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.

Required Skills

• 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.

Preferred Skills

• 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.

What You’ll Do

• 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.

Work Schedule / Shift

• Onsite in Orlando approximately half of the week.

Job ID: 22399

Military veterans and transitioning military members are encouraged to apply to all PGS Worldwide positions. All of our jobs are military-friendly, and we work with leaders in Aerospace who rely on your military expertise to support mission-critical programs nationwide. As a Veteran Founded company, we know that the military has given you the skills and training you need to succeed in positions like this, and we want to support your success in the civilian sector however we can. We thank you for your service and humbly offer our own in return by helping you take your career to the next level.