Advanced Design Engineer
Posted 11 Sep 2026
Advertised as “Senior Advanced Design Engineer”
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- Management level
- Individual contributor
- Employment
- On-Site
- Contract
- Full-time
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Senior Advanced Design Engineer
Location: [Ottawa Office / Montreal or Toronto considered], On-Site
Reports to: Director of Structures
Type: Full-Time
The Role
You carry structural and systems architecture from concept through defence-program certification — layouts, trade studies, interfaces, and using your experience to quickly call the right material and architecture ahead of formal stress sizing — on a platform where the design freeze hasn't happened yet and your calls now determine what's expensive to fix later.
At an established OEM, this role plugs into existing design standards and a large structures organization; at Dominion Dynamics, you're helping set those standards while doing the design work itself, across metallic and composite construction, with certification as a constraint from day one rather than a phase-gate someone else worries about.
You work daily with Aerodynamics, Propulsion, Avionics, and Systems Engineering to keep structure and interfaces converging with the rest of the vehicle, and you're close enough to the build to see a design decision go from CAD to hardware fast — not wait two review cycles to find out it didn't fit.
What You'll Do
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Lead conceptual and preliminary design for structural architectures, interfaces, surfacing, and systems integration.
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Perform design layouts and sizing across configurations and trade studies for primary and secondary structures.
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Run and contribute to design reviews, and improve the design processes and methodologies as the team builds them.
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Work with multidisciplinary teams to keep designs feasible, manufacturable, and compliant with regulatory requirements.
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Set modelling standards and workflows for the structures and systems teams as the function scales.
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Represent structures and systems engineering in program reviews, customer interactions, and supplier engagements.
What You Bring
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10+ years in aerospace structural design at an OEM or equivalent, spanning aerodynamics, propulsion, materials, and Part 23/25 certification.
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Proficiency in CAD (CATIA V5, 3DEXPERIENCE, or NX) and familiarity with simulation tools (ex.: ANSYS, NASTRAN, Altair).
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Strong background in metallic and composite materials and design-for-manufacturing trade-offs.
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Advanced surface modeling for conceptual layouts.
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Comfortable building process and standards, not just working inside them — this isn't a mature design organization yet.