Senior Simulator Integration Engineer

Rôle et responsabilités

About the role

We are looking for an experienced Simulator Engineer to join our team. This is an exciting role where you will be a key member in the team driving technology and maintenance for the CAE systems on flight simulators – both fixed wing and rotary. This role will be based out of RAF Benson as a base location, but with the need to travel from time to time to support complex fixes, as well as new Simulator installations on occasion. Key sites to support are RAF Valley, RAF Shawbury and RAF Cranwell, but there could on occasion be others. Some of these visits will be multiple days, so you need to be flexible to travel as well as stay away from home when required.
In the average week you will be involved in the development, integration and test phase of the communication between aircraft simulation software and interface instruments. In addition the you will be involved in update projects and will be the customer and engineer’s main point of contact for software related issues whilst also leading and offering technical support to software engineers during integration of their systems. You will also be required to provide project information (status, risks etc) to upper management.

Key Tasks

Responsible for updating computers, avionic systems, visual and various other systems on simulators.

Hands on interaction with multiple software and hardware platforms.

Hardware setup and integration.

Software scripting, debugging and integration.

Schedule and coordinate hardware and software integration tasks with other groups.

Thorough understanding of configuration management systems, hardware interfaces, and software development.

Provide technical expertise during subjective and objective evaluations of training devices.

Help with the resolution of all acceptance faults.

Coordinate and review technical/operational deliverables prior to submission to customer.

Project Team Meetings (Weekly meetings with assigned staff).

Customer Reviews (support formal reviews with customers as required by assigned project)

Support the development of close working relationship between CAE UK and other CAE geographical entities to promote the reuse of core products and technologies

Maintain currency with software related technical advances and their application to CAE solutions.

Preparation of requirement specifications and other documents pertinent to CAE Software processes.

Adhere to all Company and contractual standards and processes applicable to software.

Required to travel to multiple locations within the UK to support a number of CAE customers and projects

Maybe required to travel outside the UK for ad hoc support requests

Any other duties as specified.

About you

We are looking for someone with good experience of working on Flight Simulators – fixed wing, rotary, commercial or military – this is a pre requisite

Flexible to travel and be away from home from time to time – sometimes at short notice

Comfortable providing high level and often complex support over the phone to engineers or technicians in situ

Full UK driving licence

Either holds or is able to obtain UK security clearance (requires at least 5 years UK residency)

Must have existing rights to live and work in the UK

Type d'emploi

CAE remercie tous les candidats de leur intérêt. Toutefois, nous communiquerons uniquement avec les candidats dont l'expérience et la formation correspondent aux exigences du poste.

Énoncé sur l'égalité d'accès à l'empl oi

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