Software Engineering Specialist-Rail & Transit

We are looking for high-energy, bright, collaborative individuals who want the opportunity to "write their own story" with us.

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.

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.

- 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.

- None

- 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

- 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.