plan and coordinate verification and validation (V&V) activities for system and subsystem requirements.
- Ensure V&V evidence is collected, reviewed, organized, and maintained to support assurance and certification.
- Support integration management activities across systems and subsystems.
- Coordinate with design, testing, assurance, and delivery teams to manage integration dependencies and risks.
- Support configuration management processes, including baseline control, document control, and change management.
- Contribute to RAMS and hazard management activities, including maintaining relevant registers, records, and supporting documentation.
- Provide systems engineering input to hazard identification, mitigation tracking, and closure activities.
- Guide design teams on the use of systems engineering methods, tools, and best practices.
- Ensure compliance with applicable project standards, procedures, and engineering governance requirements.
- Support technical reviews, audits, assurance reviews, and certification submissions as required.
- Prepare and maintain systems engineering plans, reports, registers, and technical documentation.
Profile/Skills
- University degree in Engineering in Electrical, Systems, Mechanical, Civil, or a related discipline.
- Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) licensed in Ontario or equivalent.
- 15+ years of systems engineering experience on rail or complex infrastructure projects.
- Strong knowledge of systems engineering processes, including:Requirements management
- Interface management
- Integration management
- Configuration management
- Verification and validation
- Experience working with CENELEC EN 5012x, IEEE 15288, or similar standards for rail systems.
- Hands-on experience with DOORS or equivalent requirements management tools.
SYSTRA Canada is committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer that values applications from all and offers employment equity based on the merits and abilities of candidates and personnel.
Note: In this description, the masculine gender is used for easy reading purposes and includes the feminine.
We use AI-enabled tools in our recruitment platform (iCIMS) for tasks like resume parsing and candidate matching. These tools do not make hiring decisions; all applications are reviewed by a human recruiter, and final decisions are made by our hiring team.
For questions about our hiring process or AI tools, please contact [email protected].
Workplace Type
HybridJournal
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