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 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

　　The Research Scientist will contribute to the Adaptive Technologies for Force Readiness (ATFR) contract supporting AFRL/RHW. The ATFR program provides the Air Force with a wide range of research into advanced technologies such as advancing Warfighters’ ability to effectively team with autonomous agents in dynamic mission environments.

　　Essential Duties and Responsibilities

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

　　The successful candidate will support research into the metrics, behaviors, and skills that will ensure successful collaboration between humans and autonomous agent teammates. The successful candidate will be able to work effectively with a multi-disciplinary team of software engineers to identify requirements for research databases, with subject matter experts to identify training system requirements, with military personnel to understand the domain and collect training research data, and other researchers to design studies, collect and analyze data, and report results. The Research Scientist will perform all aspects of research administration including, but not limited to:

　　Supporting experimental design and protocol preparation for Institutional Review Board (IRB) review

　　Preparation and administration of research tools

　　Data collection and entry

　　Working with large, iterative databases

　　Performing/interpreting statistical data analysis

　　Documenting research results through technical reports and papers

　　Qualifications and Education Requirements

　　Candidates working towards or having completed either a Masters or Doctorate degree in Human Factors Psychology or related discipline (e.g., Cognitive Psychology, I/O Psychology, Experimental Psychology, etc.)

　　Minimum 2 years’ experience working in a research lab setting

　　Minimum 4 years’ experience in data management and analysis

　　Extensive experience conducting literature reviews and creating annotated bibliographies

　　Proficient with SPSS, R, or equivalent statistical and data analysis programs

　　Have experience in report writing and publishing journal articles

　　Must be detail-oriented, a self-starter, able to multi-task, and have highly developed skills in interpersonal communications and organization

　　Able to obtain a DOD Secret security clearance

　　US Citizenship is required

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

　　Preferred Skills

　　Previous experience collaborating with software engineers and subject matter experts in related to Human System Integration

　　Extensive experience with statistics and relevant analyses for research in applied domains

　　Previous experience working on projects for the military

　　Experience executing IRB-approved research protocols

　　Familiarity with one or more common programming languages (Python, R, C++, JavaScript, etc.)

　　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.

　　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. This role will also work in testbed environments where aircraft simulators are in use.

　　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 (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2022-10/EEOC_KnowYourRights_screen_reader_10_20.pdf) .

　　PAY TRANSPARENCY NONDISCRIMINATION PROVISION The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. 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.

　　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 Employment Opportunity

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

　　As captured in our overarching value "One CAE", we’re 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.

　　At CAE, we equip people in critical roles with the expertise and solutions to create a safer world. As a technology company, we digitalize the physical world, deploying simulation training and critical operations support solutions. Above all else, we empower pilots, airlines, defence and security forces, and healthcare practitioners to perform at their best every day and when the stakes are the highest. Around the globe, we’re everywhere customers need us to be with more than 13,000 employees in more than 200 sites and training locations in over 40 countries. CAE represents 75 years of industry firsts—the highest-fidelity flight and mission simulators, surgical manikins, and personalized training programs powered by artificial intelligence. We’re investing our time and resources into building the next generation of cutting-edge, digitally immersive training and critical operations solutions while keeping positive environmental, social and governance (ESG) impact at the core of our mission. Today and tomorrow, we’ll make sure our customers are ready for the moments that matter.