Software Engineer Co-op

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

This is a hands-on software engineering position in CAE USA's Common Training Environment (CTE) group. CAE's CTE group is responsible for development and delivery of discriminating total training solutions, including our HD World next generation simulation product line that provides war fighters with exceptionally realistic and relevant training for combat and peacekeeping missions. HD World products include: SimuSphereTM HD immersive visual display system, SimuViewTM/SimuViewÆTM image generator system, PBEG physics-based environment generator, and World Content Database Generation. Candidate should be a fast learner with strong analysis and problem-solving skills with the ability to self-start tasks through to completion with only general technical direction.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

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

• Support the SimuViewTM/SimuViewÆTM image generator product
• Assist with product deployment, integration and support into a multitude of Fast Jet, Helo, Wide-body and UAV applications
• Perform engineering tasks including writing and testing software, creating software tools, updating drawings and documentation, installing and integrating software packages.
• Gather data and prepare reports, as necessary.
• Provide administrative and technical support to Engineering department.
• Assist other departments, when needed.

Qualifications and Education Requirements

• Must be enrolled in an accredited Bachelor's degree (or higher level) college/university program majoring in an Engineering discipline, preferably Software Engineering or Computer Science
• Must have a minimum GPA of 3.0
• Must be proficient with Microsoft Office products
• Must be familiar with C++ and/or C# programming languages
• Familiarity with SQL/Access database is a plus
• Familiarity with Microsoft PowerApps and Flow is a plus
• Must be willing to learn new procedures and applications
• Must have good diagnostic and troubleshooting skills
• Must be detail-oriented
• Must be customer service-oriented
• Must be willing to learn new procedures and applications
• Must have excellent communication skills
• Must be able to work with minimal supervision
• Experience with Standard Template Library (STL)Experience developing in a Linux environment using an IDE and the gcc toolchain
• Understanding of Object Oriented Design (OOD) and concepts
• Understanding of Configuration Management
• Understanding of operating system and concurrency concepts such as process/thread management, scheduling and synchronization, networks and distributed systems.
• Due to U.S. Government contract requirements, only U.S. citizens are eligible for this role.

Preferred Skills

• Experience identifying and addressing the root cause of defects using software debugging tools like GDB in large scale and/or distributed systems.
• Experience with computer networking communications and socket programming
• Experience with real-time and distributed systems
• Experience with 3D graphics and GPU software development
• Experience with versioning tools such as Git/Bitbucket/Perforce
• Experience with a graphics API such as OpenGL or Vulkan
• Familiarity with X11
• Familiarity with Atlassian tools
• CentOS / Red Hat
• Python
• GLSL

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

This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.

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 EOE/AA employer and gives consideration for employment to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. If you'd like more information about your EEO rights as an applicant under the law, please click here Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal.

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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 diversity, equity, and inclusion. As "One CAE," we take affirmative action to ensure equal opportunity for all applicants regardless of race, nationality, colour, religion, sex, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, neurodiversity, Veteran status, age, or other legally protected characteristics.

If you don't see yourself fully reflected in every job requirement listed in the job posting, we still encourage you to reach out and apply. At CAE, everyone is welcome to contribute to our success. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please get in touch with us at rh-