Chief Engineer

Chief Engineer-EN role at CAE

• CAE Vision:
  Our vision is to be the worldwide partner of choice in defense and security, and civil aviation by revolutionizing our customers’ training and critical operations with digitally immersive solutions to elevate safety, efficiency and readiness.
• CAE Defense & Security Mission: CAE’s Defense and Security business unit focuses on helping prepare military customers to develop and maintain the highest levels of mission readiness.
• CAE Values:
  Empowerment, Innovation, Excellence, Integrity and OneCAE make us who we are and we strive to make a difference in the world while helping each other succeed.

• Comprehensive and competitive benefits package and flexibility that promotes work‑life balance
• A work environment where all employees are valued, respected and safe
• Freedom to succeed by enabling team members to deliver, take initiatives and make decisions
• Recognition, professional development, advancement and having fun!

Provides technical leadership for the design, development, production, test, and acceptance of simulation training devices. Applies mature engineering knowledge and planning practices. Fosters the development of a common vision, provides technical direction and priorities, and clarifies roles and responsibilities within the team. Acts as technical link between CAE and the customer.

• Responsible for arranging and directing technical activities of large‑scale programs and coordinates engineering activities across many disciplines.
• Ensures that the company’s flight simulation product matches the aircraft and meets contractual requirements.
• Schedules and coordinates engineering program execution.
• 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. Participates in installations and final acceptance of training devices. Coordinates and reviews 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 for assigned programs.
• Provides support for Program Managers on all technical matters. Acts 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.
• Assigns engineering team to specific tasks based on program requirements.
• Supports the development of the system architecture for a program as well as the technical directives and standards to transfer technical knowledge of product’s capabilities to the customer.
• Supports new work and scope change proposals.
• Cost estimate development and reviews.
• Technical Specification generation and reviews.
• Responses to Request for Proposals (RFP).
• Technical supervision and assessment of sub‑contracted efforts.
• Supports program baselining efforts, which include: WBS development, IMS development, resource requests, budget allocations, and JIRA project development.
• Provides guidance to junior team members.

• 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.

• Experience in the following:
• Leadership
• Proposal development
• Program baselining
• CAM

Must comply with all company security and data protection / usage policies and procedures. Personally responsible for proper marking and handling of all information and materials, in any form. Shall not divulge any information, or afford access, to other…