System Architect

About This Role

Who We Are:

• CAE Vision: Our vision is to be the worldwide partner of choice in defense and security, civil aviation, and healthcare 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.

What We Have to Offer:

• 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!

Summary 

The Systems Architect performs technical planning, system design, integration, verification and validation, cost, risk, supportability and effectiveness analyses for total training systems. Analyses are performed at all levels of total system product to include: concept, design, fabrication, test, installation, operation, maintenance and disposal. Interface with all stakeholders to ensures the logical and systematic conversion of customer or product requirements into total systems solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule and cost constraints. Performs functional analysis, timeline analysis, detail trade studies, requirements allocation and interface definition studies to translate customer requirements into hardware and software specifications.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities 

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

• Provide technical support throughout the business development Lead to Award process
• Lead the technical solution activities and be the overall design authority during the Capture and Proposal phase of a program. After contract award, lead the design activities on a program into the Detailed Design phase
• Authors and coordinates technical content for proposals
• Ensures the system architecture adheres to security, interoperability, and performance standards, plus cost targets
• Selects the appropriate technologies and tools that best meet system requirements, considering IRAD, future scalability, sustainability, and cost
• Analyzes the system to ensure that it will meet the stated performance requirements (e.g. flight performance, stability, weight, power, timing, human factors, throughput, etc.)
• Provides system-level decision making regarding trade-offs (e.g. cost vs performance)
• Creates the product line roadmap in compliance with the technology roadmap, reference architectures and functional product roadmaps
• Has awareness and helps coordinate new technology investment and insertion into product line based on customer needs
• Define “how” the training system can be structured to best comply with the Customer Requirements, including the extent of re-use of existing components and equipment.
• Identify risk and cost driving design issues to support the Solution Development, Project Planning, Monitoring & Control and Risk Management processes.
• Work closely with program, product and functional management to guide technical direction and ensure that the training system meets schedule and cost requirements. 
• Stay current in industry advances.  Research new simulation methods, technologies and system architectures.
• Represent CAE USA at industry technical forums and customer oral presentations. 

Qualifications and Education Requirements 

• Requires mastery level knowledge within a specific technical area or multiple job areas typically obtained through advanced education combined with experience. Viewed as an expert and/or resource within the field by peers in and outside the organization.
• Bachelor’s Degree and a minimum of 10 years of prior relevant experience or a Graduate Degree and a minimum of 8 years of prior related experience
• Due to U.S. Government contract requirements, only U.S. citizens are eligible for this role.

Preferred Skills 

• Experience with Airlift/Tanker aircraft, specifically C130 (including H and J variants) and KC-135
• Experience with Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) utilizing Cameo and/or Rhapsody
• Experience designing high-fidelity, motion based and non-motion total training solutions

Security Responsibilities 

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 employees not having a need-to-know. Shall not divulge information outside company without management approval.  All government and proprietary information will be accessed and stored electronically on company provided resources.  

•  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. 

Work Environment 

This job operates in a professional office environment with core hours from 9am to 3pm, every other Friday off, and potential for some remote work-from-home

Physical Demands 

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  

• Ability to sit for extended periods of time
• Ability to stand for extended periods of time
• Ability to lift 25 lbs. to various height 

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OTHER DUTIES  

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for their job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice. 

CAE USA Inc. is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to any protected characteristic, including disability and protected veteran status, as defined under federal, state, or local laws.  

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]  

Position Type                       

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, color, national origin, age, religion, sex, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other  characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. 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].