Flight Simulator Hardware Engineer

Flight Simulator Hardware Engineer

PGS Worldwide is seeking a Flight Simulator Hardware Engineer in Orlando, Florida for a one year contract-to-hire role supporting a leading aerospace & defense company. The engineer will join a development team delivering an FAA Level D Full Flight Simulator and will perform hardware design, development, and integration activities. This role will also lead other Hardware Engineers and coordinate with engineering, procurement, production planning, manufacturing, and suppliers.

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical/Electronic Engineering, or related field.
• Experience developing flight simulation hardware solutions on programs.
• Demonstrated knowledge of mechanical design engineering principles, industry practices, and related disciplines.
• Experience issuing formal design checking approvals or non-conformance reports through a PLM tool.
• Experience developing CREO layouts and detailed drawings for ICDs, components, sub-assemblies, assemblies, and integration test articles.
• Experience developing hardware architectural layouts for system and lower-level interfaces between systems and subsystems.
• Ability to derive hardware and sub-tier requirements from customer requirements.
• Experience building BOMs and creating parts, assemblies, and design documentation.
• Ability to support cross-functional teams through major technical reviews, including SRR, PDR, CDR, and TRR.
• Experience applying Hardware Engineering processes in an Agile environment.
• U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain a security clearance upon conversion to a full-time employee.

• Experience with Windchill, Creo, Catia, Zuken, or Cameo.
• Knowledge of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing in accordance with ASME Y14.5 and complex system-level tolerance analysis.
• Knowledge of generating hardware architecture, high-level interconnects, and deriving requirements from customer and system-level flow-downs.
• Experience developing, integrating, and deploying flight training systems.
• Experience leveraging Agile practices in the development of software-intensive systems, including Systems Engineering, Software Engineering, Hardware, and Test Engineering work products.
• Experience adapting hardware designs to existing climate control systems to maintain temperature/humidity stability for avionics and motion platforms.
• Experience interfacing with existing fire detection and suppression infrastructure.
• Product design experience with modular open systems architectures.
• Experience with rotary-wing and/or fixed-wing aircraft.
• Experience with full-motion simulators.

• Complete hardware design and development activities for power and control systems, motion platform integration, visual display systems, avionics interfaces, and ancillary equipment.
• Manage end-to-end integration of new simulator hardware with existing building infrastructure, including HVAC, electrical distribution, grounding, and fire and smoke monitoring systems.
• Lead other Hardware Engineers and synchronize engineering, procurement, production planning, manufacturing, and supplier activities.
• Ensure design activities are completed as scheduled.
• Develop innovative solutions to complex problems consistent with program objectives.

• Onsite in Orlando approximately half of the week.

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