Aversan Inc. (www.aversan.com ) is a reputable Engineering Company that provides Engineering expertise in the Aerospace, Defense and Railroad industry. We are currently seeking a Software Analyst for our client . As an IntermediateSoftware Analyst, your primary responsibilities are to contribute to the design, development, and testing of medium to high complexity components of operationally or safety-critical software systems.

You work under the direction of a Senior Software Analyst or a Technical Specialist to develop expertise in one or more functional areas of a subsystem. You will design, analyze, develop and integrate changes to software applications, while adhering to the existing design patterns and development process for safety critical software development.

Key Areas of Responsibilities
 

• Contributes modifications to the mission/function description, architectural & algorithms design and the refinement of functional and non-functional requirements.
• Designs, codes, debugs, write test procedures and tests software code, chairs design reviews for components of medium complexity or criticality.
• Produces and executes integration tests on simulated or target hardware test benches.
• Produces, under supervision, detailed impact analyses of changes to multiple software components.
• Reviews code, test procedures and test results.
• Identifies the root cause and implements corrections for software defects.
• Perform engineering testing in the field and investigates problems in the field.
• Contributes to co-engineering activities with the Systems Engineering team to ensure system-software consistency and the right refinement of software components and compliance with the software architecture.
• Proposes solutions appropriate for the phase of the project and the duration of the planned activity.

Key Requirements:
 

• Minimum 3 years relevant working experience
• University degree in Computer sciences, Engineering or a closely related field.
• Intermediate level engineering analysis skills, able to diagnose issues based on field logs and correlate events to failures
• Able to handle assignments within a medium to large scale software application
• Able to propose and implement solutions aligned with the scope proposed in engineering impact analyses, and which follow established design patterns
• Knowledgeable of the software development processes
• Able to quickly integrate with the team and work independently
• Knowledge of software development environment (Microsoft Visual Studio, desktop simulator, target simulator etc.)
• Basic knowledge of railway signaling techniques including of SelTrac CBTC
• Experience in working within a team using Agile Methodologies
• Working level knowledge of the Microsoft Office Suite
• Practical experience with source control, IDE and requirements management tools (e.g. Eclipse, Jira, Git, ClearCase, ClearQuest, Doors, etc.)

Preferred Qualifications
 

• Optional: Professional Engineer (PENG)
• ATP/ATO (Automatic Train Protection and Operation)

Required Competencies

• Intermediate level experience in development of software for embedded systems using programming languages such as C and C++
• Intermediate level experience in using scripting languages such as Perl, Ruby etc.
• Intermediate level experience in Modelling and Simulation
• Able to program on various operating platforms (i.e. Windows, Linux, Unix etc.)

Bonus Competencies

• Understanding of control theory (PID, PD, Fuzzy Logic, Adaptive controllers etc.)
• Understanding of the Graph theory