Lots of travel, mainly indoors, loads of meetings

They call it the “cutting” edge of technology because it slices through our ignorance of the world and sheds light on something new. A Director of Advanced Engineering is the one holding the knife! We see signs of it everywhere from cars with GPS to ships with z-pod propulsion to NUCARS® modeling systems for railway cars. Directors have their eyes glued to the horizon and in transportation it’s obvious what they want: faster, safer, cheaper, better.

He must also track success and challenges, and redesign, integrate and implement various technologies. It doesn’t matter what we see today on our trains, planes, boats and trucks, all of them had someone with the vision to see potential and bushwhack humanity out of the dark ages.

A Master’s degree in Advanced Engineering and extensive work experience in the field

Transportation technology development companies such as Bombardier

• Queens University
• Ryerson University
• University of British Columbia

• University of Regina
• University of Western Ontario

You could move into more senior positions such as Vice President and CEO

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