Head of Product

The role

The Head of Product will own the system architecture, requirements, and maturation plan for missiles, ground support, and launch systems. They will lead a team spanning systems engineering, requirements, verification, and integration and test to drive products from design through production.

What you will do

• Own the system architecture across the missile, ground support, and integrated launch systems.
• Lead requirements definition, flow-down, and traceability.
• Plan and run the design review cycle including SRR, PDR, CDR, and PRR.
• Define and execute the integration, test, and qualification strategy.
• Drive design-for-manufacture, assembly, and test.
• Build and lead the product and systems engineering organization.
• Serve as the technical voice of the product to government and defence customers.
• Own configuration management, technical risk, and product documentation.

Required qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in systems engineering, product engineering, or technical program leadership.
• Proven track record maturing complex hardware from technology demonstration through qualification and into production.
• Direct experience owning system architecture and requirements for a multi-subsystem product.
• Working knowledge of TRL and MRL frameworks and of the design review lifecycle (SRR, PDR, CDR, PRR).
• Hands-on experience planning and running integration, environmental, and qualification test campaigns.
• Experience driving design-for-manufacture and the handoff from engineering to production.
• Experience managing personnel across multiple technical functions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Eligibility for a Government of Canada security clearance.

Nice to have

• Experience developing missile, munitions, or other precision-guided hardware systems.
• Experience with ground support equipment, launcher systems, or other system-of-systems products.
• Background maturing a product at an early-stage or startup hardware company.
• Familiarity with military standards for environmental and qualification testing, and with export-controlled programs.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related technical field.

Benefits

• Real ownership from day one
• Competitive compensation
• Meaningful upside from joining an early-stage company

About the company

North Vector Dynamics is an early-stage company at the forefront of the defence technology sector.