KC-46 MTS Simulator Software Engineer

About This Role

THIS POSITION IS CONTINGENT ON CONTRACT AWARD TO  CAE USA INC. JANUARY 2025.

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 

This position will focus on the development and deployment of Training Services Support Center (TSSC) level modifications to flight simulation training support devices. Responsible for implementing, testing, and documenting simulation systems software changes to the baseline.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities 

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

• Designs, modifies, develops, writes and implements software programming applications to include: UNIX/LINUX environment, programming languages (C/C++) and Windows applications.
• Maintain the software baseline in an operable and up to date condition.
• Utilize and operate the KC-46 MTS SIL to maintain, develop, modify, and test changes to the software baselines.
• SQL, Unity 3D and Impressions
• Supports and/or installs software applications/operating systems.
• Assignments will be geared towards applying real-time programming techniques for flight simulation and graphical user interface (GUI) applications.
• Participates in the testing process through test review and analysis, test observation and certification of software.
• Perform a variety of specific professional engineering tasks of an analysis, design, or test nature in support of the customer in a specialized engineering field such as software, mechanical, electrical, aerodynamics or electronics.
• Has knowledge of commonly used concepts, practices, and procedures within a particular field. Follows applicable Work Instructions and procedures for configuration management and engineering effort to perform the functions of the job.
• Support the TSSC Engineering group through all phases of software implementation and design on assigned projects with minimal supervision.
• Work closely with Test/Evaluation personnel, Maintenance Instructors and Subject Matter
• Experts to evaluate and test software design implementation.
• Attend and participate in weekly and monthly meetings providing project and work status to upper level management and customer audience.
• Works under limited supervision. Must also be able to generate preliminary and detailed designs as required for enhancements or modifications to existing designs, requiring the application of current industry design concepts and utilization of basic technical writing skills.
• May provide technical direction to junior team members.
• Provide technical support for completion of technical studies and rough order of magnitude (ROM) efforts.
• Installs and configures approved software changes to training equipment, including site preparation.
• Develops test strategies, devices, and systems.
• Development and support of software technical specifications, vendor work scopes, technical manuals and drawings associated with hardware modifications.
• Relies on instructions and pre-established guidelines to perform the functions of the job.
• Must also be able to generate preliminary and detailed software designs