It’s not just about your career or job title… It’s about who you are and the impact you will make on the world. Because whether it’s for each other or our customers, we put People First. When our people come together, we Expand the Possible and continuously look for ways to improve what we create and how we do it. If you are constantly striving to grow, you’re in good company. We are revolutionizing the way the world moves for future generations, and we want someone who is ready to move with us.
It’s not just about your career or job title… It’s about who you are and the impact you will make on the world. Because whether it’s for each other or our customers, we put People First. When our people come together, we Expand the Possible and continuously look for ways to improve what we create and how we do it. If you are constantly striving to grow, you’re in good company. We are revolutionizing the way the world moves for future generations, and we want someone who is ready to move with us.
Who are we?
Wabtec Corporation is a leading global provider of equipment, systems, digital solutions, and value-added services for freight and transit rail as well as the mining, marine, and industrial markets. Drawing on nearly four centuries of collective experience across Wabtec, GE Transportation, and Faiveley Transport, the company has grown to become One Wabtec, with 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 and unlocks our customers’ potential by delivering innovative and lasting transportation solutions that move and improve the world. We are lifelong learners obsessed with making things better to drive exceptional results. Wabtec has approximately 27K employees in facilities throughout the world. Visit our website to learn more!
Role Summary
The Manager - Software Engineering is a key leadership position responsible for organizational management, applying knowledge of management, software development methodologies, best practices, and proven processes to deliver a quality software product on budget, within planned schedule with quality and product compliance. This specific position will manage the Logistics and Analytics Railconnect - mCrew (mobile TMS ) and TMS web solutions product development teams located in Wabtec, Bangalore. Logistics and Analytics business has a growing set of rail road customers and maintains a distributed engineering team operating in a dynamic environment. Logistics and Analytics It is part of Wabtec Digital Electronics – Core Electronics and Data Electronics group.
Essential Responsibilities:
Demonstrate very strong Engineering Leadership and people management skills including solid communication and analytical skills with thorough understanding of product development and successful problem definition, decomposition, estimation and resolution
Provide guidance & coaching to the engineers in the team while working cross-functionally with global engineering teams, systems engineering, program managers, technology leaders and downstream operations and support teams to ensure on-time execution with on-target quality and cost of programs.
Responsible for building a world class software development team.
Deliver the application and services to validate and ensure the product meets overall budget, operational and quality standards
Influence the decision making through active partnership with cross-functional teams, aligning with cross-functional team owners to understand the initiatives and implementations
Management of vendor partnership as needed
Responsible for managing the work deliverables of the platform/product/solution.
Managing multiple agile team/s, influencing (potentially) more agile teams, fostering collaboration within local and global engineering groups to share designs & best practices
Participate in Code review and Architrecture reviews as when needed
Role expects 25-30% time helping the team in coding , architecture and solutioning.
Leadership is demonstrated through team leadership/knowledge in a specific technical area.
Coach, mentor and lead a diverse group of lean/agile software and user experience
Places emphasis on not only attracting talent but also retaining and growing it
Facilitate communication of technical and business information between organizations and within group.
Instilling a rigorous software delivery process mindset and aligning to standard DevOps practices
Resource management by working closely with program managers to assign, monitor and continually assess multiple projects simultaneously and make priority calls based on business objectives and associated risks
Set goals and objectives for the team aligned with the business goals and objective and monitor them to ensure successful team deliverable.
Define roles and responsibilities for direct reports, conduct performance appraisals and participate in salary planning, promote professional growth through timely performance feedback, coaching, mentoring and guiding.
Ensure company compliance initiatives and training requirements are implemented within group.
Act as the change agent for the team, continuously improving both tools and processes working with the engineering leadership team.
Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelor’s / Master’s Degree in ECE / EEE /Computer Science / IT or in “STEM” Majors (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) or equivalent with expertise in programming languages like Java, SOA,Struts,Hibernate , Spring boots -MicroServices, , react/Angular and related Cloud and UI technologies.
13-15 years of professional experience (including technical SKILLS) in the software development and engineering domain or software quality engineering
Minimum 2 years of experience in an engineering leadership / management role with people management for medium to large projects and teams
Experience in software management through at least 2+ complete product life-cycles
Experience in delivering high quality software outputs with comprehensive understanding of Agile software development principles
Proven experience working with global development teams and building close working relationships to drive and nurture positive relations with other make centers.
Strong influencing skills, communication skills and demonstrated analytical skills
Desired expertise
Technical Expertise:
Knowledge of Object Oriented Analysis and Design, Software Design Patterns and Java coding principles
Hands-on experience in web services (REST, SOAP, WSDL etc.), using Apache Commons Suite & Maven, SQL Database such as Oracle MySQL, PostgreSQL etc., NoSQL DB- mongo etc.
Hands-on experience in utilizing Spring Framework (Core, MVC, Integration and Data)
Experience with Containerization -Docker, Kubernetes
Experience on developing/solutioning SaaS /Mobile software
Experience with web development using HTML5, Java Script, jQuery, CSS.
Experience with React , Angular framework
Able to come up with solution architecture as when needed working with Architects
Recognition of patterns and complexity in problems. Extraction, decomposition algorithms, and strategically plans how to execute programs by understanding how best to decompose to expose / protect against risk
Thorough knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle principles
Through working knowledge of CI/CD concepts and best practices
Experience working with High Availability and Fault Tolerant architectures
Understanding of full stack platform concepts and technologies
Familiar with AGILE methodologies
Understanding of real-time embedded systems
Business Acumen:
Strong problem solving abilities and capable of articulating specific technical topics or assignments
Experience in building scalable and highly available distributed systems
Expert in breaking down problems and estimate time for development tasks
Evangelizes how our technology solves customer problems from a technology and business perspective
Leadership:
Demonstrates clarity of thinking to work through limited information and vague problem definitions
Influences through others; builds direct and "behind the scenes" support for ideas Proactively identifies and removes project obstacles or barriers on behalf of the team
Shares knowledge, power, and credit, establishing trust, credibility, and goodwill
Personal Attributes:
Able to work under minimal supervision
Excellent communication skills and the ability to interface with senior leadership with confidence and clarity
Able to work well with global teams, including time-zone flexibility
Skilled in providing oversight and mentoring team members. Shows ability to effectively delegate work
Our Commitment to Embrace Diversity:
Wabtec is a global company that invests not just in our products, but also our people by embracing diversity and inclusion. We care about our relationships with our employees and take pride in celebrating the variety of experiences, expertise, and backgrounds that bring us together. At Wabtec, we aspire to create a place where we all belong and where diversity is welcomed and appreciated.
To fulfill that commitment, we rely on a culture of leadership, diversity, and inclusion. We aim to employ the world’s brightest minds to help us create a limitless source of ideas and opportunities. We have created a space where everyone is given the opportunity to contribute based on their individual experiences and perspectives and recognize that these differences and diverse perspectives make us better.
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.
Who are we?
Wabtec Corporation is a leading global provider of equipment, systems, digital solutions, and value-added services for freight and transit rail as well as the mining, marine, and industrial markets. Drawing on nearly four centuries of collective experience across Wabtec, GE Transportation, and Faiveley Transport, the company has grown to become One Wabtec, with 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 and unlocks our customers’ potential by delivering innovative and lasting transportation solutions that move and improve the world. We are lifelong learners obsessed with making things better to drive exceptional results. Wabtec has approximately 27K employees in facilities throughout the world. Visit our website to learn more! http://www.WabtecCorp.com
Our Commitment to Embrace Diversity:
Wabtec is a global company that invests not just in our products, but also our people by embracing diversity and inclusion. We care about our relationships with our employees and take pride in celebrating the variety of experiences, expertise, and backgrounds that bring us together. At Wabtec, we aspire to create a place where we all belong and where diversity is welcomed and appreciated.
To fulfill that commitment, we rely on a culture of leadership, diversity, and inclusion. We aim to employ the world’s brightest minds to help us create a limitless source of ideas and opportunities. We have created a space where everyone is given the opportunity to contribute based on their individual experiences and perspectives and recognize that these differences and diverse perspectives make us better.
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.