What are the responsibilities and job description for the System Engineer III-EN position at CAE?
About This Role
This Position is Contingent to Contract Award
Who We Are
The Systems Engineer leads the requirements analysis, tracking and verification for hardware development programs. This position pertains primarily to the requirements definition and verification/validation segment of military simulator design/development and is largely project-oriented. Design organization, management, and testing are within the duties to achieve program completion. This position also includes program systems engineering team leadership responsibilities and supporting development of enterprise-wide processes, standards, and methods.
Essential Duties And Responsibilities
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
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.
Work Environment
This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.
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.
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 EOE/AA employer and gives consideration for employment to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. If you’d like more information about your EEO rights as an applicant under the law, please click here Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal.
PAY TRANSPARENCY NONDISCRIMINATION PROVISION The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.
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 Opportunity Employer
CAE is an equal-opportunity employer committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. As "One CAE," we take affirmative action to ensure equal opportunity for all applicants regardless of race, nationality, colour, religion, sex, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, neurodiversity, Veteran status, age, or other legally protected characteristics.
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. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please get in touch with us at rh-hr@cae.com.
This Position is Contingent to Contract Award
Who We Are
- 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!
The Systems Engineer leads the requirements analysis, tracking and verification for hardware development programs. This position pertains primarily to the requirements definition and verification/validation segment of military simulator design/development and is largely project-oriented. Design organization, management, and testing are within the duties to achieve program completion. This position also includes program systems engineering team leadership responsibilities and supporting development of enterprise-wide processes, standards, and methods.
Essential Duties And Responsibilities
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Lead, plan and direct system engineering development tasks that includes system requirements and gap analysis, system design, system integration support, test procedure development, and requirement verification and validation
- Work with the customer and subcontractors to ensure common understanding of system requirements and design
- Provide input in developing new solutions, processes, or standards within area of responsibility including system architectures
- Manage System Engineering resource planning and scheduling related to program
- Supervise, train, and provide technical advice to program technical staff
- Determine program system risk and opportunities profile, and assist with mitigation and capture plans
- Independently develop program activity plan and coordinate requirements compliance for the project
- Coordinate with all engineering functions to ensure common understanding of system requirements and design
- Coordinate with external partners and subcontractors / vendors to develop/define system requirements and technical capabilities
- Perform system requirements analysis using DOORS or DOORS Next Generation and other system engineering tools
- Create and update essential engineering documents including specifications, reports, plans, technical memos, program CDRLs, and presentations
- Provide program proposal development support
- Bachelor’s Degree in a Science, Engineering, Math or other STEM field with a minimum of 9 years of prior relevant experience, or Graduate Degree in a Math, Science, Engineering or other STEM-related field with a minimum of 8 years of prior Defense contractor related experience
- Significant experience with system concept definition, requirement analysis, design, development, implementation, and verification
- Significant Systems Engineering experience with the government program acquisition lifecycle, to include all phases of system engineering
- Experience with the development of proposals, including ability to identify, accurately scope and estimate new efforts as needed, development of technical volumes, basis of estimates, rationale, and other supporting documentation
- Proven ability to develop innovative solutions both individually and as part of a team
- Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to communicate complex information to technical and non-technical audiences including peers, management and customers
- Strong MS-Office toolset skills
- Knowledge of military simulator/training devices, current systems engineering methods, practices, and technologies
- Experience using DOORS (NG and/or classic) and JIRA
- SysML and Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), especially with 3DS Cameo tools
- Experience developing standards and processes for Systems Engineering teams
- Ability to clearly and effectively communicate with co-workers, company management & leadership, and customer representatives
- Experience developing effective presentation materials and documentation for internal and customer-directed presentations
- Experience leading systems engineering teams
- Understanding and application of Earned Value Management (EVM)
- Programming and/or database administration (MATLAB, C-family, LabVIEW, Python, Jira, SQL, etc.)
- Hands-on testing and debugging systems in a lab/test facility environment
- Computer Aided Design (especially Solidworks or CREO)
- Model-based definition and GD&T
- Windchill toolset experience
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.
Work Environment
This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.
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.
- Must be able to perform normal office duties (sitting for long periods at a desk and in technical meetings)
- Must be able to travel CONUS and to International sites for extended periods
- Should be familiar with and be able to operate simulation training devices such as: full flight motion devices, maintenance training devices, entertainment devices and fixed base training devices.
- Should be familiar with and able to support Engineering or Operations staff on any type and sub-component of training devices.
- Must be able to climb stairs on a regular basis
- Must be willing to work overtime
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 EOE/AA employer and gives consideration for employment to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. If you’d like more information about your EEO rights as an applicant under the law, please click here Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal.
PAY TRANSPARENCY NONDISCRIMINATION PROVISION The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.
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 Opportunity Employer
CAE is an equal-opportunity employer committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. As "One CAE," we take affirmative action to ensure equal opportunity for all applicants regardless of race, nationality, colour, religion, sex, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, neurodiversity, Veteran status, age, or other legally protected characteristics.
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. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please get in touch with us at rh-hr@cae.com.
