About Us

A career at Hitachi Rail will help create a legacy. With operations in every corner of the world, our work goes to the cutting-edge of digital transformation and technology. From the multi-cultural strength of our global organisation to the sustainable and innovative ways we work to bring people together, there’s something for everyone to get stuck into. And that’s where you come in.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Hybrid)

The Software Analyst for Tools and Simulators will perform design, analyze, program and integrate activities in the development of software for train control systems of Rail Signaling Solutions, achieving Customer Satisfaction of the delivered solution/product. This is a hybrid role, based out of our North York office.

Key Responsibilities

• Understands the customer’s needs and through life cycle concerns whatever the used means (e.g. advanced studies, simulations, mock-ups, models, prototypes, etc.)
• Contributes to the formalization of 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
• Reviews code, test procedures and test results
• Analyses and implements correction for defect reports
• Perform engineering testing in the field and investigates problems in the field
• Contributes in co-engineering activities with the Systems Engineering team in order to ensure system-software consistency and the right refinement of software components and compliance with the software architecture.
• Solves tasks in the best technical and timely manner. Looks for opportunities and make suggestions for improvements

Required Skills and Experience

• Minimum 1 year of relevant working experience; Relevant Academic Projects will be considered
• University degree in Computer sciences, Engineering or a closely related field
• Entry level analysis skills, able to diagnose issues based on field logs and correlate events to failures
• Able to handle assignments within a small to medium scale software application
• 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.)
• Entry level knowledge of railway signaling techniques including of SelTrac CBTC
• Experience in working within an team using Agile Methodologies
• Practical experience in using typical programs which are part of Microsoft Office Suite
• Practical experience with source control, IDE and requirements management tools (e.g Eclipse, Jira, Git, ClearCase, ClearQuest, Doors, etc)
• Entry level experience in development of software in C++ language including templates, STL, Boost, MFC usage
• Entry level knowledge of C#, WPF
• Entry level experience in using scripting languages such as Perl and Ruby etc
• Knowledgeable of object oriented techniques, multithreading, socket programming, General Windows Programming
• Entry level experience in development of software in C++ language including templates, STL, MFC usage
• Knowledge of object oriented techniques, multithreading, socket programming, General Windows Programming
• Able to program on various operating platforms (i.e. Windows, Linux, etc.)
• Entry level experience in development of software for embedded systems using programming languages such as C and C++
• Entry level experience in using scripting languages such as Perl, Ruby etc.
• Entry level experience in Modelling and Simulation
• Able to program on various operating platforms (i.e. Windows, Linux, Unix etc.)
• Basic understanding of control theory (PID, PD, Fuzzy Logic, Adaptive controllers etc.)
• Basic understanding of the Graph theory

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Optional: Professional Engineer (PENG)
• Entry level experience in development of software in C# is an asset
• Entry level experience in using scripting languages such as Perl, Python or Ruby is an asset
• Entry level experience in development of software in Java, C-Sharp, Assembly and Python programming languages will be considered an asset

Thank you for your interest in Hitachi Rail. If your application is of interest, we will be in contact. Please do not hesitate to discover more about us and our latest jobs at https://www.hitachirail.com/careers.

At Hitachi Rail, there is a place for everyone. We welcome and value differences in background, age, gender, sexuality, family status, disability, race, nationality, ethnicity, religion, and world view. It is our commitment to create an inclusive environment - we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

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