Flight Test Instrumentation Manager

**Employer**: ITPS (Canada) Limited

**Position**:Flight Test Instrumentation Manager

**Terms of Employment**:Full-time / Permanent

**Location**:London, Ontario

**Employment Address**:2410 Blair Blvd., London, ON Ontario N5V 3Z9

**Hours of Work**:40 hours/week

**Language**:English

**Benefits**:

- Eligible for discretionary bonuses and/or salary increases in accordance with company policy.
- Company contributory medical top-up scheme/ group health and dental benefits after successfully completing a 3-month probationary period
- Eligible for Employment Assistance Program
- Eligible for basic life, AD&D insurance
- Eligible for three weeks’ paid vacation annually
- Eligible for travel insurance

**Salary**:$ 150,000 to $160,000 CAD / year

**Duties**:

- Leading and managing a team of instrumentation engineers and technicians
- Defining department objectives, setting work priorities, and managing workflow to meet program requirements
- Fostering a culture of safety, technical excellence, accountability, and continuous improvement
- Managing departmental budgets, procurements, tooling, and scheduling
- Representing the FTI department in cross-functional meetings, client briefings, and project reviews
- Coordinating with test pilots, flight test engineers (FTEs), aircraft maintenance, and systems engineering to define instrumentation needs
- Overseeing the planning, designing, and integration of custom and standard instrumentation systems for rotary and fixed-wing aircraft
- Ensuring all data acquisition systems, sensors, transducers, recorders, telemetry systems, and onboard electronics meet program specifications
- Leading the development and integration of FTI systems including wiring, sensor selection, data buses, and software interfaces
- Ensuring accurate calibration, validation, and functional testing of all instrumentation prior to flight
- Maintaining robust documentation, including wiring diagrams, interface control documents (ICDs), configuration control, and system design reports
- Ensuring compliance with national and international aviation standards, including EASA, FAA, TCCA, and military equivalents where applicable
- Collaborating with the Safety Management System (SMS) team to maintain hazard assessments and risk mitigation strategies related to instrumentation activities
- Ensuring that work adheres to ITPS’s quality assurance policies, flight safety protocols, and airworthiness requirements
- Recruiting, training, mentoring, and developing staff within the FTI department
- Conducting regular performance evaluations and recommending career development paths
- Promoting cross-training and knowledge sharing within the team to build technical resilience
- Interfacing with internal and external stakeholders to ensure that instrumentation deliverables meet contractual and technical expectations
- Supporting proposal development, technical quotations, and customer demonstrations as needed
- Participating in reviews, including Preliminary Design Reviews (PDRs), Critical Design Reviews (CDRs), and Test Readiness Reviews (TRRs)
- Keeping current with new instrumentation technologies, data acquisition systems, telemetry and processing tools
- Driving innovation in the department by evaluating emerging technologies and incorporating them into future system designs
- Providing regular departmental reports to senior leadership on project status, risks, staffing, and budget utilization
- Maintaining comprehensive project documentation to ensure auditability and traceability of all instrumentation work

**Requirements**:

- Completion of a two
- to three-year college program in avionics or electronics is required
- 8+ years of experience in flight test instrumentation, with at least 3 years in a leadership role
- Four years of on-the-job or company apprenticeship training is required
- Proficient in data acquisition systems (e.g., IADS, DEWEsoft), signal conditioning, telemetry, and MIL-STD/ARINC interfaces
- Strong leadership, project management, and interpersonal skills
- Familiarity with civil and/or military airworthiness certification standards
- Hands-on experience with calibration, sensor integration, and signal troubleshooting
- Occasional travel may be required to support remote flight test campaigns, vendor site visits, or client meetings