Mid-Level Software Engineer

1 month ago

Arlington, United States CAE Full time

CAE USA, Defense & Security welcomes experienced weapons and simulation engineers to help train U.S. Armed Forces and those of our partners around the world. This is a rewarding mission you will be proud to support.

You will design, develop, test, and integrate real-time weapon simulations for military training devices. This is a hands-on, full life cycle simulation engineering position for experienced weapons and simulation engineers who desire to grow beyond traditional boundaries and create enduring solutions for a truly meaningful purpose.

Affinity for aviation and flight skills not required – but this role will provide the opportunity for both

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

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

  • Identify complex problems and provide solution options within program constraints
  • Quickly and effectively breakdown assignments and requirements into work tasks
  • Understand, create, and communicate complex design specifications in varying formats
  • Utilize experience, judgment, and logic to perform cost-benefit analysis
  • Succinctly provide schedule and effort estimates for various tasks
  • Meet or exceed cost, schedule, and quality commitments
  • Develop scalable, high-fidelity weapons simulations for real-time training applications
  • Integrate weapon simulation software with avionics, datalink, sensor, and simulator architecture
  • Create new weapon models using both established and innovative modeling techniques
  • Design, develop, code, integrate and test weapon simulation software to meet requirements
  • Perform integration and configuration of cross-platform weapon simulations
  • Fly real military flight simulators to conduct testing and evaluation of delivered weapon simulations
  • Troubleshoot and maintain existing weapon simulation models
  • Participate in peer reviews, identify, track and repair defects
  • Mentor and guide other engineers from a technical and career perspective


Qualifications and Education Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree or higher in Aerospace Engineering, Aeronautical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience
  • Ability to obtain and maintain a Department of Defense Security Clearance
  • At least 8 years of applicable experience
  • Understanding of weapon flight dynamics
  • Understanding of guidance, navigation, and controls
  • Understanding of weapon interfaces
  • Understanding of aircraft mux interface
  • Experience with coordinate system transforms
  • Experience developing software for analysis and modeling
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to travel as needed (Domestic and International)
  • Due to U.S. Government contract requirements, only U.S. citizens are eligible for this role


Preferred Skills

  • 7+ years of combined experience in the following languages:
  • C++ / Fortran / Ada
  • Git / Jira / Confluence
  • Ability to lead other engineers in a highly collaborative team environment
  • Flight and/or weapons simulation and modeling
  • MIL-STD-1553 / MIL-STD-1760
  • Universal Armament Interface (UAI)
  • Datalinks (Link16, etc.)
  • Sensors and Seekers (IR, RF, laser, etc.)
  • Threat Systems / Electronic Warfare (EW)
  • DIS / HLA Networking
  • Hypersonic Aerodynamics
  • MIL-STD-3014 (MiDEF)
  • Modular Open Systems Architecture (MOSA)
  • Weapon Open Systems Architecture (WOSA)
  • Unified Modeling Language (UML)
  • Systems Modeling Language (SysML)

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