What are the responsibilities and job description for the Lead Software Engineer position at Actalent?
Lead Software Engineer - Jacksonville, FL - Onsite
The Lead Software Engineer will act as the technical lead of the project team, supporting the project manager on all aspects of the technical side and interfacing with the customer as needed in this area. You will become part of a dynamic and growing team developing cutting edge software that creates a real-time simulation experience for railroad engineers in pursuit of training certification. You will lead a diverse skill set team of simulation product development professionals. More specifically, in this role you will be responsible for the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) of rail simulation products. This is a fast paced yet highly rewarding position for a talented and experienced software engineer that has held a team leadership role.
Job Responsibilities:
- Technical customer liaison, responsible for contractual requirement compliance
- Create, modify and configure train simulation software in C for a wide range of training devices, from full-scale motion-based simulators to desktop portable devices and cloud solutions.
- Troubleshoot and debug the code base using Microsoft Visual Studio.
- Lead the Hardware / Software Development and Integration phase of projects
- Participate in device installation, testing, and corrections with our team and our customers
- Create software updates and test before deploying to our client
- Provide technical leadership to the team of engineers and technicians working in your project
- Participate in maintenance and technology upgrades
- Recommend ways to enhance efficiency and productivity
- Documentation is another task we will ask.
- We will write a set of design documents up front to talk about the scope.
Skills & Qualifications:
- Bachelor of Science in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering
- 5 years of professional C experience
- Microsoft Visual Studio
- Must be willing to mentor junior engineers
Nice to have:
- PHP, Perl, SQL, XML, Python, and batch scripting languages
- Experience in modeling and simulation and knowledge of the railway industry are a plus
- Team leadership experience with a desire to grow and improve all team members
About Actalent:
Actalent connects passion with purpose. Our scalable talent solutions and services capabilities drive value and results and provide the expertise to help our customers achieve more. Every day, our experts around the globe are making an impact. We’re supporting critical initiatives in engineering and sciences that advance how companies serve the world. Actalent promotes consultant care and engagement through experiences that enable continuous development. Our people are the difference. Actalent is an operating company of Allegis Group, the global leader in talent solutions.
The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.
