Electrical Engineer

CAE is seeking an ambitious Electrical Engineer to join their team in Binghamton, NY. This role involves collaborating with cross-functional engineering teams to develop solutions, applying fundamental knowledge of Systems Engineering practices, and ensuring compliance with security assessments. The ideal candidate will take ownership of complex problems, drive innovative solutions, and contribute to CAE's mission of excellence in defense and security, revolutionizing training and critical operations.

Must Have

• Collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams to establish architecture content and develop solutions.
• Possess fundamental knowledge of Systems Engineering practices, network technologies, and system development life cycles.
• Provide analysis, design, development, implementation, and security assessments for JSIG/RMF compliance.
• Perform system-level analyses, determine trade studies, and define functional requirements.
• Ensure program requirements are met, risks are mitigated, and company processes are followed.
• Recommend and implement system enhancements for performance, reliability, and security.
• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering with minimum 7 years of experience or 5-10 years in aircraft simulation.
• Experience supporting military or defense programs.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, critical thinking, and logical reasoning skills.
• Proven track record of building relationships and fostering collaboration.
• Detail-oriented with knowledge of Electrical Engineering concepts.
• Experience with CAD software, preferably AutoCAD.
• Demonstrated experience interpreting customer needs into requirements.
• Active DoD Secret or higher clearance (granted/renewed in last 5 years).
• Ability to obtain and maintain Special Program Access.
• Flexibility for overtime, weekend work, shift work, and CONUS travel.
• Must be a U.S. citizen.

Good to Have

• Experience working in air-gapped, classified, or highly secure environments.
• Lab equipment experience and familiarity with hand tools.
• Hands-on support of manufacturing.
• Understanding of ANSI and ASME standards.
• Familiarity with Mil Standard parts.
• Military or Aviation maintenance experience.
• Current Special Access Program (SAP) access.

Perks & Benefits

• Comprehensive and competitive benefits package.
• 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.
• Having fun!

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

We are currently seeking an ambitious electrical engineering professional to help us continue our mission of excellence. This role is tailor-made for candidates who thrive on taking ownership of hard problems and driving innovative solutions, while working in a collaborative and supportive team environment. Our ideal candidate will possess a self-motivated and positive approach, a strong work ethic, and strategic big picture thinking skills

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

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

Technical responsibilities include:

• Collaborating with cross-functional engineering teams to establish architecture content and develop solutions that achieve customer needs.
• Having a fundamental knowledge of Systems Engineering practices, network technologies, system development life cycles and methodologies, and insight into information technology infrastructure management/monitoring and applications.
• Providing analysis, design, development, implementation and security assessments to ensure compliance with JSIG/RMF Continuous Monitoring tools and processes.
• Performing system-level analyses, determining and undertaking necessary trade studies, define and allocate the functional requirements to subsystem.
• Ensuring all program requirements are met, program risks are identified and mitigated, and company processes are followed.
• Recommending and implementing system enhancements which will improve the performance, reliability, and security of the system including installing, upgrading, monitoring, problem resolution, and configuration

Qualifications and Education Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering with minimum 7 years of prior related experience; or 5 to 10 years of aircraft simulation related job experience.
• Experience supporting military or defense programs
• Excellent communication, interpersonal skills, and the ability to interface with all levels of employees and management
• Strong critical thinking and logical reasoning skills with the ability to solve issues and predict potential programmatic and technical risks.
• Proven track record of building relationships, fostering collaboration and working cross-functionally with multidisciplinary teams.
• Must be detail oriented with a good knowledge of fundamental concepts, practices and procedures of Electrical Engineering.
• Experience with CAD software, preference to AutoCAD.
• Demonstrated experience interpreting customer needs into achievable requirements or capabilities.
• Must have an active DoD Secret or higher clearance that has been granted or renewed in the last 5 years.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain Special Program Access prior to the start of employment.
• Flexibility to support occasional overtime, weekend work, shift work and site travel (CONUS)
• Due to U.S. Government contract requirements, only U.S. citizens are eligible for this role.

Preferred Skills

• Experience working in air-gapped, classified, or highly secure environments with no direct internet access.
• Lab equipment experience and familiarity with hand tools.
• Hands on support of manufacturing.
• Understanding of ANSI and ASME standards.
• Familiarity with Mil Standard parts.
• Military or Aviation maintenance experience.
• Current Special Access Program (SAP) access

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.
• Incumbent must not have ever been denied a 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 and filing cabinets. This role also works with various aircraft simulator equipment (avionic cockpits, visual systems, electronic cabinets).

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 travel to site for extended periods of time.
• Ability to stand for extended periods of time.
• Ability to lift 25 lbs. to various heights.
• Ability to work overtime and shifts as needed.
• Ability to travel CONUS.
• Ability 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

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

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.

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