Simulator Technician Level I

Role and Responsibilities

About The Role

Experience the Future of Training at CAE. Join Our Team as a Simulator Technician. Are you ready to be at the forefront of cutting-edge technology? As a Simulator Technician, you'll play a vital role in revolutionizing training across industries like aviation, defense, and healthcare. By ensuring the maintenance, calibration, and optimal functionality of state-of-the-art simulation systems, you'll contribute to enhanced safety and efficiency. Join our collaborative and innovative environment, where your technical expertise will shape the development of immersive training experiences. Discover a rewarding career with professional growth opportunities and make a lasting impact on the future of training.

Essential Job Functions

• Perform pre-flight and post flight tasks on designated simulators.
• Utilize maintenance management system to record and track maintenance activities.
• Perform housekeeping functions to maintain the simulators as required.
• Run automatic Qualification Test Guide (QTG).
• Assist in diagnosing and correcting routine problems on the simulators and associated simulator systems.
• Perform all administrative tasks as required.
• Perform logistics duties, including parts received, repair, and testing/validation.
• Learn and perform preventive maintenance tasks on the simulators and associated simulator systems.
• Provide customer service support and address customer needs in a timely manner.
• Complete all designated training activities.
• Assist with refurbishment and hardware modifications.
• Learn and comply with CAE quality management system.
• Perform basic visual alignments.

Education & Experience Requirements

• 2-year technical degree or equivalent related training
• 1 year of simulator related experience in (electronics/avionics, automated systems, or computer networking repair and troubleshooting)

Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

• Motivated in customer support and attention to detail
• Proficiency in reading and interpreting prints and schematics
• Basic skills in soldering and circuit board repair
• Knowledge of analog and digital theory
• Some knowledge of PCs and MS-Office tools and suite
• Basic skills in the operation of test equipment

Location

• The primary work location for this position is at the Mesa Training Facility in Mesa, Arizona.
• Minimal travel may be required (less than 10%).

Physical Effort

• The physical or muscular exertion required for prolonged standing, walking, and lifting or moving objects (weighing as much as 50lbs) and the resulting fatigue brought about by these activities
• Ability to maintain situational awareness at all times and work safely on and around complex machinery that is characterized by sudden and at times violent movement in all 3 axes.
• Work in sustained sitting, standing, stooping, and squatting positions. Also climbing on ladders and equipment to heights 25 to 30 feet above the floor. Ability to safely move and work on equipment in confined spaces for reasonable periods of time.
• The physical dexterity required in performing tasks that require hand/eye coordination and fine motor skills.
• Have the manual dexterity, knowledge, and experience necessary to work safely and effectively with various hand tools.
• Ability to work safely in cool interior conditions (temps between 55- and 65-degrees Fahrenheit)

CAE is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected factor.

CAE is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with physical and mental disabilities. If you need special assistance or an accommodation while seeking employment, please e-mail [email protected] . We will make a determination on your request for reasonable accommodation on a case-by-case basis.

E-Verify

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• Position Type

Regular

CAE thanks all applicants for their interest. However, only those whose background and experience match the requirements of the role will be contacted.

Equal Employment Opportunity

At CAE, everyone is welcome to contribute to our success. With no exception.

As captured in our overarching value "One CAE", we’re proud to work as one passionate, boundaryless and inclusive team.

At CAE, all employees are welcome regardless of race, nationality, colour, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, neurodiversity or age.

The masculine form may be used in this job description solely for ease of reading, but refers to men, women and the gender diverse.

At CAE, we equip people in critical roles with the expertise and solutions to create a safer world. As a technology company, we digitalize the physical world, deploying simulation training and critical operations support solutions. Above all else, we empower pilots, airlines, defence and security forces, and healthcare practitioners to perform at their best every day and when the stakes are the highest. Around the globe, we’re everywhere customers need us to be with more than 13,000 employees in more than 200 sites and training locations in over 40 countries. CAE represents 75 years of industry firsts—the highest-fidelity flight and mission simulators, surgical manikins, and personalized training programs powered by artificial intelligence. We’re investing our time and resources into building the next generation of cutting-edge, digitally immersive training and critical operations solutions while keeping positive environmental, social and governance (ESG) impact at the core of our mission. Today and tomorrow, we’ll make sure our customers are ready for the moments that matter.