Software Developer - Geospatial Software Engineer with Security Clearance

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Job description

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
CAE-USA is seeking a software engineer who will be responsible for execution of CAE's approach to the design, development, and implementation of training content production and publication processes. This software engineering position helps define and manage CAE's development and production processes for geospatial imagery, 3D models, elevation data and simulation terrain, as well as the production of correlated client databases (e.g., OTF, CTDB, IOS, Weather, Radar, etc.). Candidates must be willing to work assignments within agreed to budgets and schedules, and solutions must be consistent with organizational processes.
This position requires an experienced Unreal Engine Developer with strong skills in building, debugging, and supporting complex solutions in Unreal Engine 4/5. He/she should possess a thorough understanding of real-time rendering workflows, as well as a strong understanding of Python and C++.
This position also calls for candidates to be interested and capable of learning to design, development, and deploy the latest computational infrastructures. The need for infrastructure architects is expanding from existing High-Performance Computing (HPC) environments into the establishment of Digital Engineering Environments and Hybrid/Cloud computing solutions, and CAE is looking for talented individuals who want to learn how to execute in the computational infrastructure domain. Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Geospatial software engineers need to be able to diagnose complex problems related to image generation and rendering systems. Analytical skills and the ability to perform root cause analysis are necessary to troubleshoot problems throughout the content development processing chain.
Candidates need to have a working knowledge of information technology concepts such as distributed processing, SAN operation, network configurations, and measuring system performance. This is an engineering position with job tasking that also includes learning and applying the latest technologies in the design and development of leading-edge computational infrastructures. Candidates should be self-motivated and possess the ability to collaborate effectively with teams to diagnose and troubleshoot issues. Specific duties and responsibilities include:
• Performing geospatial data preparation and automation
• Building geospatial databases
• Creating/editing distributed processing fabrics
• Developing and troubleshooting geospatial applications and software products
• Assist in the architecture, design, and support of advanced computational platforms
• Maintain and upgrade existing HPC storage facilities (2.5PB+) and HPC networks (Infiniband 40Gb)
• Create digital development and production environments consisting of XenServer, XenApp/XenDesktop, GRID vGPU/pGPU, Linux, Windows, and various applications
• Collaborate on design and development of cybersecure cloud infrastructures ꞏ Interface with other functional departments and determine needs and solutions Qualifications and Education Requirements
A bachelors in CS, EE, or related Engineering discipline, and/or equivalent experience/training is required.
Experience with the following technologies and capabilities is required:
ꞏ Experience with Visual Studio, C#, GNU C++
ꞏ 3+ years of engineering experience with UE4/5 with strong understanding of all aspects of the UE Editor, Blueprint System and Engine
ꞏ Experience with Web Services development, IIS, and JavaScript
ꞏ Experience developing scripts and automating processes
ꞏ Development experience on multiple operating system platforms, including Linux and Windows
ꞏ Strong interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills
ꞏ Ability to prepare resource, effort, and time estimates for engineering efforts with a high degree of reliability
ꞏ Experience with defining and executing business processes Experience with the following technologies is preferred:
• Experience with developing UE plugins
• Experience in the acquisition and manipulation of a wide variety of common aerial and satellite imagery, elevation, and vector data
• Experience in creating moving and static 3D models, in software such as 3D Studio Max, Maya, or Creator
• Experience with ArcGIS and imagery preparation and processing techniques ꞏ HTCondor distributed computing
• Experience with the Zettabyte file system
• Windows and Linux administration ꞏ Network design and implementation
• Identity Management
• AWS, Azure, and Cloud Computing experience
• Infrastructure monitoring and performance analysis experience
• Scripting technologies
Due to U.S. Government contract requirements, only U.S. citizens are eligible for this role. Preferred Skills
Candidates must be self-motivated and effective at time management, facilitating meetings, planning, execution, risks identification, management, and mitigation. Preferred skills include:
ꞏ The ability to prepare and execute resource, scope, and time estimates with a high degree of reliability.
ꞏ Results driven experience, working in collaborative environments and across organizations
ꞏ Proven written and oral communication skills
ꞏ The ability to author and deliver presentations to middle and upper-level management 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.
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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 with core hours from 9am to 3pm, every other Friday off, and potential for some remote work-from-home. 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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However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information.

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