Ground Test Designer

About Us

Gestal North America is a preferred partner for companies in the aerospace, shipbuilding and energy sectors. We offer a full range of services, from design to implementation and maintenance. Our experts help clients optimize their production processes, comply with the most rigorous standards, and improve overall performance.

Our values: Quality is everyone's responsibility, and our commitment to continuous improvement turns mistakes into opportunities for excellence. We foster a respectful and caring work environment where employees thrive. If you are ready to take on challenges and drive innovation, join us!

Job Description

As Integration Lead, you will manage the end-to-end deployment from phase G2 to commissioning (G10) of the data loading system (DLW). Your role is to turn an engineering requirement into a high‑performance industrial solution, ensuring that each A220 aircraft leaves the line with the exact, certified and digitally traced software configuration.

Responsibilities

• Test environment governance: Lead the evolution of the workstation (Data Loading Workbench) as a service center for production, ensuring the availability of tools and communication interfaces.
• Digital configuration control: Ensure consistency between "as designed" (Engineering) and "as loaded" (As‑built) for all A220 avionics.
• Value chain optimization: Define off‑airframe preparation strategies to relieve the final assembly line and anticipate software conflicts.
• Information systems interfacing: Ensure digital continuity between engineering databases, the DLW bench and management systems.
• Bench lifecycle management: Implement a maintenance, calibration and update system for software loading equipment (DLW).
• Production operations support: Act as a subject‑matter expert to resolve integration issues across aircraft systems.
• Airworthiness and compliance: Rigorously apply validation protocols to ensure that each injected software configuration complies with airworthiness standards, eliminating any risk of system errors in flight.

Requirements

As an ideal candidate,

• You hold a technical college diploma and/or a bachelor's degree in a relevant engineering field (avionics, software or electrical).
• You have 10 years of industrial experience, with significant expertise in test benches and ground testing.
• Analytical skills: Proven ability to solve complex problems related to interactions between hardware (LRU) and onboard systems.
• Organization: Proven ability to plan the deployment of test benches and coordinate the first unit in production.
• Language: You are functionally proficient in French, both written and spoken (knowledge of English is an asset).