Lifecycle Engineer

CAE is a global leader in defense and security, civil aviation, and healthcare, aiming to revolutionize training with digitally immersive solutions. The Defense & Security unit focuses on military mission readiness. This role seeks a multi-disciplinary Logistics Engineer to evaluate system design for reliability, maintainability, supportability, and system safety, making recommendations for improvements. The engineer will perform analyses, develop technical solutions, identify spare quantities, and mentor junior specialists, contributing to the highest levels of mission readiness.

Must Have

• Perform Reliability / Maintainability analysis and predictions
• Evaluate system design for reliability, maintainability, supportability, and system safety
• Develop technical solutions for Reliability, Maintainability or System safety problems
• Identify required spare quantities
• Work with hardware engineering on failure analysis
• Review field support requirements and recommend tools/test equipment
• Establish calibration requirements for field systems/equipment
• Create and present logistics material at design reviews
• Review handbooks for technical adequacy
• Assist in maintenance engineering and logistics support development
• Contribute to proposal efforts
• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or Sciences
• 5+ years of direct Integrated Logistic Support (ILS) experience
• Understanding of Reliability, Maintainability, System Safety technical principles
• Knowledge of interpreting Reliability, Maintainability, System Safety requirements (Specs, SOWs)
• Knowledge of Provisioning, Technical Manuals, Technical Training
• Ability to read electrical and mechanical drawings, parts lists, system indices
• Technical document authoring/editing experience

Good to Have

• Familiarity with hardware CAD tools
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite
• Experience with Adobe suite
• Knowledge and understanding of Military Specs/Stds
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills

Perks & Benefits

• Comprehensive and competitive benefits package
• Flexibility that promotes work-life balance
• Valued, respected, and safe work environment
• Freedom to succeed by enabling team members to deliver, take initiatives and make decisions
• Recognition
• Professional development
• Advancement
• Fun work environment

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

Seeking a multi-disciplinary candidate to perform Logistics engineering. Logistics Engineer responsibility is to evaluate system design for reliability, maintainability, supportability, and system safety, and make recommendations for improvement where deficiencies are found.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

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

• Perform Reliability / Maintainability analysis and predictions to ensure training devices meet Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF), Mean Time to Repair (MTTR), and training device availability requirements.
• Plans, develops, executes, and reviews integrated logistics support plans/records, logistics support analysis plans, safety/hazmat program plans, reliability/maintainability/availability program plans and other logistic type documentation e.g., ILSP, LMI, ASPK, RSPL, EIR, TECD, SFT, TES, RM test reports, TTEL, EDFP, parts lists, and other logistics/provisioning/maintenance planning documentation
• Develop technical solutions for Reliability, Maintainability or System safety problems.
• Identify required spare quantities to meeting MTBF, MTTR, and training device availability requirements.
• Provides mentorship to junior Logistics Management Specialist and Contractor Logistics Support Specialist.
• Work with hardware engineering in the performance of failure analysis including part replacement recommendations.
• Reviews field support requirements and recommends tool and test equipment
• Establishes calibration requirements for field systems/equipment including all maintenance tasks
• Creates and presents logistics material at both internal and external design reviews, meetings, and conferences. May include agendas and minutes.
• Reviews handbooks for technical adequacy
• Assists in the development of maintenance engineering and logistics support
• Plans and contributes to proposal efforts.

Qualifications and Education Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or Sciences.
• 5+ years of direct Integrated Logistic Support (ILS) experience.
• Complete understanding and wide application of Reliability, Maintainability or System Safety technical principles, theories, and concepts with emphasis on hardware systems.
• Extensive knowledge of and ability to interpret Reliability, Maintainability or System safety requirements in Specs and SOWs
• General knowledge of other related Logistics disciplines such as Provisioning, Technical Manuals or Technical Training
• Ability to read/understand electrical and mechanical drawings, parts lists and system indices.
• Technical document authoring/editing experience to include authoring/editing military aviation technical instructions/manuals
• Due to U.S. Government contract requirements, only U.S. citizens are eligible for this role.

Preferred Skills

• Familiarity with hardware CAD tools.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite required
• Experience with Adobe suite a plus
• Knowledge and understanding of a wide range Military Specs/Stds
• Excellent verbal and written (writing, editing, proofreading, and page composition) communications skills

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.

• Must be able to obtain a 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 work in an office environment at a cube desk for minimum forty hours per week
• May occasionally have to go to closed rooms, high bay or other manufacturing areas in order to see the work that needs to be performed

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

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.