Flight Simulator Hardware Engineer (Hybrid Orlando, FL)

We are looking for a Flight Simulator Hardware Engineer for a global aerospace company. This is a 12-month contract (extensions likely) in a hybrid role based in Orlando, FL. As a W-2 employee of Stage 4 Solutions, you will receive health benefits and 401K.

About the role

You will lead the design, development, and integration of flight simulator hardware, including hardware architecture, CREO layouts/drawings, system interfaces, and integration with existing facility infrastructure.

Schedule: 40 hours per week, Monday–Thursday (10 hours per day).

Responsibilities

• 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 the new simulator hardware with the existing building infrastructure, including HVAC, electrical distribution, grounding, and fire and smoke monitoring systems.
• Lead other Hardware Engineers to synchronize engineering, procurement, production planning, manufacturing, and suppliers to ensure design completion as scheduled.
• Develop innovative solutions to complex problems consistent with program objectives.
• Issue formal design checking approvals or non-conformance reports through the PLM tool.
• Develop and generate CREO layouts and detailed drawings for ICDs, components, sub-assemblies, assemblies, and integration test articles.
• Develop and generate hardware architectural layouts for system and lower-level interfaces between systems and subsystems.
• Derive hardware and sub-tier requirements from customer requirements.
• Build BOMs, create parts, assemblies, and design documentation.
• Support cross-functional teams through major technical reviews throughout the acquisition lifecycle (SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR).
• Apply Hardware Engineering processes in an Agile environment.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. citizen able to obtain clearance.
• 16+ years of experience in developing flight simulation hardware solutions.
• Active development of new mechanical design engineering principles and full demonstrated knowledge of industry practices and related disciplines.
• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical/Electronic Engineering, or related field.

Desired Skills

• Experience with Windchill, Creo, Catia, Zuken, and/or Cameo.
• Knowledge of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing in accordance with ASME Y14.5 and demonstrated ability to perform complex system-level tolerance analysis.
• Knowledge of generating hardware architecture, high-level interconnects, and deriving requirements from customer and system-level flow downs.
• Prior experience in the development, integration, and deployment of flight training systems.
• Leveraged Agile tenets in the execution of the development of software-intensive systems, including driving development of Systems Engineering, Software Engineering, Hardware, and Test Engineering work products.
• Experience adapting hardware designs to existing climate control systems, ensuring temperature/humidity stability for avionics and motion platforms.
• Experience interfacing with the facility’s existing fire detection and suppression infrastructure.
• Product design experience in the context of modular open systems architectures (e.g., SOA).
• Experience with Rotary and/or Fixed Wing Aircraft.
• Experience with full motion simulators.

Pay

$50/hr – $70/hr