Technical Associate

Technical Associate-EN role at CAE

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• 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.

• 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!

This is a hands‑on technical software engineering position on the Integration Specialists (IS) team. The successful candidate will support integration and configuration of computational system architecture and system software for real‑time simulation applications.

INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTOR – Identifies process and product improvements and makes the necessary changes once agreed with the immediate superior. Develops units through algorithms/techniques, while documenting own work, including test reports and functional specifications for small or medium complexity systems. Participates in code reviews, identifies risks, and escalates issues when necessary. Provides timely and useful information to the project leader to assist with detailed project planning and coordination using project management methods and tools.

Acts as a resource to technical staff.

Developing professional level – Incumbent in this role is developing professional expertise and demonstrates conceptual knowledge and principles of own professional discipline. Receives a moderate level of guidance and direction. Position requires professional degree in a single discipline with typically 3 years of related experience.

• Improve performance of existing simulator models and algorithms.
• Define new simulation models and interfaces.
• Design, integrate, and test flight simulator architectures, networks, software interfaces, and software infrastructures.
• Show strong analysis and problem‑solving skills.
• Support existing and create new software build environments.
• CMake, self‑hosted Git/Bit Bucket knowledge useful.
• Install and configure operating systems for flight simulators.
• Troubleshoot issues with flight simulator equipment and interfaces.
• Manage Linux and Windows platforms and applications.
• Develop solutions to increase automation.
• Communicate with an understanding and consideration of varied perspectives and technical knowledge specialties.
• Show the ability to carry tasks through to completion with only general technical direction.
• Travel as needed to maintain existing solutions at customer sites (up to 50% travel).

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related discipline.
• 0‑3 years of direct software development experience post degree, C++ preferred (0‑1 years with Masters Degree).
• Due to U.S. Government contract requirements, only U.S. citizens are eligible for this role.

• Software Development and Debugging in C++.
• Previous simulation system experience.
• Prefer 1+ years experience using Linux development environment.
• Good communications skills.
• Configure operating system on Linux and Windows machines.
• Management of a software baseline, including branching, merging, building, maintaining, and installing software.
• Knowledge of, or willing to learn virtualization solutions (VMware, KVM).
• Knowledge of, or willing to learn containerized development/delivery (Docker, Podman, Kubernetes).
• Mid‑level knowledge concerning compiling and linker infrastructure.
• Microsoft Visual Studio C++.
• GNU Compiler Collection.
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