Sr Software Engineer

Wabtec Corporation is a leading global provider of equipment, systems, digital solutions and value-added services for freight and transit rail. Drawing on nearly four centuries of collective experience across Wabtec, GE Transportation and Faiveley Transport, the company has unmatched digital expertise, technological innovation, and world-class manufacturing and services, enabling the digital-rail-and-transit ecosystems. Wabtec is focused on performance that drives progress, creating transportation solutions that move and improve the world. Wabtec has approximately 27,000 employees in facilities throughout the world. Visit the company’s new website at: http://www.WabtecCorp.com.

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Job Overview:

This role is for Movement Planner product as part of Network Optimization in Wabtec Digital Electronics. Person in this role is responsible for designing and programming a small module or a large component and designing a feature, set of features, or whole feature area.

Wabtec’s Movement Planner (MP) is an advanced software solution that provides real-time traffic planning. MP has a simulation-based planning algorithm that uses heuristics to make intelligent decisions to optimize train movements & improve railroad operations.

You will help improve Movement Planner to move freight faster at a lower cost while using existing rail networks. Work independently and contribute to the immediate team and teams across the business. You will build simple solutions to complex problems, with a large number of variables and scenarios considered and optimized in a small amount of time in an agile framework.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Develop reliable software using C++
• Deliver fully tested and shippable software for Movement Planner, as part of a Scrum team.
• Understand a complex planning algorithm to effectively answer customer questions, resolve defects, and make enhancements.
• Identify and quickly resolve time critical production issues
• Contribute to peer reviews with the intent of strengthening the quality of software.
• Provide ongoing maintenance, support, and enhancements to existing systems and platforms
• Challenge yourself and the team to continuously improve
• Improve automated tests to support continuous integration (CI) and continuous deployment (CD)
• Collaborate with Product Managers and Product Owners to maximize the value provided to customers with every release.
• Apply principles of SDLC and methodologies like Lean/Agile/XP, CI, Software and Product Security, Scalability, Documentation Practices, refactoring and Testing Techniques
• Write code that meets standards and delivers desired functionality using the technology selected for the project. Drive world-class quality in the development and support of products
• Expert in breaking down problems and estimate time for development tasks.
• Demonstrates the ability to make informed technology choices after due diligence and impact assessment.
• Understands whole product, its modules and the interrelationship between them while being an expert in the assigned component or module.
• Helps in designing interfaces and information exchange between modules. Serves as subject matter expert (SME) on one or more major modules.
• Possesses advanced domain knowledge and shows great customer focus.
• Demonstrates clarity of thinking to work through limited information and vague problem

definitions.

• Expert in processes / methodologies and Skilled in build, release & deployment processes.
• Articulates the need for scalability and understands the importance of improving quality through testing.
• Drives design reviews, defines interfaces between code modules, and applies existing

technology to designs.

• Expert in assessing application performance and optimizing/improving it through design and best coding practices.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or in “STEM” Majors (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math)
• 7-9 years of overall professional experience in software development life cycle

Minimum Requirements:

• 5+ years of professional experience in Object Oriented Programming and Design
• 5+ years of software development experience in C++ and DataStructure and Algorithm, Design patterns
• Knowledge/work experience in Java will be an added advantage for the candidate selection
• Proficient with Agile development methodologies such as Scrum
• Hands-on experience testing/debugging software and providing solutions
• Experience triaging problems with sense of urgency.
• Ability to document system designs clearly and concisely.
• Skilled in breaking down problems, creating user stories and estimating effort of work.
• Effective oral and written communication skills; ability to articulate clearly and concisely
• Self-driven, quick learner, results-oriented, and a clear focus on high quality
• Able to work well with global teams, including time-zone flexibility
• Ability to takes ownership of small and medium sized tasks and deliver while mentoring and helping team members
• Experience leading software development for new product introductions
• Must be a good team player and strong interpersonal skills to work in a scrum team of developers and testers.

Wabtec Corporation is committed to taking on the world’s toughest challenges. In order to fulfill that commitment we rely on a culture of leadership, diversity and inclusiveness. We aim to employ the world’s brightest minds to help us create a limitless source of ideas and opportunities. We believe in hiring talented people of varied backgrounds, experiences and styles…people like you! Wabtec Corporation is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or expression, or protected Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.