Hardware Engineer

PlanIT Group, LLC; Orlando (FL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

PlanIT Group, LLC in Orlando seeks a Flight Simulator Hardware Engineer to lead hardware design for power and control systems, motion platforms, and visual display interfaces. You will coordinate with procurement, production planning, and suppliers to deliver interfaces and avionics on schedule.

Ideal candidates will have experience in flight simulation hardware, Creo/Windchill, and strong system integration skills, with a Bachelor's degree in engineering and hands-on implementation experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical/Electronic Engineering, or related field
• Experience in developing flight simulation hardware solutions
• Experience applying hardware engineering processes in an Agile environment
• Developing and generating CREO layouts and detailed drawings for HW
• Developing hardware architecture and interconnects from requirements

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 and synchronize engineering, procurement, production planning, manufacturing, and suppliers to ensure design is completed as scheduled

Skills

Flight hardware design

CREO

Windchill

Agile development

System integration

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or Electrical/Electronic Engineering

Tools

CREO

Windchill

Catia

Zuken

Cameo

Job description

Job Description

Flight Simulator Hardware Engineer - Air & Commercial Solutions (Client) Program

The Work

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 that synchronizes engineering, procurement, production planning, manufacturing, and suppliers to ensure design is completed as scheduled. Develop innovative solutions to a range of complex problems that are consistent with the program objectives.

Basic Qualifications (BQs)

Education: Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical/Electronic Engineering, or related field

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

Issuing formal design checking approvals or non-conformance reports through the PLM tool.

Developing and generating CREO layouts and detailed drawings for ICDs, components, sub-assemblies, assemblies, and integration test articles

Developing and generating HW architectural layouts for system and lower level interfaces between systems and subsystems

Deriving Hardware and sub tier requirements from customer requirements

Building BOMs, creating parts, assemblies, and design documentation

Demonstrated ability to support cross-functional teams through major technical reviews throughout the acquisition lifecycle (SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR)

Experience applying Hardware Engineering processes in an Agile environment.

Desired Skills

Experience with Windchill, Creo, Windchill and/or Catia, Zuken and Cameo.

Knowledge of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing in accordance with ASME Y14.5 and demonstrated 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, inclusive of 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.