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SNC-Lavalin

Rail & Transit Engineer

New York, NY · On-site

$75K - $90K/yr

Overview AtkinsRealis is seeking a Rail and Transit Engineer to join our Rail & Transit Team. This ... Note to staffing and direct hire agencies: In the event a recruiter or agency who is not on our ...

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Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.

Manage Rail/Transit related railroad engineering and project development activities. * Manage ... Plan, Assist and direct and coordinate activities of projects to ensure the goals or objectives of ...

AECOM

Project Manager (Rail and Transit)

Oakland, CA

AECOM is seeking a Project Manager to support major rail and transit capital programs in the Bay Area, including direct engagement on projects for Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART). This role is critical ...

AECOM

Project Manager (Rail and Transit)

Oakland, CA · On-site

AECOM is seeking a Project Manager to support major rail and transit capital programs in the Bay Area, including direct engagement on projects for Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART). This role is critical ...

AECOM

Project Manager (Rail and Transit)

Oakland, CA · On-site

AECOM is seeking a Project Manager to support major rail and transit capital programs in the Bay Area, including direct engagement on projects for Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART). This role is critical ...

Burns

Senior Electrical Engineer-Rail & Transit

Washington, DC · On-site

$122K - $158K/yr

Railroad & Transit Team Burns provides design and construction solutions to help maintain, improve ... When directed by the President, Project Manager or Chief Engineer assumes other duties. * Sets ...

TKDA

$160K - $230K/yr

You'll direct the development of drawings, specifications, cost estimates, and engineering ... You'll help us expand our Transit and Rail practice in this thriving market. Hybrid Work ...

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Software Engineering Specialist-Rail & Transit

Philadelphia, PA • On-site

Burns Engineering, Inc
11 - 50 employees
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Full-time

Re-posted 16 days ago

Job description

About Burns:

Burns Engineering provides professional engineering design and project management services for transportation, facilities, and infrastructure projects. We help our clients attain their strategic goals and initiatives through successful large-scale infrastructure projects. Burns’ full-service capabilities include mechanical, electrical, civil, structural, transportation, and energy consulting engineering.

Recently voted a Top Workplace by Philly.com, we credit our strength as an organization to our talented, driven, vibrant team. Burns is an ENR Top 500 Firm and has been named an MEP Giant by Consulting-Specifying Engineer Magazine, as well as a Hot Firm by Zweig. We are industry experts, proven leaders, innovative thinkers, and team players. We put our clients’ successes and best interests first, because their success is our success. We have fun at work because we love making a difference in the world. We are looking for high-energy, bright, collaborative individuals who want the opportunity to “write their own story” with us.

Railroad & Transit Team

Burns provides design and construction solutions to help maintain, improve, and expand the nation’s railroad and transit infrastructure. We have designed the implementation of critical programs across the country and support the renewed emphasis on a public transit-oriented lifestyle.

Burns is currently seeking a licensed Software Engineering Specialist to join our Railroad & Transit team in Pittsburgh, Pa or Philadelphia, Pa.

SUMMARY

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.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & 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.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

  • None

COMPUTER SKILLS

  • Proficient in using common Microsoft Windows Office applications (Outlook, Word, Excel).
  • Ability to setup virtual machine environments on a server
  • Experience with version control
  • Programming Languages/Skills: JAVAScript/REACT, Python, MySQL, Postgres
  • Understanding of standard communication protocols, such as TCP/IP, UDP

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

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

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