Logistics Sustainment Engineer

About This Role

Who We Are:

• CAE vision: our vision is to be the worldwide partner of choice in defense and security, civil aviation, and healthcare 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

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.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

As a Logistics Sustainment Engineer, you will lead or contribute to the following areas:

Obsolescence Management & Operational Readiness

• 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.

• Supportability of training systems through the complete system lifecycle

Reliability and Maintainability

• 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.

Field Reliability & Sustainment

• 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

Cross-Functional Engineering Collaboration

• 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.

Qualifications and Education Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in aerospace, mechanical, electrical, manufacturing, or systems engineering. Master's degree preferred.

• 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

Preferred Skills

• 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.

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 involves standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.

• Must be able to work in confined spaces for long periods.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. 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.

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.

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 hrops@caemilusa.com

Position Type
Regular

CAE thanks all applicants for their interest. However, only those whose background and experience match the requirements of the role will be contacted.

Equal Opportunity Employer

CAE is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, national origin, age, religion, sex, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. At CAE, everyone is welcome to contribute to our success. 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 a t CAECarrieres-Careers@cae.com .