Simulator Mechanic
Listed on 2026-01-01
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Manufacturing / Production
Assembly, Manufacturing Production
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.
- 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!
Assembles machined and bought parts.
Install flight simulator individual assemblies such as control linkages, throttle alignment, consoles, cabinets, fuselage components, electric, hydraulic motion system actuators.
Assisting in the preparation of assigned bays for trainer arrivals by laying out and drilling a motion pad, installing adapter plates and assemble computer flooring to receive computer cabinets if required.
Assisting with the offload of trainers, assemblies and associated equipment assist in house installs, hardware software integration and teardown, pack, ship, and site installation.
Support trainer modification and upgrades in‑house and at customer sites.
Support relocation of commercial or military training devices domestic or overseas.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities- Read work orders, follow production, and sample assemblies, diagrams, parts lists and receive verbal instructions regarding duties.
- Measure parts to determine specified tolerance.
- Ability to read precision measuring equipment.
- Reads and interprets blueprints to fabricate complex assemblies.
- Fabricates parts from raw materials.
- Drills, taps, reams, countersinks, and spot faces bolt holes in parts.
- Position and aligns parts.
- Bolts, screws, and rivets parts together to close tolerances.
- Disassembles and replaces parts as required.
- Cleans and lubricates parts and assemblies.
- Marks identifying information on parts.
- Inventory assign toolbox and sign inventory sheet.
- Assist in tool room inventory.
- Assist in simulator teardown and packing of simulator components for shipment.
- High school diploma or general education degree.
- Airframe’s portion of the FAA A&P license preferred or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- 3+ years’ experience in aircraft structural repair or flight simulator assembly.
- Must be eligible for DoD Personal Security Clearance.
- Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in one‑on‑one situations with other employees of the organization.
- Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to figure percentages, area, circumference, and volume and apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.
- Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
- Must have a good knowledge of basic electrical and mechanical hand tools and be able to effectively use them (Hammers, wrenches, screw drivers, pliers, precision measuring devices such as calipers, micrometers and scales, pneumatic and electric drills, rivet guns, fastening tools such as clamps and clecos shop equipment such as drill presses, brakes, and shears etc.).
- Must have a sound understanding of military and commercial workmanship standards.
- Must be willing and able to assume work assignments away from the facility for extended periods, for site installations and be willing to work rotating shifts.
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