Simulator Technician

About This Role

All for equipping teams to excel.

Training Centre Operations at CAE lies at the heart of our commitment to training excellence across Civil Aviation and Defense & Security. As part of this team, you’ll develop and provide training, continually enhance program quality, and ensure seamless operations and service excellence, empowering pilots, aircrew, and mission-critical teams to excel when it matters most. Behind the scenes, you play a vital role in equipping them with the skills and readiness they need to succeed—through every moment, milestone, and mission. With a team that values growth, collaboration, and a shared sense of purpose, CAE offers a dynamic environment where your contributions to training create a lasting impact on the future of safety and readiness worldwide.

Sounds like something you are up for? That’s why we need you to complete our team. As part of the Fixed Wing Search & Rescue (FWSAR) Operational Training Unit (OTU) at 19 Wing Comox, we are looking to hire Maintenance Technicians to work on our Simulator.

Duties & Responsibilities

Carry out preventive and corrective maintenance (hardware and software), and operational support, as detailed in the quality and maintenance documents, to achieve required availability and reliability on training devices

Perform and assist in the analysis and resolving of software and hardware related issues

Monitors and ensures that all training devices are serviceable and ready for training

Identifies potential system problems and confers with technical experts and colleagues to formulate plans to solve such problems using approved processes and procedures

Support internal and external customers for modifications, updates, testing, maintenance and repair

Produce / update maintenance records in according with established practices & processes

Debug and troubleshoot complex problems spanning a wide range of technologies including, but not limited to : computer systems, networking, audio / video distribution, avionics systems

Ability to travel and work shift / overtime when needed

Required Skills & Experience

2-year technical degree or 4 years in an electronic, avionic, or technical related field.

Minimum of 2 years of relevant experience.

Customer-centric with experience and success providing customer service

Proven experience with database design and SQL, familiar with GIT, software development, and knowledge of computing networks and architecture

Ability to handle sensitive situations with tact and be a dynamic team player

Strong knowledge of English, read, written and spoken

Strong communication skills

Physically able to perform manual labour tasks, and / or work in confined spaces

MANDATORY : Eligibility to work in Canada either as a Canadian Citizen, a Permanent Resident or with a valid Work Permit

MANDATORY : Capable of obtaining and maintaining both Controlled Goods Clearance and a Government of Canada security clearance

Desirable qualifications :

Understanding of aircraft terminology and simulation devices

Ability to interpret schematics and other technical documents

Experience on flight training devices

Experience in military environment

Experience in material control

CAE offers :

An environment where your initiatives will be recognized and valued

The opportunity to work on a variety of projects on a multidisciplinary team

The possibility to work from home occasionally

Flexible schedules

Attractive employee benefits

About CAE

At CAE, we equip people in critical roles with the expertise and solutions to create a safer world. As a technology company, we digitalize the physical world, deploying software-based simulation training and critical operations support solutions. Above all else, we empower pilots, cabin crew, airlines, and defence and security forces to perform at their best every day and when the stakes are the highest. Around the globe, we’re everywhere customers need us to be with more than 13,000 employees in approximately 250 sites and training locations in over 40 countries. CAE represents more than 75 years of industry firsts—the highest-fidelity flight and mission simulators as well as training programs powered by digital technologies. We embed sustainability in everything we do. Today and tomorrow, we’ll make sure our customers are ready for the moments that matter.

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Salary : $59,000 CAD - $88,600 CAD

Position Type

On Call (Fixed Term)

CAE thanks all applicants for their interest. However, only those whose background and experience match the requirements of the role will be contacted.

Equal Opportunity Employer