Logistics Sustainment Engineer

CAE • Tampa, FL

4d • Onsite

About The Position

CAE USA is seeking a highly motivated logistics sustainment engineer to join our Logistics Engineering team. This role is critical to establishing lifecycle logistics processes, provisioning strategies, and sustainment infrastructure with focus on reliability, maintainability, obsolescence management that ensures supportability, readiness, and lifecycle sustainment for all CAE USA training devices. The logistics sustainment engineer will leverage a strong background in engineering and field support to maximize product supportability from the design through sustainment phases. The logistics sustainment engineer will support continuous reliability, maintainability, and obsolescence improvement initiatives in engineering and operations. The sustainment engineer will work closely with engineering, program management, parts management, and purchasing teams to align logistics deliverables with program objectives and customer requirements.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in aerospace, mechanical, electrical, manufacturing, or systems engineering.
• 10+ years of progressive engineering experience in roles such as Reliability Engineer, Field Support Engineer, Sustainment Engineer, Hardware Reliability Manager, or related positions
• Proven expertise in reliability engineering tools and field issue resolution.
• Knowledge of PLM & CMMS systems for tracking parts inventory and maintenance work orders
• Excellent communication, cross-functional coordination, and customer-facing skills
• 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.
• Candidates must be able to perform challenging physical labor for the duration of a shift. This includes standing for extended periods, climbing ladders, crouching, crawling into tight spaces, and working at heights.
• Candidates must be able to lift and carry up to 40 pounds from the floor.
• Candidates must be able to work at heights with use of fall protection.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree preferred.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical abilities are essential for assessing risks and developing effective solutions.
• Ability to convey complex ideas and technical concepts to a diverse audience.
• Proven work experience as a Reliability or Sustainment Engineer or similar role
• Strong knowledge of reliability engineering and statistical analysis
• Experience with reliability-centered maintenance (RCM) tools and techniques
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical abilities
• Strong understanding of maintenance management
• Proficiency in software tools including SLICwave, OPUS, Windchill Risk and Reliability, or equivalent reliability software.

Responsibilities

• Act as the technical point of contact for reliability, maintainability, and obsolescence management issues affecting CAE USA training devices and components.
• Provide technical guidance for corrective actions due to component obsolescence, spare parts planning, and troubleshooting complex obsolescence issues in the field.
• Coordinate with program managers, engineers, and customers to ensure system uptime and reliability and maintainability requirements are achieved.
• Primary responsibilities include designing and developing methods to improve and maintain the reliability of our systems and processes.
• Identify potential issues and the ability to develop and implement effective solutions to ensure the optimal performance and longevity of our systems and processes.
• Conduct risk and failure mode analysis to support project teams
• Verify that parts, materials, and processes meet system requirements through the use of a management plan detailing reliability risk considerations and evaluation strategies for the intended service life.
• Monitor, measure, and analyze system reliability performance across deployed platforms.
• Perform Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA) of field issues.
• Drive root cause analysis of systems, subsystems, and component failures
• Understanding of sustainment readiness metrics (MTBF, MTTR, uptime, service responsiveness) and how they gauge system performance and efficiency
• Partner with design, manufacturing, and engineering teams to drive continuous product improvements.
• Translate field performance data into actionable engineering change orders (ECOs) and design-for-reliability / design-for-supportability recommendations.
• Support new product introduction (NPI) by defining sustainment requirements, field readiness plans, and lifecycle support strategies.

Benefits

• 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!

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees