Flight Training Operations (FTO) Specialist

About This Role

One CAE. Infinite Possibilities.

Shaping a better future, led by technology, together.

At CAE, we are building the future together as one inclusive team, One CAE. Our people are our creative force, empowered to grow, innovate, and disrupt as we continuously pursue new ideas and develop advanced technologies to help make the world a safer place. As a technology company, we digitize the physical world, deploying simulation training and critical operations support solutions. Above all else, we empower pilots, airlines and defense forces, to perform at their best every day and when the stakes are 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.

Position Summary

The Flight Training Operations (FTO) Specialist is part of a small team of senior aircrew training experts responsible to design complete end-to-end solutions for FTOs used by defense forces and para-military organizations around the world.

In close collaboration with CAE’s worldwide network of domain experts and industry partners, the FTO Specialist leads the definition of training solutions at the very early stages of customer discussions, helping to shape and influence requirements for complete training programs that can include individual, team and collective training.

The FTO Specialist is responsible to ensure that the comprehensive integrated training solution delivers state-of-the-art and cost-effective training that is optimized to meet customer requirements throughout the entire life cycle of the training program. These solutions integrate the full-spectrum of the training continuum, from academic and simulation-based synthetic training, live training up to a full live-virtual-constructive (LVC) environment that can support complex immersive mission rehearsal scenarios.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Lead the definition of fully integrated Flight Training Solutions from the early stages of customer interactions (pre-RFP), through the Capture and Proposal phases, all the way to contract award.
• Act as the main focal point and Design Authority on Flight Training solutions for all internal and external stakeholders, including customers and the end-user community.
• Provide leadership to the Capture Teams on large training system integration (TSI) opportunities to develop various aspects of the proposed solution, including;
• Develop training solutions and define Unique Selling Points in line with known customer needs by leveraging CAE technologies, standard products, and sub-contractor capabilities in the design of a cohesive and optimal integrated Flight Training Solution
• Leverage modern tools and multi-disciplinary teams to perform Flight Training Solution design within the applicable training development processes
• In collaboration with Program Management, define a winning execution strategy for major opportunities including make-buy analysis, strategic partner selection and workshare definition, considering any in-country or offset requirements
• Prepare and deliver comprehensive Solution Reviews to all stakeholders to clearly communicate the winning strategies and end-to-end technical, programmatic, and commercial solutions
• Facilitate, consolidate, validate the cost estimating, and risk analysis from the different stakeholders
• Monitor competitor product development, adoption of new technologies and innovative use of commercial and financial models
• Identify potential execution and deliverable risk issues
• Interface with customers and end-users to present and review Flight Training Solutions, during the pre-contract award phases.
• Support the Regional Strategy and BD Leader in the development and execution of strategies through:
• The creation and delivery of customer presentations, proposals, supporting documentation, and white papers.
• Providing in-house briefings on competitor and CAE Training Solutions & Products
• Representing CAE in industry working groups
• Analyze global opportunities across the land, sea, and air domains to identify synergies.

Required Experience & Competencies

• Minimum of 10 years of related experience in industry and/or military service, with 8 years focused on the development and/or delivery of training programs in an operational and/or maintenance capacity for the defense sector
• Canadian Forces aircrew or other Western Airforce aircrew experience mandatory delivering flight simulation and military training systems
• Working knowledge of Flight Safety, Airworthiness, Maintenance Repair Organization, and/or Flight Operations an asset
• Excellent oral & written communication and presentation skills
• Good ability to develop capture strategies and proposal storyboards, leveraging winning themes and discriminators
• Knowledge of CAE's training solutions approach and of simulation systems products is considered an asset
• University degree desirable
• English mandatory, French highly desirable
• Availability to travel internationally up to 20% of the time
• Must be able to obtain and retain Canadian and/or NATO Secret Security Clearances

CAE offers:

• An environment where your initiatives will be recognized and valued
• The opportunity to work on a variety of projects on a multidisciplinary team
• The possibility to work from home occasionally
• Flexible schedules
• Attractive employee benefits

Position Type

Regular