Software Graphics Co-Op

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

This is a hands-on software engineering position in CAE's Systems and Software Engineering Center (SSWEC) organization. This group is responsible for the development and delivery of total training solutions for real-time simulation applications. The successful candidate will support integration and configuration of system software for flight simulators, with a specific focus on in-house rendering and graphics solutions; This includes a collection of HD World products such as: SimuSphere an HD immersive visual display system, a proprietary image generator, a physics-based environment generator, and world content database generation.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

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

• Maintain and evolve an in-house image generator for real-time applications.

• Utilize the latest 3D graphics technologies and concepts.

• Support a product line that integrates into Fast Jet, Helo, Wide-body, and UAV use cases.

• Ensure rendering solutions remain performant, stable, and compatible with system and hardware requirements (as well as customer needs).

• Identify and address the root cause of defects on large-scale distributed systems

• Use GDB and graphics debugging tools (such as NVIDIA Nsight, RenderDoc) on large scale systems.

• Collaborate with developers across teams to triage rendering issues, crashes, and system instabilities.

• Prototype features that support next generation solutions

• Stay current with advances in GPU hardware, graphics APIs, and real-time rendering techniques.

• Research and explore solutions that involve streaming and virtualization for large-scale, real-time simulators.

Qualifications and Education Requirements

• Must be enrolled in an accredited Bachelor's Degree program in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related discipline.

• Must have a minimum GPA of 3.0

• Be Eligible for DoD Security Clearance

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

Preferred Skills

• Awareness of modern graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenGL, DirectX).

• Experience with C++ (focus on performance for real-time systems is a plus).

• Awareness of C++ build environments and tooling (CMake, compilers, linkers).

• Experience with shell scripting and higher-level scripting languages (Python and Bash preferred).

• Comfortable collaborating across engineering teams and communicating clearly about system-level issues.

• Can communicate technical decisions with consideration and understanding of varied perspectives.

• Strong analysis and problem-solving skills as well as a grasp of linear algebra and 3D mathematics.

• Can work independently and manage priorities with only general technical direction.

• Adaptable to use a variety of development methodologies, toolsets, and environments.

• Experience working in primarily Linux environments.

• Experience working with real-time simulation-oriented graphics engines and solutions.

• Experience with GPU compute programming (CUDA, OpenCL, Vulkan compute).

Security Responsibilities

Must complywith 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.

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

Work Environment

• Duties performed in an office environment.

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.

• This role requires the ability to maneuver body in/out of cockpits that contain sensitive equipment.

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 hrops@caemilusa.com

At CAE, our mission is clear: to help make the world a safer place. For nearly 80 years, we've driven innovation in simulation, training, and mission readiness to support critical operations worldwide. By leveraging advanced technologies, we empower our customers to operate smarter, faster, and more sustainably. Join a purpose-driven organization where bold ideas are encouraged, collaboration drives progress, and your growth fuels our shared success.

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 CAECarrieres-Careers@cae.com.

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