Sr Software Engineer – Product Owner (Graphical User Interfaces)

Role and Responsibilities

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 customersu2019 training and critical operations with digitally immersive solutions to elevate safety, efficiency and readiness.
• CAE Defense & Security Mission: CAEs 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 primary responsibility of this position is to support the Graphical User Interface (GUI) products as a Product Owner. Job duties include design, development, deployment, integration, and support of the product into a multitude of fighter aircraft, helicopter, and UAV applications. A proven leader who can take product ownership of the GUI product by serving in an organization transitioning from a waterfall software development process to a SAFe Agile software development process and helping to drive the future roadmap of the GUI product. Candidate should be highly adaptable with very strong analysis, problem-solving skills, and organizational skills with the ability to design the software and advance the product while adhering to customer requirements.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

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

• Act as the Product Owner of the GUI products, to include contributing to the vision and roadmap development, team backlog management and prioritization, apply sound engineering principles with a customer centric mindset to solutions, demonstrate leadership by supporting the team in delivering value and mentorship, and obtaining/sharing feedback with the appropriate stakeholders.
• Define, development and integration of GUI products.
• Provide technical domain expertise and make recommendations to improve the product, to include Basis of Estimates for proposals.
• Familiarity with tracking budget and schedule.
• Work independently to complete assigned tasks and meet schedule commitments

Qualifications and Education Requirements

• Candidate must possess a BS in Computer Science or related engineering discipline
• Senior Software Engineering professional with 10+ years of prior Software development experience using Object Oriented Design and a variety of GUI frameworks (i.e., Qt Framework (Qt 4.8+), GLStudio, and Microsoft Foundation Classes)
• The understanding of implementing functional requirements for computer software
• Software languages: C/C++, C. Experience in Ada, FORTRAN, Perl, Python and UML or the ability to quickly pick up legacy languages is a plus
• Experience in Database Systems and 2D and 3D graphics programming including OpenGL a plus
• Experience in Windows 10 & Linux
• General understanding of computer networking communications
• Excellent communication skills including oral, written, interpersonal, and listening
• Ability to work in a fast-paced team-oriented development environment and possess a willingness to take ownership, accept accountability, and thrive under pressure
• Ability to provide and receive constructive criticism. May provide guidance and assistance to entry level professionals and/or support level employees.
• Strong problem solving, troubleshooting and analytical skills
• Flexibility to support occasional overtime, weekend work, shift work and site travel (CONUS)
• General computer skills including use of Microsoft Office products
• Active DoD Secret Clearance within a six-year investigation period, and/or ability to obtain and maintain one is required
• Due to U.S. Government contract requirements, only U.S. citizens are eligible for this role.

Preferred Skills

• Familiar with GUI design principals and standards
• Experience developing graphical maps and plots in 2D and 3D.
• Experience with geospatial display software.
• Knowledge of different testing methodologies (e.g., White/Gray/Black box testing)
• Configuration Management and Collaboration tools such as Atlassian Tools (Jira, Confluence, etc.) and GitHub
• General understanding of operating system concepts u2013 multi-threading, events, semaphores, memory management, and system configuration
• JSON, DDS experience
• Defense Industry or Military Experience a plus
• SAFe Agile Experience a plus

Security Responsibilities

Must complyu202Fwith all company security and data protection / usage policies and procedures.u202F 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.u202F 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.

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.

• Ability to work at a computer for an extended period of time

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 youu2019d 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.

Equal Employment Opportunity

At CAE, everyone is welcome to contribute to our success. With no exception.

As captured in our overarching value "One CAE", weu2019re proud to work as one passionate, boundaryless and inclusive team.

At CAE, all employees are welcome regardless of race, nationality, colour, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, neurodiversity or age.