System Engineer, Senior

FlightSafety International is the world’s premier professional aviation training company and supplier of flight simulators, visual systems and displays to commercial, government and military organizations. The company provides training for pilots, technicians and other aviation professionals from 167 countries and independent territories. FlightSafety operates the world’s largest fleet of advanced full-flight simulators and award-winning maintenance training at Learning Centers and training locations in the United States, Canada, France and the United Kingdom.

Purpose of Position

Perform systems engineering tasks that include technical planning, cost and risk assessment, system integration, verification, and validation. Analyses are conducted at all system levels: requirement analysis, risk analysis, functional analysis, timeline analysis, detailed trade studies, design, testing, installation, integration, operation, and customer support.

Tasks And Responsibilities

• Decompose and allocate customer requirements. Ensure the logical and systematic conversion of customer or product requirements into total systems solutions under technical, schedule, and cost constraints.
• Provide solutions to a wide range of complex difficult problems, by gaining a complete understanding and wide application of technical principles, theories, and concepts relevant to new and ongoing projects.
• Builds top level MBSE Physical and Logical Architecture models
• Contribute to the completion of specific programs, projects, and proposals.
• Interact frequently with technical staff and management throughout multiple departments and with outside customer contacts. Communicate effectively with teams daily about assignments and results.
• In addition, must be a team player, able to work comfortably and effectively with team members, program stakeholders, and senior personnel using strong verbal, written, and interpersonal communications skills.
• Travel is required for customer interfacing, technical interchange meetings, on-site technical support, and other special events.
• Contributes to reports and apprises management of technical progress
• Remains current on state-of-the-art technologies through review of technical papers, periodicals, and attending meetings and conferences.

• Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Physics, Applied Mathematics, or other applicable technical field.

• 5+ years of related experience and MBSE experience highly desired.

• Analyzing trade studies to guide product and process selection
• Planning, integrating and directing cross-functional teams
• Product testing
• Monitoring, mentoring, and training less experienced system engineers
• Contingency planning
• Long-term vision and business strategy
• Configuration management
• Flight simulation or game development
• Possess or have the ability to obtain, a SECRET security clearance (for Defense programs only).

The physical demands and work environment described here are representative of those that must be met and or encountered by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The employee will be regularly required to sit, demonstrate dexterity to handle or feel, speak, and hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. While performing the duties of the job, the employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

FlightSafety is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Vet/Disabled. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or disability.

Any offer of employment is contingent upon successful completion of required compliance reviews, including verification that the candidate is not prohibited from employment under U.S. economic sanctions programs administered by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).

This position may require access to export-controlled technology or services subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and/or the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). Employment consideration and any offer of employment are contingent upon the applicant’s ability to comply with these requirements, including qualifying as a “U.S. Person” under applicable regulations or otherwise eligible for export authorization within a timeframe consistent with business needs. A “U.S. Person” includes U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents (holders of approved and unexpired green cards), and certain refugees or asylees with protected status under U.S. law.

This position may also require eligibility to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance for the duration of employment.

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