Simulator Engineer - Defence

About This Role

We are excited to offer an opportunity for a Simulator Technician to join our dynamic team near Madinat Zayad. In this role, you will be working as a Simulator Engineer, contributing to the maintenance and enhancement of our UAV simulators. You'll play a vital part in ensuring smooth, efficient, and top-quality operations at our state-of-the-art training center. 

We are looking for passionate individuals who are eager to help us achieve CAE’s goal of delivering world-class simulator training. As part of CAE’s vision to be the global training partner of choice, you will contribute to enhancing safety, efficiency, and readiness across all aspects of our training center operations. 

You will ideally need driving license to access the base 

• Support all technical and operational aspect of the UAV Simulator Training Devices  

• Attend maintenance calls, perform daily readiness checks as required, perform scheduled preventative maintenances. 

• Identify, diagnose, troubleshoot, and resolve complex training device issues. 

• Identify recurring issues and work to pursue permanent solutions. 

• Seek and make improvements to procedures related to various training device maintenance tasks. 

• Through coaching and mentoring, provide on the job technical training to other technicians that will foster the professional development of all personnel. 

• Work with the specialists on complex issues that require extensive testing, troubleshooting, research, and design. 

• Assure, maintain and support the FSTD operations Management System, including implementation and adopting processes and procedures as deemed required. 

• Perform minor software, hardware and/or CDB updates when required.  

• Maintain, keep track, and request consumable items and tools required to perform the PMTs and Daily Readiness. 

• Support logistics duties, including yearly inventories, re-arrangement of stores, packing, preparation for shipping, etc. 

• Pursue knowledge and skills to strive to become a technical expert in one or more simulator system. (i.e. Visual systems, control systems, etc…) 

• Foster a workplace culture that is consistent and aligned with the overall organizational culture that emphasizes the mission, vision, guiding principles and values of the organization. 

• Paramount importance to occupational Safety and Health in the workplace and associated metrics. 

• Support compliance and environment activities aligned with CAE Management System and Global Environmental policies. 

• You will hold a Technical College Diploma or Degree in Electronics, Electrical, Computers and Mechatronics. 

• Ideally you will have worked on Simulators before

• Excellent knowledge of the English language, read, spoken, and written. 

• Highly customer oriented, with the ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with the customer. 

• Basic knowledge or understanding of networking, operating systems, and programming languages. 

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

CAE is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, nationality, colour, religion, sex, gender indentity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, neurodiversity, veteran status, age, or other characteristics protected by local laws.

If you don't see yourself fully reflected in every job requirement listed in the job posting, we still encourage you to reach out and apply. At CAE, everyone is welcome to contribute to our success. Applicants needing reasonable accommodations should contact their recruiter at any point in the recruitment process.  If you need assistance to submit your application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at [email protected]