Software Engineering Manager

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:

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Primary Purpose of Role: Manage and lead software team. Be involved in all aspects of software engineering duties. Assist in relation to estimating software engineering activities.

Objectives:
- Lead software team. Ensure software engineers are employed with adequate competencies and are trained as required on an ongoing basis.- Create work schedule for software team. Allocate work to software team with all information required.- Set deadlines for work completion and assist software engineers as required.- Ensure all software related staff are following company procedures for the development of software.- Ensure all software engineers are trained and use the company software tools (Surround, Test-Track etc.)- Review customer system requirements to understand detail of work required to deliver.- Assist General Manager/Project Manager/Product Group Manager in the estimating of software related work required for quotations.- Encompassing hours required for the related activities such as document preparation, coding, testing and other costs.- Assist software engineers in the submission of documentation for software projects such Functional Specifications, Operator Interface Specification etc. Including the control of all documents internal/external with the tools provided by the company.- Assist software engineers in coding and other aspects of their work. Assist System Engineers in system architecture definition and inoperability of system components.- Communicate with other Wabtec divisions (e.g. Wabtec Railway Electronics - WRE) globally in projects where joint co-operation with sister companies is required.- Participate in periodical Project Management meetings to give input on behalf of the software team.- Participate in customer meetings for implementation and optimisation of software and to resolve problems.- Perform other related duties as required.

Contacts (Internal/External)- General Manager, Product Group Manager and Project Manager in relation to tendering activities and project management activities for software related projects.- Wabtec software team.- Customer engineering team.

Skills and Qualifications- Tertiary Degree - Bachelor of Engineering or Computer Science.- Competent and qualified in embedded C++, C software, QNX, Windows with good understanding of UNIX and Linux operating systems.- Working knowledge of industrial ethernet, Wi-Fi, LTE data networks and serial communication protocols.- Ten years related experience in embedded systems, QNX and Windows.- Related team leading experience with minimum five years experience in a team leader role.- Equivalent combination of education and experience.- Preference to personnel with understanding of technical issues that arise within the rail industry i.e. on-board locomotive electronic systems, signalling etc.- Effective communication skills. Ability to inspire team members and obtain best attributes of each team member.

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.