Principal 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.

It’s not just about your career… or your job title…it’s about who you are and the impact you are going to make on the world. Do you want to go into uncharted waters…do things that haven’t been done to make yours and someone else's life better? Wabtec has been doing that for decades and we will continue to do so! Through our people, leadership development, services, technology and scale, Wabtec delivers better outcomes for global customers by speaking the language of industry.

Who will you be working with?

As part of the Wabtec Digital Intelligence organization, the Surface Transportation software group is a best-in-class team with highly successful product lines for the rail industry. Our products support rail customer operations for dispatch systems, positive train control, SCADA, and customer information management, including back-office and front-facing components. Our successful products are deployed in over 30 customer operational systems, and we continue to develop the next generation of our products for future growth in areas such as high-speed rail, data analytics, and machine learning.

How will you make a difference?

As a Principal Software Engineer in the Wabtec Digital Intelligence organization Surface Transportation group, you will be responsible for technical and lifecycle leadership for the AIM and/or CIS product lines. As a technical leader, you will provide leadership and guidance to software engineers, including mentoring and knowledge sharing. As a lifecycle leader, you will be the expert in all phases of the software development lifecycle, including requirements and architecture, system and software design, code development and various levels of testing. As a process champion, you will instruct, improve, encourage, and enforce that software development best practices and organizational processes are followed. Furthermore, you will be the technical point of contact for customers on rail projects such as Sound Transit PIMS and Septa. This role reports to the Director of Surface Transportation Software Engineering.

What do we want to know about you?

You must have:

• Minimum of 9 years of demonstrated hands-on experience in building scalable software, including design, implementation, debugging, and support

• Expert knowledge of design patterns and Restful API patterns

• Experienced with applying data structures, algorithms, and object-oriented design, to solve challenging problems using at least two of these languages: Java, C++, C#, Python, Erlang

• Experience with agile software development principles and practices, particularly Scrum

• Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Demonstrated experience with Software Architecture and best architectural design practices

We would love it if you had:

• Passenger and freight rail domain experience

• Understanding of rail domain protocols such as IETMS

• Knowledge of PTC and PTC systems

• Advanced degree in software or systems engineering

• Node.js and javascript experience

• Erlang and Elixir experience

What will your typical day look like?

• Develop software with expert knowledge of 2 or more programming languages from (Java, C, C++, Python, Erlang)

• Collaborate with the software team to extend existing components to implement client requirements.

• Lead architecture, design activities and reviews

• Analyze code and system functionality.

• Follow and enforce engineering guidelines and processes.

• Continuously improve software quality

• Collaborate with business owners/product managers to build the vision, design a flexible architecture, and then work with the teams to implement and maintain that vision.

What about the physical demands of the job?

• Employee is regularly required to talk and hear.

• Employee is regularly required to see and observe small print on computer screen.

• Employee is regularly required to sit and/or stand for prolonged periods of time.

• Employee is regularly using repetitive hand motions, typing on a keyboard.

• Employee will be required to travel to customer locations both domestically and internationally.

You may also be asked to perform other duties outside of your function or trade, for which adequate training will be provided if necessary.

While this position is remote, it may include occasional work at a Wabtec office/site or attendance at offsites, as agreed to with your manager.

This role is also eligible for a performance bonus. More information on offered benefits, which include health, welfare, and retirement, is available at mywabtecbenefits.com.

Wabtec will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the U.S. for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable) and fitness for duty test (as applicable).

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.