Chief Engineer

About This Role

Who We Are: 

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

What We Have to Offer: 

• Comprehensive and competitive benefits package and flexibility that promotes work-life balance 

• A work environment where all employees are valued, respected and safe 

• Freedom to succeed by enabling team members to deliver, take initiatives and make decisions 

• Recognition, professional development, advancement, and having fun!

Summary   

The Chief Engineer (CE) leads, coordinates, and exercises technical program execution authority over Integrated Product Teams (IPTs) for planning, organizing, controlling, executing, integrating and installing, and closing out engineering content on a variety of programs related to enterprise systems and flight simulation.  The position will work closely with senior level program engineering management.  

Essential Duties and Responsibilities   

• Responsible for managing large, complex project initiatives of strategic importance to the organization, ranging from small to large cross-functional teams.  

• Coordinates with other CEs in the Product Line for execution of multiple programs using similar resources and technologies 

• Performs as the technical lead over the assigned engineering team on a program to include leading/participating in program peer & gate reviews, supporting program management reviews (PMRs), and coordinating technical activity amongst the program IPTs.  

• Performs weekly/monthly Cost Account Management (CAM) reviews with IPTs and is responsible for technical, cost and schedule performance for the engineering content on a program.  

• Communicates within and outside of the organization which includes customers or vendors.  

• Receives engineering direction from, and is accountable to, a Directorate Chief Engineer (DCE), who has overall Program Engineering responsibility for successfully proposing, developing, and delivering Product Line solutions.  

• Works consists of making significant improvements of processes, systems, solutions, or products to enhance performance of job area.  

• Implement strategic goals established by leadership.  

Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.   

Qualifications and Education Requirements   

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or Sciences  

• 8+ years of USG/DoD development program experience  

• 3+ years of Engineering Lead experience in USG/DoD development programs  

• 3+ years of Engineering on programs with cyber security requirements 

• 3+ years of experience with engineering management, development, and tracking tools,  collaboration tools, Earned Value Managem