Software Engineer, Associate
About The Position
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 Performs assignments designed to develop knowledge and abilities in all aspects of aircraft simulation software.
Requirements
- Associates Degree or Certificate in Software Engineering.
- 0-2 years’ experience or equivalent combination of education and/or experience.
- FORTRAN and/or C++ required.
- Basic High Level programming skills with real time applications.
Nice To Haves
- Ada desired.
- Knowledge of operating systems such as Microsoft Windows, UNIX, Linux, and Concurrent is desired.
Responsibilities
- Reviews and becomes familiar with simulator engineering specifications, malfunction documents, flight manuals, maintenance manuals, aircraft wiring diagrams, aircraft characteristics, and aircraft data.
- Gains working knowledge of all standard navigation/visual simulation software and its interaction with other disciplines such as flight, engines, systems and autoflight software.
- Performs an analysis of the avionics functions that are to be simulated.
- Prepares Customer Test Guide under supervision of an experienced simulation engineer. This C.T.G. will be used to verify that the simulation satisfies the simulator specification requirements.
- Prepares math models, flow charts, and simulation source code as required by the aircraft simulator specification.
- Performs standardized procedures to verify that the design meets the requirements of the customer test guide.
- Presents and demonstrates the simulator operation to the customer and corrects deficiencies identified by the customer. This may include working at customer facilities.
- Develops graphical representations of aircraft avionics.
- Works with software and hardware colleagues, project engineers and others to smoothly and efficiently effect an integrated total simulation.
- Travel, shift work, and special work hours may be required to accomplish some of the above tasks.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
Associate degree
Number of Employees
1,001-5,000 employees
