Senior Test Engineering Developer - Project Lead at GDMSI

We are seeking a highly motivated Senior Test Engineer to join our team in Ottawa, ON. As a Senior Test Engineering Developer - Project Lead, you will have a duo-mandated role in providing both technical leadership and project management leadership in the developing and supporting of test systems and processes, utilized for product design verification and manufacturing test. You will lead and work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure that products meet quality, reliability, and performance standards. Key Responsibilities: • Lead and plan test‑development projects, providing day‑to‑day direction for Test Engineers and Technologists, and proactively remove obstacles to meet project, program, and business goals. • Provide technical leadership and mentorship to the development team. • Manage performance and development of the project Test Engineering team members, conducting quarterly reviews that clarify roles, set objectives, and support career growth, mentoring, and training. • Support the creation and execution of mid‑ and long‑term test‑engineering strategic plans and goals. • Enhance project‑management capability across the team. • Define project schedules in partnership with the Test Engineering Manager and Program Management, and ensure execution against the approved plan. • Estimate development budgets for Test Engineering projects and tasks, and monitor spend against the approved budget. • Set project team goals, establish priorities, and monitor and evaluate results. • Align the team to departmental standards of excellence and KPIs, ensuring continuous improvement and real‑time performance reporting. • Develop and implement process‑improvement plans that enhance the automated‑test environment and capabilities. • Collaborate with Design Engineering to define optimal component, sub‑assembly, and unit‑level test requirements and strategies. • Assist Engineering and Project teams with new product concept evaluation and development. • Facilitate alignment of test strategies between Design Verification Test (DVT) and Production Test. • Initiate and maintain alignment with Production and Engineering to continuously improve product and process capabilities. • Identify, assess, and mitigate technical and schedule risks associated with test‑development activities. • Lead the evaluation, recommendation, and procurement of test equipment.