US D&S US Software Engineering Director

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   

The Director of Software Engineering will lead the Software Engineering Training Platforms department at CAE USA. They will be responsible for the overall technical, fiscal, and schedule performance of the department in support of CAE USA and corporate strategic objectives. Applicant must have leadership capabilities for technical management of simulation and training programs and subsystems, with detailed knowledge of Software Engineering practices and methodologies.   

Essential Duties and Responsibilities   

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

• Managing execution of tasks assigned to the Software Engineering department, including technical oversight, and financial and schedule performance  

• Leading software development in all phases in the program lifecycle from requirements analysis through product delivery  

• Resource management ensuring all program and departmental tasking is assigned for on-time completion, and man-loading projections to ensure staffing to meet forecast needs  

• Personnel management as first level and second level supervisor including performance evaluations, training, and career development   

• Execution of software development methodologies (Agile, Evolutionary, Waterfall, etc.)  

• Provide a highly engaged work environment for department team members.  

• Leadership over the Lead to Award (L2A) process for the department’s efforts through both supervision and direct participation in proposal writing, proposal and solution review, and costing development and approval  

• Metrics-based management used to drive continuous performance improvement through the identification and implementation of department initiatives  

• Identify potential risks and issues, makes and implements recommendations to management when escalation is required  

• Collaborate with other managers and professionals throughout the organization to effectively identify and resolve technical or program issues and take ownership for driving these issues to closure  

• Identification and evaluation