Simulator Technician

About This Role

Join CAE’s simulator maintenance team near Milan Malpensa where you’ll perform preventative and corrective maintenance both on site and in the field. In this critical role you’ll ensure the continuous availability of CAE’s flight simulators for our customers as well as performing some design and upgrade work.

As part of the Simulator Maintenance team you’ll work a shift pattern of 4 days on, 4 days off (2 days 2 nights 4 off). The role includes a shift allowance and additional financial perks for standby hours and flexible shifts.

The role we are offering you:

• Performing preventative maintenance tasks on the simulators and simulator systems
• Diagnosing and correcting problems on the simulators and simulator systems
• Using maintenance management systems to record and track maintenance activities and using CAE’s quality management system
• Training technicians in basis engineering skills and completing all relevant training activities, pursuing personal professional growth
• Performing simulator pre-flight and post-flight activities
• Performing visual alignments
• Running and evaluating Qualification Test Guide (QTG) results
• Assisting with refurbishment and hardware modifications
• Providing customer service support and addressing customer needs in a timely manner
• Performing logistics duties including parts received, repair, and testing/ validation

Our ideal candidate has:

• Degree level qualification in relevant engineering/ technical field (or equivalent experience)
• Fluency in Italian and English languages
• Experience with use of test and diagnostic equipment
• Experience in preventative and correcting maintenance (ideally in hardware and software areas)
• Ideally some direct simulator experience or closely related field (avionics/ aircraft maintenance)

Location:

Milan (near Malpensa airport)

Work Pattern:

Shift work: 11-hour shifts (+ lunch hour). 4 days on, 4 days off. (2 days 2 nights 4 off)

CAE offers:

• Competitive salary
• Shift allowance
• Private medical insurance
• Additional shift allowance
• Lunch vouchers
• Annual leave: 16 days + 32 hours (for ROL hours)

About us

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, defence and security forces and healthcare practitioners 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, mission and medical simulators and 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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Position Type                       

CAE thanks all applicants for their interest. However, only those whose background and experience match the requirements of the role will be contacted.

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