Sensor Operator Instructor

About This Role

All for equipping teams to excel.

Training Centre Operations at CAE lies at the heart of our commitment to training excellence across Civil Aviation and Defense & Security. As part of this team, you’ll develop and provide training, continually enhance program quality, and ensure seamless operations and service excellence, empowering pilots, aircrew, and mission-critical teams to excel when it matters most. Behind the scenes, you play a vital role in equipping them with the skills and readiness they need to succeed—through every moment, milestone, and mission. With a team that values growth, collaboration, and a shared sense of purpose, CAE offers a dynamic environment where your contributions to training create a lasting impact on the future of safety and readiness worldwide

CAE is seeking instructors to join the CAE team at 19 Wing Comox to train Canada’s next generation of Fixed-Wing Search & Rescue (FWSAR) aircrew. If you flourish in a team dynamic with the challenges presented by changing technologies that influence mission capability and execution, you may be a great fit on the CAE team. You will experience and realize opportunities to innovate and use state-of-the-art tools to collaborate with experts from various sectors. CAE seeks individuals wanting to join a world‑class company and industry leader and contribute to their mission and projects.

Responsibilities include:

• Working independently and responding to a broad scope of customer requirements to achieve team goals;
• Effectively delivering academic presentations to customers;
• Conducting Servicing and Elementary Work training;
• Delivering TACCO and Sensor Operator training programs incorporating academic / theory instruction and synthetic environments such as flight simulators and other ground-based training devices;
• Contributing to the development of courseware and teaching aids;
• Ensuring that training programs are consistent with training objectives and teaching points as specified in the applicable Training Plan and Quality Standard;Assessing, documenting and reporting student progress, issues and deficiencies relative to course delivery;
• Providing oral and written ACSO and AESOP Subject Matter Expertise (SME) support to the program and Training Centre team as required;
• Compiling student training progress and course debrief reports; and
• Occasional travel in support of CAE projects including overtime as required.

Mandatory qualifications include:

• Eligibility to work in Canada either as a Canadian Citizen, a Permanent Resident or with a valid Work Permit;
• Capable of obtaining and maintaining both a Controlled Goods Clearance and a Government of Canada Level II security clearance;
• Experience as a military ACSO, AESOP or Air Navigator;
• Experience as a SAR crewmember regardless of aircraft type;
• Experience as an Ab-Initio or OTU Instructor;
• Superior interpersonal and communication skills; and
• Physically able to work in confined spaces such as flight training devices.

Desirable qualifications and experience:

• Formal training in instructional delivery;
• Familiar with Quality Standards, Training Plans and training media used to ensure Teaching Points are met per Training Standards;
• Experience with authoring and amending multi-media instructional courseware;
• Verbal French language skills suitable to instruct in French; and
• Airbus 295 aircraft experience.

If this sounds like an interesting challenge and a good fit for you, we look forward to receiving your application.

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

About CAE

At CAE, we equip people in critical roles with the expertise and solutions to create a safer world. As a technology company, we digitalize the physical world, deploying software-based simulation training and critical operations support solutions. Above all else, we empower pilots, cabin crew, airlines, and defence and security forces to perform at their best every day and when the stakes are the highest. Around the globe, we’re everywhere customers need us to be with more than 13,000 employees in approximately 250 sites and training locations in over 40 countries. CAE represents more than 75 years of industry firsts—the highest-fidelity flight and mission simulators as well as training programs powered by digital technologies. We embed sustainability in everything we do. Today and tomorrow, we’ll make sure our customers are ready for the moments that matter.

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Equal Opportunity Employer

CAE is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, nationality, colour, religion, sex, gender indentity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, neurodiversity, veteran status, age, or other characteristics protected by local laws.

If you don't see yourself fully reflected in every job requirement listed in the job posting, we still encourage you to reach out and apply. At CAE, everyone is welcome to contribute to our success. 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 CAECarrieres-Careers@cae.com

All for building a safer, smarter world

Welcome to CAE! As a global leader in Civil Aviation and Defense & Security across 40 countries, we advance together as One CAE, fueled by thousands of passionate individuals operating in a culture where everyone can thrive. We hold ourselves accountable for building an inclusive community at every level, and our comprehensive benefits support you professionally and personally.

Together, we are All For shaping a future where safety, sustainability, and inclusivity lead the way. Join us and be part of something bigger—where your impact reaches beyond CAE and helps shape the world of tomorrow.

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