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CAE · 20 hours ago

Chief Engineer-EN

Tampa, FL

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

10+ years exp

CAE is a leading company in defense and security, as well as civil aviation, dedicated to enhancing customer training and operations through innovative solutions. The Chief Engineer will provide technical leadership for the design, development, and production of simulation training devices, ensuring compliance with technical requirements and managing integration activities across multiple engineering disciplines.

AerospaceEnterprise SoftwareInformation TechnologySecuritySimulationTechnical Support

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Responsible for arranging and directing technical activities of large scale programs, coordinates engineering activities across many disciplines

Ensures that company’s flight simulation product matches the aircraft, meets contractual requirements and all functional areas within engineering are compliant to the technical requirements for each assigned project

Schedules and coordinates hardware and software integration phase

Commands a clear understanding of Hardware and Software Integration (HSI) issues

Implements corrective measures for all HSI issues that are not compliant to requirements

Provides technical expertise during subjective and objective evaluations of training devices Manages the resolution of all acceptance faults. Participate in installations and final sell off of training devices. Coordinate and review technical/operational deliverables prior to submission to customer. Responsible for training device from requirements to final acceptance

Authors, coordinates and leads presentations of formal reviews with customers as required by assigned project

Provides support for Program Managers on all technical matters. Act as the focal point for all customer technical matters with hands on solutions to hardware and software problems

Resolves technical problems and provides technical support on sub-system designs

Assign project team to specific tasks based on project requirement Develops overall system architecture for a project and technical directives and standards to transfer technical knowledge of product capabilities to customer

Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM) cost estimate reviews - Firm Fixed Price cost estimate reviews - Technical Specification generation and reviews - Responses to Request for Proposal (RFP) - Technical supervision and assessment of sub-contracted efforts

Undertakes independent studies, analysis, interpretations and conclusions

Provides guidance to junior team members

Qualification

Flight simulation experienceTechnical document creationHardwareSoftware IntegrationEngineering leadershipSystem architecture developmentTeam guidanceExceptional communication skills

Required

BS or MS Degree in engineering

Minimum of 10 years work experience with 7 years in flight simulation

Flight simulation experience with detailed knowledge of flight simulator hardware and software technology

Must demonstrate the ability to create and understand technical documents related to aircraft, computers, electronics and flight simulation technology

Exceptional written and verbal communication skills

Must comply with all company security and data protection / usage policies and procedures

Incumbent must be eligible for DoD Personal Security Clearance

Due to U.S. Government contract requirements, only U.S. citizens are eligible for this role

Must be able to perform normal office duties (sitting for long periods at a desk and in technical meetings)

Must be able to travel CONUS and to International sites for extended periods

Must be able to climb stairs on a regular basis

Must be willing to work overtime

Preferred

Should be familiar with and be able to operate simulation training devices such as: full flight motion devices, maintenance training devices, entertainment devices and fixed base training devices

Should be familiar with and able to support Engineering or Operations staff on any type and sub-component of training devices