About FlightSafety International
FlightSafety International is the world's premier professional aviation training company and supplier of flight simulators, visual systems and displays to commercial, government and military organizations. The company provides training for pilots, technicians and other aviation professionals from 167 countries and independent territories. FlightSafety operates the world's largest fleet of advanced full-flight simulators and award-winning maintenance training at Learning Centers and training locations in the United States, Canada, France and the United Kingdom.
Purpose of Position
Responsible for developing software for simulation systems. Application areas include aircraft systems simulation, navigation systems, environmental simulation, avionics rehost and stimulation, instructor operator station, simulation executive, simulation architecture, computer systems and information security.
Tasks and Responsibilities
Lead the technical design, development, integration, verification, deployment, and lifecycle support of complex software systems, components, interfaces, and simulation capabilities while ensuring alignment with architectural standards and business objectives.
Serve as the technical authority for software architecture, engineering practices, and software quality by establishing and advancing modern development methodologies, including DevSecOps, secure software development, continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD), automated testing, configuration management, cybersecurity, and software quality metrics.
Provide technical leadership for the integration of Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), Digital Engineering, and systems engineering practices into software development, ensuring end-to-end requirements traceability, model-to-code consistency, and verification throughout the product lifecycle.
Define software architecture and technical direction for next-generation simulation and training systems, driving interoperability, scalability, maintainability, performance, qualification compliance, and alignment with enterprise technology roadmaps.
Lead multidisciplinary engineering efforts involving software, hardware, systems engineering, cybersecurity, modeling and simulation, and platform integration to deliver technically sound, mission-critical solutions.
Serve as the principal technical advisor for software engineering initiatives, providing strategic guidance to engineering leadership on technology investments, architectural decisions, technical risk, product strategy, and engineering best practices.
Lead complex technical projects by defining execution strategies, establishing technical scope, validating estimates, managing technical risk, monitoring execution, and ensuring successful delivery in collaboration with program, engineering, and business stakeholders.
Champion innovation by identifying emerging technologies, leading research and development initiatives, developing technology roadmaps, and driving adoption of new capabilities that enhance simulation fidelity, engineering productivity, and competitive differentiation.
Mentor and develop software engineers and technical leaders through coaching, technical guidance, code reviews, training curriculum development, and establishment of engineering best practices while fostering technical excellence across the organization.
Represent the organization as a senior technical leader with customers, suppliers, industry partners, and professional organizations by leading technical discussions, supporting business development and proposal activities, presenting at industry conferences, contributing to technical publications, and identifying opportunities for intellectual property and patent development.
Drive continuous improvement of engineering processes, tools, automation, documentation,