Morson Canada is hiring!
Design Approval Organization (DAO) Manager
Permanent role
British Columbia location
$120K-$130 based on experience

Send your updated resume to fernanda.kisgerotz@morsoncanada.com
to learn more about this opportunity! 

POSITION ACCOUNTABILITY

The Design Approval Organization (DAO) Manager is accountable for leading a team of Avionics and Structural design engineers that implement technical projects relating to aircraft Supplemental Type Certification and aircraft systems integration, ensuring high quality of design activity is conducted in accordance with company and regulatory standards on-time and on budget.

RESPONSIBILITIES

The Design Approval Organization (DAO) Manager is responsible for:

Manage project engineer team, drive efficiencies, and productivity within the company DAO.

Drive project schedules and ensure project engineers are engaged, focused, and remain on task.

Manage, prioritize and when required conduct aircraft level design and airworthiness activities as well as all appliance level airworthiness activities.

Oversee and contribute to the preparation of all necessary documentation, such as specifications, drawings, functional tests, and reports.

Oversee the Project Management of STC’s, TSO’s, airworthiness and aircraft level activities.

Ensure all Tier II support for aircraft level activities are coordinated and responses are provided in a timely manner.

Provide technical and resource support to other engineering teams to achieve project objectives.

Work in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders to deliver technical solutions on schedule and on budget.

Manage project plans, resource loading and scheduling within the DAO.

Act as the primary liaison between the Sales team and the DAO as required, ensure Sales and customer expectations are managed.

Ensure adherence to engineering best practices and own engineering processes and standards as they apply to the DAO.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

A highly motivated self-starter with proven leadership, motivation, and mentoring skills

Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills

An innate ability to anticipate the impact of various solutions to technical problems

Strong conflict management and negotiating skills

Superior analytical, evaluation, and problem-solving abilities

Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, highly dynamic, and high-volume environment

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

Engineering Degree (preferred) from an accredited University (Aerospace, Software, Electrical or Mechanical)

5+ years of management experience in an avionics system design, integration, and installation environment

Strong leadership skills and the ability to communicate effectively with interdisciplinary project teams

Demonstrated technical and creative problem-solving skills

Must be capable of complete design documentation and assistance in certification efforts, as required

Professional Engineer Designation

Demonstrated knowledge of project and product lifecycle

Current standing or eligibility for Transport Canada delegation under our Design Approval Organization