Last update February 16, 2007

FlightSafety International has nationwide employment opportunities for Pilot and Maintenance Instructors, Simulator Technicians, Marketing Managers, Engineering positions and others.  Both Full-Time and Part-time positions may be available.  Please mail your cover letter and résumé directly to your location of choice.  For location addresses and aircraft programs specific to these locations, please consult the Home page under Training Locations.  Click on the map with green circles to reveal the mailing address.  

All employment opportunities with FlightSafety International are also subject to specific job skill requirements, qualifications and preferred experience.  The information provided is not intended to create a contract for employment or for any other purpose.  The employment opportunities provided on this web page are for informational purposes only and subject to change in availability and content at any time without prior notice.  
 
FlightSafety is an Equal Opportunity Employer/M/F/D/V.
 
LEARNING CENTER POSITIONS
 
Pilot Instructor Positions

The minimum qualifications to be a FlightSafety pilot ground school and simulator instructor are:
If teaching on a type rating aircraft the instructor must have an FAA Airline Transport Pilot certificate (ATP).   Pilot in Command (PIC) time of 2,000 hours or more is preferred. If teaching on an aircraft not requiring a type rating the instructor must have an FAA Commercial Pilot Certificate and instrument rating.  Pilot in Command (PIC) time of 1,000 hours or more is preferred. All instructors must have a FAA Certified Flight Instructor (CFI) rating.  If a CFI is not held other documented ratings and prior experience will be considered such as Ground Instructor Certificate (AGI) with an Instrument rating, military pilot instructor experience, or experience as a pilot instructor in a Part 142, 135 or 121 operation.   

Note: All FlightSafety instructors will be hired to teach both ground school and simulator thus the higher qualification requirements of simulator instruction are stated.  Qualifications are stated in terms of FAA ratings however equivalent ratings issued by another country’s aviation authority are accepted.  Currency in any of the ratings shown above is not required.
 
Openings available, but not limited to, the following locations:
 
·         Farnborough, UK
·         Orlando, Florida
·         Moonachie (Teterboro) , New Jersey
·         West Palm Beach, Florida   (helicopter)


Maintenance Instructor Positions

Minimum Qualifications:  Valid FAA Mechanic Certificate with Airframe and/or Powerplant Ratings (or foreign equivalent).  Candidates must have 10 years as an A & P mechanic with at least 5 years experience with turbine engines and a minimum of two years instructing experience.
 
Openings available, but not limitedØ to, the following locations:
 
·         Houston, Texas
·         West Palm Beach, Florida
·         Wichita, Kansas (Wichita Cessna Maintenance)

 
Simulator Technician Positions

Minimum Qualifications:  Associates degree from a two (2) year college or technical school in electronics technology, avionics or related fields or equivalent military/civilian training.  Two (2) years’ experience in direct technical support of digital and analog flight simulators, or related equipment, and/or two (2) years’ electronics technology training; working knowledge with the ability to operate electronic test equipment.  Basic print knowledge sufficient for reading and interpreting electrical and mechanical schematics; and minimal working knowledge of analog and digital circuitry and components required.
 
Openings available, but not limited to, the following locations:
 
·         Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas
·         Long Beach, California
·         Orlando, Florida
·         Savannah, Georgia
·         St. Louis, Missouri
·         Vero Beach, Florida
·         West Palm Beach, Florida
·         Wichita, Kansas
·         Wilmington, Delaware
 

MARKETING POSITIONS
 
PRODUCT MARKETING MANAGER Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor?s degree (B.A./B.S.) from a four year college or university required. Three to five (3-5) years? sales of aviation sales and/or marketing experience, and a commercial pilot's license is preferred. Please email résumé and salary requirements to Chris.adams@flightsafety.com

Openings available, but not limited to, the following locations:

• Moonachie, New Jersey (Teterboro Airport)
• San Antonio, Texas (Spanish fluency required)
• Toronto, Canada

SIMULATOR SYSTEMS DIVISION (SSD) – BROKEN ARROW, OKLAHOMA  
Engineering Positions -  Please send résumé, salary requirements and job reference number to SSDHR@flightsafety.com  
MECHANICAL ENGINEER
#2244
Simulation System Division, Tulsa, OK

BS in Mechanical Engineering and a minimum of two years related experience or equivalent required. Must have a working knowledge of industry components, materials, certification requirements, CAD, spreadsheet and PC system related software. Working knowledge of at least two areas of mechanical engineering (mechanical or electro-mechanical design, dynamics, structural, control system, or materials) techniques and procedures. Analyzes and develops design concepts and detailed designs as directed or based on project requirements utilizing experience, engineering analysis, design information and manufacturing knowledge. Provides substantiating analysis; directs designers and drafters; provides support for manufacture and checkout; and troubleshoots problems related to installed systems.

NAVIGATION SOFTWARE ENGINEER
#2282
Simulation System Division, Tulsa, OK
BS in engineering or Computer Science or equivalent education and experience. Must have math through Calculus, Fortran, C/C++. Five years experience with FMS avionics equipment design and software development.

AUTOFLIGHT ENGINEER
#2229
Simulation Systems Division
BS Degree in Engineering, Aerospace or Electrical preferred or equivalent. The primary function of this job is to design and checkout auto flight systems on aircraft simulators. Must be proficient in FORTRAN, UNIX, PC-NT and must have familiarity with aircraft and aircraft terminology in general. Specific knowledge of aircraft systems including flight guidance and autopilot, air data, avionics and navigation, flight and flight control systems is required. Ability to read and understand electrical schematics and wiring diagrams, transfer function diagrams, simplified mechanical drawings and block diagrams. Must have the ability to translate the above into FORTRAN CODE. Candidates with 6 years related experience will be considered for Principal Engineer, candidates with 3 years related experience will be considered for a Senior Engineer, and candidates with 1 year related experience will be considered for a Design Engineer.

SENIOR ELECTRICAL ENGINEER
#2226
Simulation Systems Division, Tulsa, OK
BSEE/BSEET with CS Minor or BSCS, with five years experience or equivalent combination of education and experience. Experience in C, C++, assembly language, embedded software design, thread programming and graphics API. Familiarity with Window Dev Studio, Windows 2000, XP, Microsoft Office and UNIX tools and real-time operating systems. Avionics including ARINC 653 and FMS systems desirable. Responsibilities include the retarget of embedded avionic software to a simulation environment, design and documentation of a software interface to retargeted software, as well as test, evaluate and debug integrated simulation.


SENIOR ELECTRICAL ENGINEER/AIC
#2227
Simulation System Division, Tulsa, OK
BSEE w/ CS Minor or BSCS or equivalent combination of education and experience required. Five years experience in embedded software and hardware design. Experience in C, Unix, Real-time operating systems such as VxWorkds and RTLinux and FPGA/CPLD design required. VME, ORCAD and AutoCAD is desirable. Responsibilities include research, design and maintain serial data bus interfaces to drive the avionics systems required for the operation of a full flight simulator or other training devices. Occasional shift work, international and domestic travel is required.