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: 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, Defense & Security welcomes experienced software engineers to help train U.S. Armed Forces and those of our partners around the world. This is a rewarding mission you will be proud to support.  

You will design, develop, test, and integrate real-time weapon simulations for military training devices. This is a hands-on, full life cycle software engineering position for experienced software engineers who desire to grow beyond traditional boundaries and create enduring solutions for a truly meaningful purpose.  

Affinity for aviation and flight skills not required – but this role will provide the opportunity for both! 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities  

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

Design and lead development of new weapons software projects 

Develop dynamic weapon flight simulation models and integrate into flight training devices 

Develop, debug, and test autopilot and guidance algorithms 

Develop control laws to meet weapon performance, trajectory and stability requirements 

Develop system and software requirements for GNC models 

support requirement verification through test procedure development, lab testing and reporting 

Perform trajectory design, optimization, and analysis for weapons 

Design, develop, implement, verify, and test algorithms, software, and simulation tools to perform weapon model GNC 

Create analysis tools, applications, and execution pipelines for fast, reliable, and robust weapon models 

Given weapon flight test and physical data, and documentation use MATLAB and analytical tools to model weapon performance 

Provide leadership, mentorship and growth opportunities for junior weapons engineers 

Utilize excellent communication skills to report program milestones, technical approaches, and findings to program management 

Review existing tools and processes and drive more efficient or more reliable approaches 

Qualifications and Education Requirements  

Bachelor of Science Degree (BS) in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) discipline and 10+ years of relevant experience; OR Master of Science (MS) and 8+ years of relevant experience OR PhD with 6+ years of relevant engineering and/or lab experience 

8+ years professional experience in a GNC role, preferably for weapons systems 

Ability to quickly understand and navigate complex systems and detailed requirements. 

Experience developing simplified 3-DOF and high-fidelity 6-DOF dynamics simulation models  

Experience using MATLAB to create, process, analyze, and visually represent data 

Clear communication and organizational skills including documentation and training material 

Ability to obtain and maintain U.S. DoD Secret clearance 

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

Preferred Skills  

Master’s Degree or PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related field  

Experience designing, developing, and implementing flight software algorithms for weapons systems 

Experience designing, developing, and implementing Launch Acceptability Region (LAR), Weapon Engagement Zone (WEZ), or Dynamic Lauch Zone (DLZ) generation software 

Experience with guidance functions and equations necessary to achieve a desired position, orientation, velocity, or trajectory 

Experience with flight controls design and analysis for weapons systems 

Experience with state estimation - Kalman filtering, sensor fusion, etc. 

Experience with mission planning, waypoints and waypoint navigation  

Experience creating aerodynamic and propulsion models 

Experience with mission planning, waypoints and waypoint navigation  

Strong competency in software development practices including testing and continuous integration 

Experience with high performance computing systems 

High-level of C/C++ Proficiency 

Experience with Ada, FORTRAN, and/or Python and Linux OS 

Experience with real-time simulation 

Exposure to weaponeering concepts and equations  

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  

Highly collaborative closed room environment with open office space for unclassified tasks. Job duties include regular interaction with fixed base, full cockpit military aircraft simulators, and include the opportunity to learn to fly the aircraft simulation.  

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.   

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                       

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

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 at rh-hr@cae.com.