Systems engineering Manager

AtkinsRéalis is a world-class organization providing engineering and nuclear energy services. In Canada, our Transit Systems, Rail & Telecom practice designs and delivers major projects that positively impact citizen mobility, urban quality of life, access to services, and the sustainable development of communities. 

Our service offering covers all elements required to deliver a railway system throughout its entire lifecycle: from civil infrastructure and power supply to signaling, train control, and communications—with recognized expertise in systems integration. 

We are looking for a Manager, Systems Engineer for complex rail projects. 

As a team leader, you will be responsible for resource coordination, staff mentoring, and team engagement to achieve departmental objectives. You will actively contribute to technical activities on projects, ensuring planning, management, and delivery of engineering outputs that meet operational requirements for safety, reliability, and compliance. This role requires strong problem-solving skills and effective collaboration with multidisciplinary teams and diverse stakeholders. 

Location: Montréal 
Travel: Occasional 

• Lead the Systems Engineering & Integration team through all phases of the project lifecycle: definition, design, procurement, installation, and commissioning. 

• Support the deployment of systems engineering and integration activities (requirements management, interface management, verification and validation) across projects. 

• Organize and facilitate interface workshops between disciplines and stakeholders. 

• Ensure coordination with the client, technical teams, construction, operations and maintenance, as well as reliability, availability, maintainability, safety, and security groups. 

• Contribute to problem-solving and optimization of integration solutions. 

• Support construction and installation activities on-site. 

• Assist with system testing and commissioning. 

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or equivalent. 

• Experience in systems integration throughout the project lifecycle, ideally in the rail sector (Light Rail Transit, commuter rail, high-speed rail). 

• Ability to coordinate multidisciplinary teams and interact with clients, partners, and technical experts. 

• Solid knowledge of standards and norms (ISO 15288, EN50126/8/9) and tools (IBM DOORS NG, IBM Rhapsody, Sparx EA) used in systems engineering. 

• Excellent communication, writing, and presentation skills. 

• Strong ability to work in complex environments and proactively resolve technical issues. 

• Proficient in both French and English (spoken and written).* 

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Make the most of diverse opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise.

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*This position requires knowledge of a language other than French, namely English, as the clients and/or suppliers you will interact with are primarily English-speaking and located outside Québec.

At AtkinsRéalis, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.