Senior Electrical Engineer

CAE Inc; City of Binghamton (NY); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits package

Work-life balance

Safe work environment

Career advancement

Job summary

CAE USA Inc. seeks ambitious electrical engineering professionals to help advance mission readiness. The role emphasizes ownership of challenging problems, innovative solutions, and collaboration within a supportive team environment.

Ideal candidates have a strong work ethic, self-motivation, strategic thinking, and the ability to interact with multidisciplinary teams across defense programs. Occasional overtime and CONUS travel may be required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering and at least 5 years of related experience.
• Experience supporting military or defense programs.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal skills, and the ability to interface with all levels of employees and management.
• Strong critical thinking and logical reasoning skills with the ability to solve issues and predict potential programmatic and technical risks.
• Proven track record of building relationships, fostering collaboration and working cross‑functionally with multidisciplinary teams.
• Must be detail oriented with a good knowledge of fundamental concepts, practices and procedures of Electrical Engineering.
• Experience with CAD software, preference to AutoCAD.
• Must have, or be able to obtain, a DoD Secret or higher clearance that has been granted or renewed in the last 5 years.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain Special Program Access.
• Flexibility to support occasional overtime, weekend work, shift work and site travel (CONUS).
• Due to U.S. Government contract requirements, only U.S. citizens are eligible for this role.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams to define architecture content and develop solutions that meet customer needs.
• Apply knowledge of Electrical Systems Engineering practices, networks, SDLC, and IT infrastructure management.
• Provide analysis, design, development, implementation and security assessments to ensure RMF compliance.
• Perform system-level analyses, trade studies, and allocate functional requirements to subsystems.
• Ensure all program requirements are met, risks identified and mitigated, and processes followed.
• Recommend and implement system enhancements to improve performance, reliability, and security.

Skills

Electrical Systems Engineering

Communication

Critical thinking

Team collaboration

AutoCAD

Defense programs experience

DoD clearance eligibility

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

AutoCAD

Job description

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

Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. We are currently seeking ambitious electrical engineering professionals to help us continue our mission of excellence. This role is tailor-made for candidates who thrive on taking ownership of hard problems and driving innovative solutions, while working in a collaborative and supportive team environment. Our ideal candidate will possess a self‑motivated and positive approach, a strong work ethic, and strategic big picture thinking skills.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Collaborating with cross‑functional engineering teams to establish architecture content and develop solutions that achieve customer needs.
• Having a fundamental knowledge of Electrical Systems Engineering practices, network technologies, system development life cycles and methodologies, and insight into information technology infrastructure management/monitoring and applications.
• Providing analysis, design, development, implementation and security assessments to ensure compliance with JSIG/RMF Continuous Monitoring tools and processes.
• Performing system‑level analyses, determining and undertaking necessary trade studies, define and allocate the functional requirements to subsystem.
• Ensuring all program requirements are met, program risks are identified and mitigated, and company processes are followed.
• Recommending and implementing system enhancements which will improve the performance, reliability, and security of the system including installing, upgrading, monitoring, problem resolution, and configuration.

Qualifications and Education Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering with minimum 5 years of prior related experience.
• Experience supporting military or defense programs.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal skills, and the ability to interface with all levels of employees and management.
• Strong critical thinking and logical reasoning skills with the ability to solve issues and predict potential programmatic and technical risks.
• Proven track record of building relationships, fostering collaboration and working cross‑functionally with multidisciplinary teams.
• Must be detail oriented with a good knowledge of fundamental concepts, practices and procedures of Electrical Engineering.
• Experience with CAD software, preference to AutoCAD.
• Demonstrated experience interpreting customer needs into achievable requirements or capabilities.
• Must have, or be able to obtain, a DoD Secret or higher clearance that has been granted or renewed in the last 5 years.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain Special Program Access.
• Flexibility to support occasional overtime, weekend work, shift work and site travel (CONUS).
• Due to U.S. Government contract requirements, only U.S. citizens are eligible for this role.

Preferred Skills

• Experience working in air‑gapped, classified, or highly secure environments with no direct internet access.
• Lab equipment experience and familiarity with hand tools.
• Hands on support of manufacturing.
• Understanding of ANSI and ASME standards.
• Familiarity with Mil Standard parts.
• Military or Aviation maintenance experience.
• Current Special Access Program (SAP) access.

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

This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers and filing cabinets. This role also works with various aircraft simulator equipment (avionic cockpits, visual systems, electronic cabinets).

Physical Demands

• Ability to travel to site for extended periods of time.
• Ability to stand for extended periods of time.
• Ability to lift 25 lbs. to various heights.
• Ability to work overtime and shifts as needed.
• Ability to travel CONUS.
• Ability to climb stairs.

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.

Equal Opportunity Employer

CAE USA Inc. is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to any protected characteristic, including disability and protected veteran status, as defined under federal, state, or local laws.

Applicants needing reasonable accommodations should contact their recruiter at any point in the recruitment process. If you need assistance to submit your application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at [e-mail].

About CAE

At CAE, our mission is clear: to help make the world a safer place. For nearly 80 years, we’ve driven innovation in simulation, training, and mission readiness to support critical operations worldwide. By leveraging advanced technologies, we empower our customers to operate smarter, faster, and more sustainably.

Join a purpose-driven organization where bold ideas are encouraged, collaboration drives progress, and your growth fuels our shared success.

Position Type

Regular.