Chief Naval Architect Engineer III

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. 

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  

Provides technical leadership for the design, development, production, and test of simulation training devices. Applies mature engineering knowledge and planning. Fosters the development of a common vision, provides technical direction and priorities; clarifies roles and responsibilities within the team.  Acts as technical link between CAE and customer.  

Essential Duties and Responsibilities  

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

• Responsible for arranging and directing technical activities of large-scale programs, coordinates engineering activities across many disciplines, including system definition and requirements are conveyed to the organization. 

• Provides technical expertise during subjective and objective evaluations of training devices. 

• Provides support for Program Managers on all technical matters and schedule performance. Determine program system risk and opportunities. Assist leadership with risk mitigation plans and implementation. 

• Act as the focal point for all customer technical matters, including hands on solutions. 

• Ensures that company’s simulation designs and products meet contractual requirements and all functional areas within engineering are compliant to the technical requirements for each assigned project.  

• Authors, coordinates, and leads presentations of formal reviews with customers.  

• Leads technical team to resolve problems and provides technical support to suppliers and manufacturing. 

• Participate in installations and final sell off of training devices. Coordinate and review technical/operational deliverables prior to submission to customer.  

• Budget performance responsibility for technical team using the earned value management system (EVMS). 

• Support bid and proposal by reviewing technical specifications, recommending design and manufacturing solutions, and writing detailed technical responses. 

• Undertakes independent studies, analysis, interpretations, and conclusions. 

• Provides guidance to junior team members 

Qualifications and Education Requirements  

• BS or MS Degree in engineering 

• Minimum of 10 years work experience; for MS minimum of 8 years of prior work experience 

• Experience in maritime propulsion plants building, upgrading, or serving on ships. Simulation hardware design and build or military training 

• Experience leading multi-disciplined engineering teams 

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate complex information to technical and non-technical audiences including peers, management and customers 

• Proven ability to develop innovative solutions both individually and as part of a team 

• Ability to develop strong customer relationships 

• Experience using Computer Aided Design (CAD); especially Solidworks or CREO 

• Strong MS-Office toolset skills 

• Due to U.S. Government contract requirements, only U.S. citizens are eligible for this role.  

Preferred Skills  

• Experience developing effective presentation materials and documentation for internal and customer-directed presentations. 

• Understanding and application of Earned Value Management (EVM). 

• Schedule creation and management (MS Project, Open Plan or P-6). 

• Experience developing standards and processes for Hardware Engineering teams. 

• Experience using JIRA. 

• Understanding and application model-based definition and GD&T. 

• Experience using Windchill toolset. 

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. 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 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 hrops@caemilusa.com