Flight Simulator Engineer
Role Overview
CAE Middle East is seeking a Flight Simulator Engineer to join their team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This full-time role involves establishing technical operations for Riyadh Air’s new training centre. The position requires 3-5 years of experience and focuses on performing complex technical activities, including preventive and corrective maintenance on flight simulators.
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About the Role
CAE Middle East is seeking a Flight Simulator Engineer to join their team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This full-time role involves establishing technical operations for Riyadh Air’s new training centre. The position requires 3-5 years of experience and focuses on performing complex technical activities, including preventive and corrective maintenance on flight simulators.
Key Responsibilities
- Assist during subjective flyouts and perform snag clearance.
- Independently carry out Preventive Maintenance Tasks (PMTs) and Daily Readiness (DR) on training devices and associated systems.
- Ensure PMTs are completed according to standards, properly signed off, and that all generated deficiencies are followed up and closed in a timely manner.
- Ensure all recurrent QTG runs are completed; action and follow up on all deficiencies.
- Troubleshoot QTG-related issues and collaborate with the QTG specialist and senior colleagues as needed.
- Diagnose, troubleshoot, and resolve technical issues on training devices and promptly update related DRs.
- Support senior colleagues during AOG situations and maintain strong communication with logistics, scheduling, and training teams to ensure smooth training delivery.
- Monitor Simissues and action/update items assigned to the on-site team.
- Perform required tests and provide clear, concise feedback.
- Coordinate with senior colleagues to ensure Snags and SPRs are actioned.
- Use the Maintenance Management System to record, track, and review maintenance activities.
- Comply with local and global CAE Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) standards and safe-working procedures, demonstrating strong duty of care for personal and team safety.
- Work Environment and Development
- This role offers exposure to a wide range of modern simulators, systems, and equipment, providing opportunities for learning, development, and progression within CAE. The environment emphasizes technical expertise, ownership, continuous improvement, and engineering excellence. This position provides an opportunity to contribute to building a new aviation training operation from the ground up.
About CAE
CAE is a Canadian technology company that brings the digital and physical worlds closer together to create a safer world. Its mission is to deliver cutting-edge training, simulation, and critical operations solutions to prepare aviation professionals and defense forces for the moments that matter. CAE empowers pilots, cabin crew, airlines, defense and security forces, and healthcare practitioners to perform at their best, operating in approximately 250 sites and training locations in over 40 countries with more than 13,000 employees.
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