Electrical Assembler

Company Overview

Who We Are:

CAE Vision:
Our vision is to be the worldwide partner of choice in defense and security, and civil aviation 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.

SUMMARY Perform point‑to‑point wiring of cabinets, chassis, panels, cable installation, and full flight simulator systems wiring on board and off board, installing, and securing cabling under raised floors and up on ladder racks. Building of complex cable assemblies.

You will basically do all the wiring in a full motion aircraft simulator that is built for the military. This is a hands‑on working position; it is not only a bench job.

Travel:
The position involves traveling about half of the year. Trips are typically 3–4 weeks for installations, sometimes longer or shorter up to 1–2 days. You need to be able to travel extensively, often with short notice and from one site directly to the next without stopping home. You will work 60 hours, 6 days a week when traveling (Mon‑Sat), with time and a half after 40 hours, and sometimes rotating shifts.

The company provides a corporate American Express card for travel expenses, a laptop computer, and all tools needed. Company pays the GSA maximum per diem:
Non‑Taxable $59–$79 CONUS, $62–$157 OCONUS as of 2023. Additional travel expenses:
Airfare and rental car (usually 2 or 3 employees share a car). Reimburses tolls, parking, currency exchange fees, excess cell phone charges when traveling. Reimburses up to $30 USD per week for laundry when traveling 7 days or more. Pays for steel‑toe shoes/boots yearly or as needed. Provides passport, Global Entry, and original renewals.

Technical

Skills:

Ability to read work orders, follow production and sample assemblies, diagrams, wire lists or verbal instructions. Assist with selection of wires, colors, marking, and length, and looping wires between guide pegs on harness board following color‑coded lines or sequence numbers. Assist with wire measurements, cutting, marker installations and terminations per wire list and workmanship standards. Assist with wire installations in cabinets, trainer system wiring, and component lead wires to printed circuit assemblies or between individual component leads and connectors.

Perform wire continuity verification using continuity tester. Learn and gain proficiency in lug and contact pin crimping operations, fabrication of complete cable assemblies, creation and application of wire or harness identification labels. Assist with work assignments from trainer system hardware logs. Install cable harnesses and clamps, cable tie harnesses, and assist with wire routing, lacing and layout. Basic knowledge of electrical and mechanical hand tools: wire strippers (manual and pneumatic), crimpers (manual and pneumatic), hand cutters, heat gun, hot air sleeve solder gun, soldering iron, wire wrap tool, continuity tester, tape measure, ribbon cable connector assembly tool, etc.

Basic understanding of military and commercial workmanship standards is required. Willing to assume work assignments away from the facility for extended periods for site installations and willing to work rotating shifts. Aptitude for working from wire lists, assembly drawings, schematics, engineering orders, engineering change orders, engineering logs, workmanship standards and manufacturing procedures/work instructions. Basic computer skills for time reporting and work order processing.

Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence. Ability to present information in one‑on‑one situations. Basic arithmetic skills: add and subtract two‑digit numbers and…