Design the Future of Pilot Training as a Flight Simulator Hardware Engineer

Imagine building the technology that helps pilots train for real-world missions before they ever leave the ground. PDS Tech Commercial is partnering with a leading aviation innovator to hire a Flight Simulator Hardware Engineer who will play a key role in developing advanced FAA Level D Full Flight Simulators that support world-class pilot training.

If you're passionate about engineering complex systems, integrating cutting-edge hardware, and solving challenging technical problems, this is your opportunity to make a lasting impact on the future of aviation.

Position Details

Job Title: Flight Simulator Hardware Engineer

Location: Orlando, FL

Job Type: Full-Time Consultant (12-Month Contract)

Pay Rate: $50.00 - $70.00 per hour

Make an Impact

As a Flight Simulator Hardware Engineer, you will contribute to the design, development, integration, and deployment of a state-of-the-art FAA Level D Full Flight Simulator. You'll work across multiple engineering disciplines to develop and integrate complex hardware systems that replicate real-world aircraft environments with exceptional accuracy.

Your expertise will help ensure pilots receive the highest-quality training experience while supporting the advancement of aviation technology.

What You'll Do

Hardware Design & Development

• Design and develop simulator hardware systems, including:
  
  
  
  • Power and control systems
    
  • Motion platform integration
    
  • Visual display systems
    
  • Avionics interfaces
    
  • Ancillary support equipment
    
  
  
  
• Generate hardware architecture layouts and interface designs for systems and subsystems.
  
• Derive hardware and subsystem requirements from customer and program-level requirements.
  
• Create detailed engineering documentation, layouts, drawings, and specifications.
  

System Integration

• Manage end-to-end integration of simulator hardware with facility infrastructure, including:
  
  
  
  • HVAC systems
    
  • Electrical distribution
    
  • Grounding systems
    
  • Fire detection and monitoring systems
    
  • Smoke monitoring and suppression systems
    
  
  
  
• Support the development and integration of test articles, assemblies, and hardware configurations.
  
• Perform system-level analysis to ensure performance, reliability, and maintainability.
  

Engineering Leadership & Collaboration

• Lead and coordinate hardware engineering efforts across cross-functional teams.
  
• Partner with engineering, manufacturing, procurement, suppliers, and production planning teams to meet program objectives and schedules.
  
• Support major technical reviews throughout the product lifecycle, including:
  
  
  
  • System Requirements Reviews (SRR)
    
  • Preliminary Design Reviews (PDR)
    
  • Critical Design Reviews (CDR)
    
  • Test Readiness Reviews (TRR)
    
  
  
  
• Drive innovative engineering solutions to complex technical challenges.
  
• Ensure design quality through formal review processes, approvals, and non-conformance reporting.
  

Product Lifecycle Management

• Build and maintain Bills of Material (BOMs).
  
• Create parts, assemblies, and engineering documentation.
  
• Support Agile development initiatives and engineering processes.
  
• Utilize PLM tools to manage designs, approvals, and product configuration data.
  

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, or a related technical field.
  
• Experience developing flight simulation hardware solutions.
  
• Strong understanding of mechanical design engineering principles and industry best practices.
  
• Experience generating and maintaining engineering drawings, layouts, assemblies, and integration documentation.
  
• Experience creating hardware architecture layouts and defining subsystem interfaces.
  
• Ability to derive hardware requirements from customer and system-level requirements.
  
• Experience building and managing BOMs, parts, assemblies, and design documentation.
  
• Experience supporting major technical reviews throughout the engineering lifecycle.
  
• Experience applying Hardware Engineering processes within an Agile development environment.
  
• Proven ability to collaborate across multidisciplinary engineering teams.
  
• Must be eligible to obtain a Security Clearance. 
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with:
  
  
  
  • Creo
    
  • Windchill
    
  • CATIA
    
  • Zuken
    
  • Cameo
    
  
  
  
• Knowledge of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) in accordance with ASME Y14.5.
  
• Experience performing complex system-level tolerance analysis.
  
• Experience generating hardware architectures and high-level interconnect designs.
  
• Prior experience developing, integrating, and deploying flight training systems.
  
• Experience supporting software-intensive system development using Agile methodologies.
  
• Experience adapting hardware systems to existing HVAC and environmental control infrastructure.
  
• Experience integrating systems with facility fire detection and suppression networks.
  
• Product design experience using Modular Open Systems Architectures (MOSA) or Service-Oriented Architectures (SOA).
  
• Experience with rotary-wing and/or fixed-wing aircraft systems.
  
• Experience with full-motion flight simulators.
  

Why Join PDS Tech Commercial?

At PDS Tech Commercial, we connect talented professionals with opportunities that drive innovation across the aerospace and aviation industries. When you join our team, you'll gain access to meaningful projects that make a real-world impact.

What You'll Gain

• Competitive pay ranging from $50.00 to $70.00 per hour
  
• Opportunity to work on advanced FAA Level D flight simulation programs
  
• Exposure to cutting-edge aerospace engineering technologies
  
• Collaborative environment that values innovation, technical excellence, and continuous learning
  
• Hands-on involvement across the complete product development lifecycle
  
• Opportunity to lead critical engineering initiatives and influence program success
  
• Professional growth through collaboration with highly skilled engineering and aviation experts
  
• The chance to help shape the technologies that train the next generation of pilots
  

Take Your Engineering Career to New Heights

If you're ready to tackle complex engineering challenges, develop industry-leading flight simulation technology, and contribute to the future of aviation training, we want to hear from you.

Apply today with PDS Tech Commercial and help build the systems that prepare pilots for success before they ever take flight.

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