JSE Architect and Project Lead

Compensation for the role will depend on a number of factors, including a candidate's qualifications, education, skills, and experience as well as market demands. These factors impact the salary/wage offered. 

Benefits:

FlightSafety offers a competitive total rewards package, which includes vacation, sick leave, a 401k match, healthcare coverage and a broad range of other benefits.

 

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.

Position Overview

FlightSafety Defense Corporation is gearing to become a recognized architect and operator of complex synthetic environments in support of the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy. The JSE Architect and Project Lead serves as the technical foundation for Joint Simulation Environment (JSE) technical management, owning the FSI Defense reference architecture, compliance baseline, and simulation engineering approach across all JSE and Simulator Common Architecture Requirements and Standards (SCARS) pursuits and delivery. This is a senior individual contributor and team lead role that directly shapes FlightSafety's technical identity in the JSE/SCARS ecosystem.

 

Key Responsibilities

The JSE Architect and Project Lead owns and maintains the FlightSafety JSE/SCARS Reference Architecture, translating complex government standards and technical documentation into actionable internal requirements and design patterns. This includes interpreting SCARS and JSE architectures, standards, and documentation and maintaining compliance checklists and the FSI technical baseline across all relevant bids and programs.

The architect leads architecture reviews for all JSE/SCARS-relevant activities, including authoring technical volumes, supporting oral presentations, and shaping customer solutions. In this capacity, the role drives the alignment of FlightSafety's simulator, visual system, and training service offerings to JSE/SCARS-ready product and integration standards.

The JSE Architect and Project Lead directs research, engineering, and integration activities to design and implement SCARS-compliant upgrades and JSE-ready components, including HLA/DIS/TENA gateways, Common Database (CDB) pipelines, and containerized host packages. The architect is responsible for achieving and demonstrating verified integration of FlightSafety Weapon System Trainers (WSTs) with the JSE via the Global Reusable Interface Domain (GRID) network protocol, including full compliance with the Government Simulation Interface (GSI) Interface Control Document (ICD) and execution of the GSI harness suite of service active tests.

The role includes Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) models and digital twin strategies relevant to JSE/SCARS, and oversees the implementation of DevSecOps pipelines for simulator software and environment content. The architect coordinates with corporate IT and cybersecurity resources to address SCARS-scale security requirements, apply the SCARS Common Security Controls Standard, and support Authority to Operate (ATO) compliance for JSE-connected training devices.

The JSE Architect and Project Lead also establishes and manages the internal JSE/SCARS integration lab — both virtual and classified, as required — and helps build key customer and prime contractor relationships within the JSE/SCARS ecosystem. Travel to government test events is anticipated throughout the year.

 

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in systems engineering, aerospace engineering, computer science, electrical engineering, or a closely related technical discipline; master's degree preferred
• 10 or more years of progressive experience in simulation systems architecture, distributed simulation, or training system development for DoD customers
• Demonstrated expertise in JSE, SCARS, GRID, or related government simulation frameworks and standards
• Proficiency in distributed simulation protocols (HLA, DIS, TENA), middlewares such as EMQX, DDS a