Sr. Software Engineer

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   

The primary responsibility of this position is to support the PBEG (physics-based environment generator) product as a Senior Software Engineer.  Job duties include design, development, deployment, integration, and support of the product into a multitude of fighter aircraft, helicopter, and UAV applications, as well as guiding and mentoring junior engineers. The position focuses on new product feature design and development utilizing the latest 3D game engine technologies and concepts. Candidate should be highly adaptable with very strong analysis and problem-solving skills, with the ability to design the software and advance the product while adhering to customer requirements. 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities   

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

• Development and integration of PBEG into the Training System 

• Familiarity with all phases of Software Development Cycle 

• Experience with developing real-time applications 

• Make recommendations to improve the product based on technical experience 

• Apply sound engineering principles to contribute to innovative solutions  

• Communicate status/issues along with solutions/recommendations to lead engineers  

• Work independently and with the team to complete assigned tasks and meet schedule commitments  

Qualifications and Education Requirements   

• Strong C++ skills 

• Strong analytical skills 

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related discipline 

• 8 to 10 years of relevant experience 

• Understanding of mathematics associated with 3D physics/graphics (linear algebra, matrix manipulation) 

• Development experience using multiple