TSSC Integration Specialist

About the role

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! This is a hands-on technical software engineering position located at Hurlburt Field, Florida. In this role, the Integration Specialist is responsible for implementing, testing and documenting instructional systems software for the various Training Devices at Customer sites. This is an entry level position and carries out work assignments of limited scope and complexity. Candidate will Work closely with C-130J Tampa Software Engineers to manage the product baseline, troubleshoot software anomalies, and update and test software releases on the training devices. The successful candidate will support integration and configuration of computational system architecture and system software for real-time simulation applications. Essential Duties and Responsibilities Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Improve performance of existing simulator models and algorithms. Design, integrate, and test flight simulator architectures, networks, software interfaces, and software infrastructures. Show strong analysis and problem-solving skills. Performs a variety of specific professional engineering tasks of analysis, design or test nature in support of the customer in a specialized engineering field such as software, mechanical, electrical, aerodynamics or electronics. Support existing software build environments. Troubleshoot issues with flight simulator equipment and interfaces. Works closely with Test Engineers, Flightcrew Instructors and Subject Matter Experts to evaluate and test software design implementation. Manage, support and/or install Linux and Windows platforms and applications for flight simulators. Show the ability to carry tasks through to completion with only general technical direction. Designs, modifies, develops, writes and implements software-programming applications. Supports the TSSC Software Engineering group through all phases of software implementation and design on assigned projects with minimal supervision. Attend and participate in regular meetings providing project and work status to upper-level management and customer audience. Foster a "team" environment and work well with peers and both internal and external customers. Travel as needed to maintain existing solutions and perform software updates at other customer sites. Qualifications and Education Requirements Bachelors' 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). Knowledge of the UNIX/LINUX environment (Solaris), programming languages (C/C++, FORTRAN, Ada) and Windows applications, and the Visual Studio suite (Visual Basic, Visual C, Visual C++). Knowledge of computer theory and operation a must. Knowledge of commonly used concepts, practices, and procedures within a particular field. Working knowledge of the Microsoft Suite - Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access. Ability to perform effectively as a part of the project team. Ability to read, analyze and interpret technical documents and procedures or government regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence and procedural manuals. Applicant will be subject to a US Government investigation for access to classified information and must meet the eligibility requirements to obtain/maintain the required level of security clearance Preferred Skills Software Development and Debugging in C++. Previous simulation system experience. Prefer 1+ years' experience using Linux development environment. 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