Simulator Technician

This role in Training Centre Operations at CAE involves developing and providing training, enhancing program quality, and ensuring seamless operations for Civil Aviation and Defense & Security. The Simulator Technician will perform preventive maintenance, diagnose and correct problems on simulators, utilize maintenance management systems, and conduct pre-flight and post-flight checks. They will also perform visual alignments, evaluate Qualification Test Guide results, and assist with hardware modifications, contributing to a safer and more resilient world.

Must Have

• Perform preventive maintenance tasks on simulators
• Diagnose and correct routine problems on simulators
• Utilize maintenance management system
• Train technicians in basic skills
• Perform pre-flight and post flight on all simulators
• Perform visual alignments
• Run and evaluate Qualification Test Guide (QTG) results
• Assist with refurbishment and hardware modifications
• Provide customer service support
• Perform logistics duties
• Minimum of 3 years direct simulator experience
• 2-year technical degree or equivalent related training
• Ability to troubleshoot to system level on multiple types of simulators
• Proficiency in using all types of test equipment
• Basic Knowledge of Microsoft Office tools and suite
• Fluency in English

Perks & Benefits

• 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 This Role

All for being ready and resilient.

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.

Key duties & responsibilities:

• Perform preventive maintenance tasks on the simulators and associated simulator systems
• Assist in diagnosing and correcting problems on the simulators and associated simulator systems
• Diagnose and correct routine problems on the simulators and associated simulator systems
• Utilize maintenance management system to record and track maintenance activities
• Train technicians in basic skills
• Complete all designated training activities
• Actively pursue continued professional growth and training
• Perform pre-flight and post flight on all simulators
• Perform visual alignments
• Run and evaluate Qualification Test Guide (QTG) results
• Assist with refurbishment and hardware modifications
• Learn and comply with CAE quality management system
• Provide customer service support and address customer needs in a timely manner
• Perform logistics duties, including parts received, repair, and testing/validation
• Perform housekeeping functions to maintain the simulators as required
• Perform administrative tasks as required
• Perform tasks to support the technical services group as required

Required skills & Experience:

• 2-year technical degree or equivalent related training
• Minimum of 3 years direct simulator experience with at least 1 year related simulator experience
• Ability to troubleshoot to system level on at least multiple types of simulators
• Proficiency in using all types of test equipments
• Ability to use and interpret all diagnostic available on multiple types of simulators
• Ability to perform preventive maintenance, pre-flight, and post flight checks on any simulator in the fleet
• Ability to perform in-depth visual adjustment and set-ups on at least 1 type of visual system
• Ability to assist with projects such as refurbishments and other hardware modifications
• Basic Knowledge of Microsoft Office tools and suite
• Fluency in English is required

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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