Software Engineer, Aircraft Dynamics

About This Role

Who We Are:

• CAE Vision: Our vision is to be the worldwide partner of choice in defense and security and civil aviation by revolutionizing our customers training and critical operations with digitally immersive solutions to elevate safety efficiency and readiness.

• CAE Defense & Security Mission: CAEs 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

At CAE we empower our employees to create missioncritical simulation solutions that train pilots and maintenance personnel ensuring their safe return from realworld missions. As a Software Engineer in our Training Platforms group youll develop and maintain software for highfidelity flight and mission simulators and perform computer system administration.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

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

Simulation

• Develop and maintain software for flight and mission simulators ensuring reliability and performance to train pilots for safe mission outcomes

• Work on code bases critical to simulator functionality driving modernization through enhancements new features and ensuring maintenance optimization and stability

• Develop high fidelity scalable physics-based Aerodynamics Engine and Aircraft Systems Software models for training systems Real-Time simulation applications

• Collaborate with aerodynamicists engine designers and controlsystems teams to refine engine models and integrate them seamlessly into the simulator environment

• Integrate new technologies such as virtual reality (VR) with existing legacy systems to enhance training capabilities while preserving functionality

• Apply sound engineering principles develop innovative solutions and participate in design reviews

• Leverage emerging Artificial Intelligence (AI) to improve software development and testing

• Prepare check and coordinate release of support documentation to appropriate program and company standards

• Collaborate with crossfunctional teams to integrate software with hardware ensuring seamless operation for realtime missioncritical applications

• Participate in code reviews planning and crossfunctional brainstorming to drive innovation within a disciplined development process

• Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues in legacy and realtime systems ensuring simulators meet the highest standards for pilot training

Infrastructure

• Develop integrate and administer networking technology and virtualized computational infrastructure

• Design and develop Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to orchestrate cloudbased applications

• Design and develop PlatformasaService (PaaS) environments infrastructure use cases and support

• Integrate government and commercial applications using IaC and tools such as Ansible and Terraform

Qualifications and Education Requirements

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Software Engineering or a related field (or equivalent experience)

• Write and maintain clean efficient code in languages such as C C Python or C# with a focus on realtime systems simulator performance and debugging

• Proficiency working on realtime/embedded systems

• Ability to navigate and develop basic scripts in Linux and Microsoft Windows environments

• Version control over code

• Strong problemsolving skills and a passion for ensuring software reliability in highstakes training environments

• Experience with developing or maintaining scalable and flexible virtual systems

• Flexibility to support occasional overtime weekend work shift work and site travel (CONUS)

Preferred Skills

• Experience with cloud orchestration IaC tools (Ansible Terraform) and PaaS design

• Proficiency with simulation tools such as ASTI CFD packages XPlane OpenModelica or proprietary enginemodeling frameworks

• Familiarity with realtime simulator codebases and performance tuning

• Security certification

• 5 years of professional experience in software engineering with a focus on developing and maintaining missioncritical realtime systems

• Experience with virtualization of applications

Security Responsibilities

Must complywith 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.

• Applicant must be eligible for DoD Personal Security Clearance at Secret or higher prior to the start of employment

• Must be able to obtain and maintain Special Program Access

Due to U.S. Government contract requirements only U.S. citizens are eligible for this role.

Work Environment

• Duties performed in an office environment and manufacturing facility

• Must be able to work overtime on and off-shifts as required

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.

• Able to climb stairs and ladders to access training systems

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

Position Type

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 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 at .