Software Engineer, Aircraft Dynamics

About This Role

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 

At CAE, we empower our employees to create mission‑critical simulation solutions that train pilots and maintenance personnel, ensuring their safe return from real‑world missions. As a Software Engineer in our Training Platforms group, you’ll develop and maintain software for high‑fidelity flight and mission simulators, and perform computer system administration.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities 

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

Simulation

• Develop and maintain software for flight and mission simulators, ensuring reliability and performance to train pilots for safe mission outcomes

• Work on code bases critical to simulator functionality, driving modernization through enhancements, new features, and ensuring maintenance, optimization, and stability

• Develop high fidelity, scalable, physics-based Aerodynamics, Engine and Aircraft Systems Software models for training systems Real-Time simulation applications

• Collaborate with aerodynamicists, engine designers, and control‑systems teams to refine engine models and integrate them seamlessly into the simulator environment

• Integrate new technologies, such as virtual reality (VR), with existing legacy systems to enhance training capabilities while preserving functionality

• Apply sound engineering principles, develop innovative solutions, and participate in design reviews

• Leverage emerging Artificial Intelligence (AI) to improve software development and testing

• Prepare, check, and coordinate release of support documentation to appropriate program and company standards

• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to integrate software with hardware, ensuring seamless operation for real‑time, mission‑critical applications

• Participate in code reviews, planning, and cross‑functional brainstorming to drive innovation within a disciplined development process

• Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues in legacy and real‑time systems, ensuring simulators meet the highest standards for pilot training

Infrastructure

• Develop, integrate, and administer networking technology and virtualized computational infrastructure

• Design and develop Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to orchestrate cloud‑based applications

• Design and develop Platform‑as‑a‑Service (PaaS) environments, infrastructure, use cases, and support

• Integrate government and commercial applications using IaC and tools such as Ansible and Terraform

Qualifications and Education Requirements 

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience)

• Write and maintain clean, efficient code in languages such as C, C++, Python, or C#, with a focus on real‑time systems, simulator performance and debugging

• Proficiency working on real‑time/embedded systems

• Ability to navigate and develop basic scripts in Linux and Microsoft Windows environments

• Version control over code

• Strong problem‑solving skills and a passion for ensuring software reliability in high‑stakes training environments

• Experience with developing or maintaining scalable and flexible virtual systems

• Flexibility to support occasional overtime, weekend work, shift work, and site travel (CONUS)

Preferred Skills 

• Experience with cloud orchestration, IaC tools (Ansible, Terraform), and PaaS design

• Proficiency with simulation tools such as ASTI, CFD packages, X‑Plane, OpenModelica, or proprietary engine‑modeling frameworks

• Familiarity with real‑time simulator codebases and performance tuning

• Security+ certification

• 5+ years of professional experience in software engineering, with a focus on developing and maintaining mission‑critical real‑time systems

• Experience with virtualization of applications

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.   

• Applicant must be eligible for DoD Personal Security Clearance at Secret or higher prior to the start of employment

• Must be able to obtain and maintain Special Program Access

Due to U.S. Government contract requirements, only U.S. citizens are eligible for this role. 

Work Environment 

• Duties performed in an office environment and manufacturing facility

• Must be able to work overtime on and off-shifts as required

Physical Demands 

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.   

• Able to climb stairs and ladders to access training systems

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 equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to any protected characteristic, including disability and protected veteran status, as defined under federal, state, or local laws. 

Applicants needing reasonable accommodations should contact their recruiter at any point in the recruitment process.  If you need assistance to submit your application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at [email protected]

Position Type

Regular

CAE thanks all applicants for their interest. However, only those whose background and experience match the requirements of the role will be contacted.

Equal Opportunity Employer

CAE is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, national origin, age, religion, sex, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. At CAE, everyone is welcome to contribute to our success. Applicants needing reasonable accommodations should contact their recruiter at any point in the recruitment process. If you need assistance to submit your application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at [email protected].