Posted 9 days ago
Systems Assurance Director
@ SYSTRA
Toronto, Ontario
Overview
SYSTRA Canada is hiring a Systems Assurance Director to provide strategic technical oversight, engineering governance and safety assurance for the Lakeshores portfolio of the GO Expansion Program. The role governs the V-model lifecycle, integration of ATS, CBTC, SCADA and cybersecurity, hazard and risk management, and assurance of delivery partners. The position is on-site and full-time.
Responsibilities:
- Provide strategic technical oversight for Systems Assurance across the Lakeshores portfolio
- Govern the V-model lifecycle, IV&V, testing and commissioning
- Lead hazard, risk and FMECA activities and safety certification
- Oversee technical submittals of delivery partners and consultants
Requirements summary:
- Licensed P.Eng. in good standing with PEO
- Bachelor's or Master's in Systems, Electrical or related engineering
- 10+ years of engineering experience, 5+ in senior systems assurance leadership
- Knowledge of CENELEC EN 50126, 50128, 50129 or IEEE/ISO 15288
Tools & skills
Source and dates
Employer career site / ATS feed · icims
- Employer posting date
- 2026-10-29
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-29
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-29
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Job details
| Seniority | Director |
| Department | Engineering |
| Experience | 10+ years |
| Management experience | 5+ years |
| Manages people | Yes |
| Hours per week | 40 (estimated) |
| Work setting | Office |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Languages | English |
| Licences & certifications | P.Eng., PEO |
| Education | Bachelor’s degree (required), Master’s degree (preferred) |
| Fields of study | Systems Engineering, Electrical 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 | 163 |
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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
This role supports the Go Expansion Program. The role is associated with the Delivery Partners for Metrolinx on the program.
Missions/Main Duties
- Provide strategic leadership and technical oversight for Systems Assurance across the Lakeshores portfolio, including engineering governance, systems integration and safety certification.
- Establish, implement and adapt Systems Assurance and Safety Certification processes; govern the end-to-end V-model lifecycle through design, IV&V, Testing & Commissioning and operational handover; and oversee integration across ATS, CBTC, SCADA, trackside infrastructure and cybersecurity.
- Lead risk and hazard management activities, including hazard logs, FMECA and risk analysis, support safety certification and regulatory processes, and oversee technical submittals and assurance activities undertaken by delivery partners and engineering consultants.
- This is a key Systems Assurance leadership role required to provide strategic technical oversight, engineering governance and safety assurance for the Lakeshores portfolio.
- The role is required to provide assurance that rolling stock, signalling, traction power and associated transit systems are safely designed, integrated and commissioned in accordance with applicable RAMS and safety requirements.
- The position is currently vacant within the approved SE&I Systems Assurance organisation structure and is required to support delivery of the GO Expansion Program.
Profile/Skills
- Licensed Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) in good standing with Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO).
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering or a related technical discipline.
- 10+ years' progressive engineering infrastructure experience, preferably including at least 5 years in senior leadership of systems assurance for complex rail, transit or major brownfield capital programmes.
- Strong knowledge of Systems Assurance, RAMS, safety certification, IV&V, Testing & Commissioning and systems engineering lifecycle processes.
- Knowledge of CENELEC EN 50126, EN 50128 and EN 50129, or equivalent IEEE/ISO 15288 systems engineering frameworks.
- Knowledge of relevant Ontario legislation and Metrolinx safety governance requirements.
- Strong leadership, stakeholder management, technical communication, negotiation and risk-management capability.
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
On-siteJournal
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