Software Engineering Manager

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 Software Engineering Manager is responsible for leading the Software Engineering team based in Arlington, TX under the Technology and Product Development (TPD) organization with overall technical, resources allocation, budget and schedule responsibilities to develop applications and solutions associated with mission simulation, synthetic environments, flight training, and mission planning deployed as containerized micro services applications.  A high degree of software development experience, management acumen, organization ability, communication skills, and general business aptitude are essential. 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities   

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

• Manage a high-performing engineering team using Agile methodologies 

• Support the development of cutting-edge software to solve complex problems for company IR&D and Department of Defense projects 

• Provide individual group members with technical direction, coordination and direction to successfully complete assigned tasks 

• Ensure that staffing needs are aligned with commitments, performance reviews, and the development plan 

• Support the interview process and staffing hiring 

• Support development of Statements of Work and participates in proposal reviews  

• Develop the talent pipeline, drive corporate culture and lead all employee management activities 

• Interface with the customer to provide technical direction, documentation, and iterative demonstration of capabilities 

• Monitor the group’s projects deliverables budget and schedule 

• Support cost estimates for components and reference solutions 

• Support continuous improvement initiatives 

• Must be eligible for DoD Security Clearance 

Qualifications and Education Requirements   

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in engineering, software, or computer science 

• Minimum of 7 years of software engineering experience or a Master’s degree in engineering or computer science with 5 years of software engineering experience 

• Excellent organizational and time management skills, allowing them to lead multiple employees and multitask