Avionics IMA Senior Specialist – Spécialiste Senior Avionique IMA

Montréal, QC (Hybrid) Full Time

Job Summary

The Integrated Modular Avionics (IMA) specialist will participate in the design, integration, verification, and validation activities of IMA architectures for regional and business aircraft. They must ensure that the proposed architectures meet their functional, performance, and certification requirements.

Essential Functions

The main missions associated with the position are, in an integrated team, to:

• propose innovative and disruptive directions around activities related to IMA architectures
• design and verify IMA avionics systems in the laboratory on test benches and on board aircraft
• specify platform requirements for IMA avionics systems
• configure IMA modules and produce configuration and associated interface management documents
• support the client regarding analyses on existing and future IMA systems (support to System Integrator and Functions Suppliers under DO297)

As such, you:

• perform aeronautical system definition work with regard to operational needs
• specify the requirements applicable to the IMA platform
• furthermore verify that the system perfectly meets the operational requirements recorded in its specifications
• support development teams on our IMA systems by bringing system IMA expertise
• participate in technical problem analysis and the search for solutions

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering, electrical engineering, or software engineering
• Knowledge in the aeronautical field with significant experience in integration and/or verification of avionics systems against operational needs of minimum 10 years
• Knowledge of IMA, DO297, ARINC664 standard, and ARINC653 standard
• Spoken and written French (capable of writing reports and communicating effectively)
• Spoken and written English (capable of writing reports and communicating effectively)
• Good team spirit

This position requires a good knowledge of English for drafting technical documents, to interact, support and/or provide services to international clients, employees and/or partners as well as to foreign government authorities who do not speak French.