Software Engineering Specialist I

Burns Engineering, Inc. • Pittsburgh, PA

4h • Onsite

About The Position

Burns Engineering provides professional engineering design and project management services for transportation, facilities, and infrastructure projects. Burns is currently seeking a licensed Software Engineering Specialist to join our Railroad & Transit team in Pittsburgh, Pa. Under direct supervision of the project manager, and with the cooperation and guidance of other ranking technical staff, prepare designs and implement software solutions for railroad and public mass transit applications. Designs include simulators for a wide range of rail applications, automation for data collection and analysis, and automatic generation of files and reports from custom databases.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical, computer or software engineering, or computer science from a four-year college or university accredited program.
• Two to 5 years’ professional work experience.
• Must have prior experience/educational focus in software development for automation, script development, or laboratory simulators.
• Proficient in using common Microsoft Windows Office applications (Outlook, Word, Excel).
• Ability to setup virtual machine environments on a server
• Programming Languages/Skills: JAVAScript/REACT, Python, MySQL, Postgres
• Understanding of standard communication protocols, such as TCP/IP, UDP

Nice To Haves

• Railroad and/or public mass transit industry is considered a plus.

Responsibilities

• Development of automated tools for the purposes of: Automatic test and reporting, Automatic file and report generation from a custom database environment, Automatic data parsing and report generation from data files
• Development of simulator and stimulators within a laboratory environment following existing design interface specifications
• Setup and maintain virtual machines within a laboratory environment
• Learns and participates in the execution of specific engineering and design analyses
• Assists activities to ensure that design, installation, and operational testing conform to functional specifications and customer requirements
• Accompanies senior technical staff in performing on-site inspections during testing
• Performs work in the timeframe and budget allotted.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level