Software Engineer

About the position

When you join Cubic, you become part of a company that creates and delivers technology solutions in transportation to make people’s lives easier by simplifying their daily journeys, and defense capabilities to help promote mission success and safety for those who serve their nation. Led by our talented teams around the world, Cubic is committed to solving global issues through innovation and service to our customers and partners. We have a top-tier portfolio of businesses, including Cubic Transportation Systems (CTS) and Cubic Defense (CD).

Responsibilities

• Analyzes functional requirements.
• Participates in design reviews under technical leadership.
• Prepares design documentation for review by technical leadership.
• Provides inputs into formal effort estimates to implement software work products.
• Performs data entry, writes programming code and implements software applications.
• Understands and works with peripheral elements of assigned software work products (run time environments, databases, networks).
• Defines and executes software test methods and procedures.
• Participates in defect and enhancement management processes.
• Collaborates with technical lead to develop design and feature changes.
• Utilizes company processes and approved tools for design and control of software work products.
• Maintains awareness of delivery schedules and quality criteria.
• Prepares software design, end user and/or system administration documentation.
• Engages in continuous self-improvement of technical skills and improvements in programming techniques and toolsets.
• Recommends value added changes to existing coding practices, standards and tools.

Requirements

• Four-year college degree in computer science, computer engineering or other related technical discipline.
• Knowledge of programming languages such as Java, Design Patterns, Spring Framework, SQL, Product Lifecycle Management, graphics or other developmental software.
• Ability to use JIRA and GIT is preferred.
• May require ability to develop software in a Unix, Windows Server, Integrated Development Environments (IDEs), or other PC environment.
• Experience with embedded processing is a plus.
• Ability to use PC software such as word processing, database, spreadsheet and flowchart.
• Effective written and oral communication skills required.
• Able to analyze and solve software engineering problems of different complexity levels.
• Able to prioritize work, complete multiple tasks and work under deadline and budget guidelines.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with embedded processing.

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision insurance.
• Company-paid disability (company continues full pay and benefits for up to six weeks).
• Life insurance options.
• Critical illness and accident coverages.
• Flexible Spending Accounts.
• Pre-paid legal plan.
• Travel accident insurance.
• Award-winning well-being program which includes an employer-funded lifestyle spending account.
• Up to six weeks of paid parental leave.
• 401k Retirement Plan with a company match.
• Backup childcare.
• Pet care.
• Pet insurance.
• Virtual tutoring.
• Tuition reimbursement program.
• 9/80 work schedule with time-off policies.
• Flexible time-off arrangement for full-time salaried employees.
• Paid time-off (PTO)/Sick leave for part-time and hourly employees at a rate of 5.23 hours bi-weekly.
• 11 paid holidays throughout the calendar year.