Junior Sim Engineer

Crewlink Ireland Limited; Leinster; On-site; EUR 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Unrivalled career progression

Job summary

Ryanair’s Flight Simulator Training Centre in Dublin, Ireland invites applications for a Flight SIM Engineer. The role focuses on maintaining FSTDs, ensuring EASA standards, and coordinating with aircrew and vendors to minimize downtime.

The ideal candidate has avionics engineering training or degree, a background in flight simulation, and is willing to work day and night shifts. You must have the right to live and work in the EU.

Qualifications

• Apprenticeship or degree in electronic/avionic engineering.
• Background in aviation or flight simulation.
• Willing to work day and night shifts; EU work rights.

Responsibilities

• 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

Skills

Avionics engineering

Flight simulation

Shift work

EU work rights

Education

Engineering apprenticeship/degree

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

Airline Flight Academy is currently recruiting for a Flight SIM Engineer to join our team in Dublin, Ireland. 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 SIMs 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 SIMs to ensure minimal disruption to our pilot training schedule.

The Role

• 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 Apprenticeship or Adult Training in electronic and avionic engineering or a Relevant Engineering Degree.
• A background in aviation/flight simulation.
• Willing to work shift work - Day & Night.
• Must hold the right to live & work in the EU.

Additional Information

• Competitive salary
• Unrivalled career progression