System Architect

Who We Are:

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

CAE Defense & Security is seeking an experienced System Architect for our C-17 Training System program with deep expertise in Model‑Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) to drive the design, integration, and evolution of advanced simulation and training solutions for complex military aircraft and defense platforms. This role will play a key part in shaping simulation architectures, enabling digital engineering practices, and ensuring the seamless integration of mission systems, aircraft subsystems, sensors, and operational environments into high‑fidelity training systems. This role also involves collaborating with software developers, hardware engineers, cyber security and certification authorities to ensure seamless integration of flight dynamics, avionics, graphics, and user interfaces, while also managing scalability, maintainability, and cost. Strong knowledge of real‑time systems, simulation theory, and industry standards is essential, along with experience in system modeling, performance tuning, and cross‑disciplinary project leadership.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

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

Lead system architecture development for advanced aircraft and mission system simulations using MBSE methodologies and SysML-based digital engineering frameworks.

Develop and maintain system models supporting requirements decomposition, system behaviors, interface definitions, and verification strategies for simulation systems.

Define and evolve simulation system architectures that integrate aircraft avionics, flight dynamics, mission systems, networks, and C4ISR components into cohesive training environments.

Collaborate with aircraft SMEs, software engineers, subsystem integrators, and training system developers to ensure accurate and scalable simulation representations.

Support trade studies, technology assessments, and system-level design decisions for simulation fidelity, performance, interoperability, and scalability.

Ensure system architecture aligns with compliance requirements including safety, cybersecurity, interoperability standards, and DoD training system specifications.

Mentor engineering staff in MBSE best practices, digital model governance, and effective model-based design processes.

Participate in customer engagements, technical interchange meetings, design reviews, and program planning activities.

Drive the creation and curation of digital architecture artifacts to support a robust digital thread across the simulation development lifecycle.

Guides overall design decisions and ensure alignment with business goals.

Leads the technical solution activities as the overall design authority during capture and program execution phases

Selects the appropriate technologies and tools that best meet system requirements, considering IRAD, future scalability, sustainability, and cost

Creates the product line roadmap in compliance with the technology roadmap, reference architectures and functional product roadmaps

Has awareness and helps coordinate new technology investment and insertion into product line based on customer needs

Identifies technical risks and implement mitigation strategies to ensure simulator reliability and operator safety.

Works closely with program, product and functional management to guide technical direction and ensure that the training system meets schedule and cost requirements.

Stays current with emerging simulation technologies, industry standards, and best practices; recommend and implement process improvements.

Represents CAE USA at industry technical forums and customer oral presentations.

Qualifications and Education Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering, Computer or Computer Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.

Extensive experience (typically 8+ years) in systems engineering for military aircraft, mission systems, or advanced simulation/training systems.

Strong proficiency in MBSE practices and tools (such as Cameo/MagicDraw, Rhapsody, SysML).

Proven ability to lead architecture development for complex, multidisciplinary systems.

Experience with aircraft system integration, avionics interfaces, or mission system architectures.

Strong understanding of systems engineering processes, interface control, verification and validation, and configuration management.

Familiarity with DoD acquisition processes, MIL‑STDs, and training system standards (e.g., AR/VR training environments, DIS/HLA protocols).

Familiarity with aircraft communication standards (UDP/TCP, MIL‑STD‑1553, ARINC)

Due to U.S. Government contract requirements, only U.S. citizens are eligible for this role.

Preferred Skills

Master’s degree in Systems Engineering or related discipline

Experience with enterprise wide MBSE application on a military aircraft program

Experience with the C-17 aircraft

Certified Systems Engineering Professional (CSEP) or equivalent (e.g., INCOSE)

Experience architecting high‑fidelity flight or mission simulation systems.

Knowledge of digital engineering ecosystems, model traceability, and integrated digital threads.

Familiarity with synthetic environments, constructive simulations, or distributed mission operations.

Active Secret clearance

Security Responsibilities

Must comply with all company security and data protection / usage policies and procedures. Personally responsible for proper marking and handling of all information and materials, in any form. Shall not divulge any information, or afford access, to other employees not having a need-to-know. Shall not divulge information outside company without management approval. All government and proprietary information will be accessed and stored electronically on company provided resources.

Incumbent must be eligible for DoD Personal Security Clearance.

Due to U.S. Government contract requirements, only U.S. citizens are eligible for this role.

Work Environment

Duties performed in an office environment and manufacturing facility.

Must be able to work overtime on and off-shifts as required.

The employee is on call 24x7 for the resolution of problems and issues.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

Ability to sit for extended periods of time

Ability to stand for extended periods of time

Ability to lift 25 lbs. to various heights

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for their job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

CAE USA Inc. is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will be cons