Thales Group Hiring for Software Analyst at Toronto, ON Full Time

Thales people architect solutions that support 85 million mainline and suburban passenger journeys, worldwide, every day. Our Rail Signalling and Communication systems are used on metro lines across major cities, and 72,000 kms of route, 52,000 trains per day in 16 countries are controlled by our Traffic Management Systems. Together We deployed the first-ever nationwide ticketing system which processes over 50 million ticketing transactions in 100 cities daily.

Thales provides world-leading Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) and interlocking for mass rail transit applications globally. The Centre of Competence for Urban Rail Signalling is located right before you at mid-town Toronto. As the largest office in Canada, we house a department for every step of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)! This includes Software, Hardware, Systems Design, Verification & Validation, Operations, etc. The supporting corporate shared services teams in Finance, Human Resources and IT is also located at the office. Our office space was designed to provide a sustainable, healthy workplace that expresses TRSS’s brand while increasing collaboration. Features include Greenguard furniture, EnergyStar appliances, low-emitting adhesives, sealants, and sliding glass doors on internal offices provide daylight and views to the outside. Come join the big Transport family, here in Toronto!

We are looking for a Software Analyst to join the software engineering team!

To perform design, analysis, programming and integration activities in the development of software for train control systems of Thales Rail Signaling Solutions, achieving Customer Satisfaction of the delivered solution/product.

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 and 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

Analyzes and implements corrections 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 and looks for opportunities to make suggestions for improvements

Required Skills and Experience:
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a closely related field

Minimum 1 year of relevant working experience; relevant academic projects will be considered

Preferred Skills and Experience:
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 experience in using scripting languages such as Perl and Ruby etc.

Knowledgeable of object oriented techniques, multithreading, socket programming, general Windows programming

Thales is an equal opportunity employer which values diversity and inclusivity in the workplace. Thales is committed to providing accommodations in all parts of the interview process. Applicants selected for an interview who require accommodation are asked to advise accordingly upon the invitation for an interview. We will work with you to meet your needs. All accommodation information provided will be treated as confidential and used only for the purpose of providing an accessible candidate experience.