About the role
About FlightSafety International
FlightSafety International is the world’s premier professional aviation training company and supplier of flight simulators, visual systems and displays to commercial, government and military organizations. The company provides training for pilots, technicians and other aviation professionals from 167 countries and independent territories. FlightSafety operates the world’s largest fleet of advanced full-flight simulators and award-winning maintenance training at Learning Centers and training locations in the United States, Canada, France and the United Kingdom.
Purpose of Position
The Chief Engineer (CE) is the senior technical authority for their division’s aircraft simulation programs, responsible for establishing, maintaining, and assuring the technical integrity, performance fidelity, and qualification readiness of full flight simulators (FFS), flight training devices (FTD), and associated modeling and simulation systems. The CE owns the technical roadmap for their division, driving strategic technology development to support next-generation simulation capabilities.
Tasks and Responsibilities
Serve as the design authority for system architectures, interface control documents, and program-level technical baselines.
Establish and enforce engineering standards, configuration governance, model fidelity criteria, and verification & validation practices.
Approve all product technical releases, waivers to engineering standards, and closure of major verification anomalies.
Act as the technical signatory for qualification and compliance artifacts submitted to regulators and customers.
Interface with Program Management, Software Engineering, Systems Integration, Test Engineering, Hardware Design, Supply/OEM, Regulatory Affairs, and Customer Technical Representatives.
Provide escalated technical recommendations to the VP Engineering and the Program Executive Committee as needed.
Develop and maintain a prioritized technical roadmap and advocate for critical tools, laboratory assets, and flight test data resources needed for fidelity and verification.
Provide Input to the Configuration Control Board (CCB) and ensure comprehensive…
