Graduate Simulator Engineer

Ryanair Group Holdings; Greater London; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discounted travel

Death in Service Benefit – Up to 2x of

Job summary

Ryanair is recruiting a Graduate Flight SIM Engineer to join our East Midlands Airport team. You will maintain Flight Training Devices and software/hardware, ensuring readiness for daily operation and compliance with EASA requirements.

The role includes liaising with aircrew and inspectors, implementing updates, and supporting the training schedule for pilots. Based at East Midlands Airport, the successful candidate will contribute to continuous improvements of simulators, test new loadable

Qualifications

• Aviation/flight simulation experience or background.
• Specialization in digital flight simulation and related systems.
• Process control and data networking knowledge are advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Maintain training equipment and Flight Training Devices.
• Perform daily readiness checks for FSTD operation.
• Design modifications to simulators to stay compatible with Ryanair fleet.
• Liaise with aircrew and inspectors to resolve defects and ensure safety compliance.

Skills

Aviation background

Flight simulation

Digital flight simulation

Data networking

Process control

Education

Electronic and avionic engineering degree

Tools

Flight Simulator Equipment

EASA standards understanding

Job description

Ryanair, over our 40 year history has grown to become Europe's largest airline group connecting more guests across more routes than any other European carrier. We are a fast-paced, ambitious and innovative company, offering exciting career opportunities across aviation, technology, operations and support functions. Now is a fantastic time to join as we look to grow to over 800 aircraft and 300m guests within the next 8 years.

Job Description

Ryanair is currently recruiting for a Graduate Flight SIM Engineer to join our team.

This is an excellent opportunity for somebody to progress their career and gain experience in Europe’s leading airline.

Our Simulators are in use over 20 hours per day. We currently employ over 8,000 pilots and the SIM's are used for both initial and recurrent training.

As a SIM engineer you will maintain various training equipment and associated Flight Training Devices and carry our preventative and corrective action on our SIM's to ensure minimal disruption to our pilot training schedule.

The successful candidates will be based at East Midlands Airport and will have to perform the following duties:

• Perform daily readiness checks to ensure FSTD is ready for daily operation.
• Maintain Flight Simulator Equipment to EASA FSTD-A Level ‘D’ Standard.
• Maintain the Quality System in accordance with EASA Requirements.
• Review and implement aircraft and vendor service bulletins.
• Install and verify aircraft loadable software.
• Liaise with aircrew at the technical level on aircraft systems to resolve defects.
• Liaise with technical inspectors at initial and recurrent qualifications.
• Liaise with FSTD vendors to rectify defects requiring vendor support.
• Run and check the scheduled Quality Test Guide (QTG) Tests.
• Design and embody modifications on the simulators to maintain compatibility with Ryanair fleet using hardware and software engineering skills.
• Conduct technical defect clearance with nominated flight crew.
• Conduct a subjective evaluation session of FSTD performance with flight crew.
• Conduct a subjective evaluation session of a visual database with flight crew.
• Maintain compliance with the UK Health & Safety at Work Act 1974.
• Complete any other tasks that are reasonably required to carry out the daily operation of a Flight Simulator Training Centre

Qualifications

• Recognized University Degree, Apprenticeship or Adult Training in electronic and avionic engineering
• A background in aviation/flight simulation.
• Specializing in Digital Flight Simulation, Complex Data Networking and Process Control using Distributed Micro processing.

Additional Information

• Discounted and unlimited travel to over 230 destinations
• Death in Service Benefit – Up to 2 times of annual basic salary
• Unrivalled career progression

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