Job Information
CAE USA INC Lead Systems Engineer in United States
Role and Responsibilities
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 LSE role is to provide the overall COE Technical direction and keep the COE’s baseline design up to date and accurate. Additionally, the LSE will work with and on the CAE Technology Roadmap as well as CAE Reference Architecture(s) to ensure solid standard designs within their COE projects and amongst the other COEs and their projects. Each LSE will also serve as an independent technical reviewer to the other COEs for proposal, technical reviews and technical performance evaluations of the other COE projects and resources.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Leads the Systems Engineering aspects of all lifecycle phases and the work performed by the various engineering components ensuring that various teams preform to needs and follow process:
Requirements Engineering
System(s) Engineering including:
Project Engineers
Program/Project Management
System Engineers, Architects
Technical Authorities
Electrical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Software Engineering
Logistical Engineering
Configuration Engineering
Conduct system engineering development tasks that includes system requirements analysis, system design, system integration support, test procedure development, and requirement verification and validation.
Performing system requirements analysis using Model Based System Engineering (SysML) and other system engineering tools.
Reviews project specifications, generates System /Sub-system requirements, and assists in creating component specifications.
Conduct or coordinate system level analysis and trade studies and complex design risk trade-off analysis.
Perform project requirements verification, cross-references to test documentation, and assists with the development of test plans and test procedures.
Leads and advises on the business development Lead to Award (L2A) process technical direction and follows standards and processes concerning the L2A activities.
Advise on the design activities and be the overall design authority during the Capture and Proposal phase of a program.
Advise on the design activities and be the overall design reviewer/approver during the development phase of all projects within their assigned COE.
Identify risk and cost driving design issues to support the Solution Development, Project Planning, Monitoring & Control and Risk Management processes.
Follows and improves corporate process.
Research new technologies for simulation methods and system architectures.
Qualifications and Education Requirements
Qualification Requirements:
Ability to lead and perform all Systems Life Cycle (SLC) tasks
Demonstrated requirement writing abilities
Use of IBM DOORS at a knowledgeable user level
Knowledge of system and systems of systems design
Knowledge of the design progression of an architecture from proposal conceptual design through the final implemented design package release and approval by the customer/end-user stakeholders
Ability to write reports, business correspondence, technical specifications, proposals, and procedure manuals.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills are required.
Must be eligible for DoD Personal Security Clearance
Due to U.S. Government contract requirements, only U.S. citizens are eligible for this role.
Education & Experience Requirements:
BS, MS in Systems Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or Aerospace Engineering. Advanced degree preferred.
Must possess at least 10 years’ experience as a Project Engineer, Systems Engineer, Systems Architect, Systems Development, Design, and Delivery.
Preferred Skills
Model Based Systems Engineering concepts, experience and knowledge
Knowledge of modeling tool use and experience desired CAMEO, Enterprise Architect, or Rhapsody
Understand context diagramming and its application to architecture
Technical Leadership skills or training
Certification or willingness to obtain any of the INCOSE ASEP, CSEP, or ESEP.
Certification or willingness to obtain from OMG any of the SysML Model User, SysML Model Builder Fundamental, Intermediate, or Advanced.
Knowledge of SysML and UML practical use
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations
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
Must be able to travel CONUS and to International sites
Should be familiar with and able to support Engineering or Operations staff on any type and sub-component of training devices.
Must be willing to work overtime
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 sit down for long lengths of time.
Must be able to climb stairs.
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 (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2022-10/EEOC_KnowYourRights_screen_reader_10_20.pdf) .
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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.
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.