Technical Specialist, Senior - Vital Software

Hitachi Vantara Corporation; Toronto; On-site; CAD 106,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Vacation: 3 weeks

Retirement plan

Life & disability insurance

Flex-time

Training opportunities

Job summary

Hitachi Rail in Toronto, Canada is seeking a Senior Software Technical Specialist to lead design, development, integration, and testing of safety-critical software in railway signaling. You will be technical owner of software areas, drive architecture, and ensure safety and reliability.

The role collaborates with Chief Software Architect, uses Visual Studio, Git/Jira, and DOORS for requirements; requires 5+ years' experience, Agile, and strong English communication. A PE designation is preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 5+ years in software design, development, integration, testing, deployment, and URS systems.
• Experience in Agile development environments.
• Proficiency with VS and software simulation tools; knowledge of source control and requirements management tools (Git, Jira, Eclipse, ClearCase, ClearQuest, DOORS).

Responsibilities

• Understand customer needs and lifecycle concerns through studies and models.
• Define architecture design, algorithm development, and requirements refinement.
• Design, code, test, and review software solutions.
• Develop and execute software test procedures and participate in reviews.
• Collaborate with Systems Engineering to ensure software consistency and safety.

Skills

Software development

Troubleshooting

Independent work

Visual Studio

Git/Jira/Eclipse

Railway signaling (SelTrac CBTC)

English communication

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/Engineering

Tools

Git

Jira

Eclipse

ClearCase

ClearQuest

DOORS

MS Visual Studio

Software simulation environments

Job description

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.

Job Description

The Senior Software Technical Specialist leads the design, development, integration, and testing of complex operationally critical and safety-critical software systems within the railway signaling domain. The role serves as the technical owner of one or more software functional areas, leveraging advanced expertise to define software solutions, drive architectural consistency, and support system performance, safety, and reliability objectives. Working under the direction of the Chief Software Architect, the incumbent contributes to software engineering activities across the full development lifecycle while ensuring compliance with safety-critical development processes.

Key Responsibilities

• Understand customer needs and lifecycle concerns through studies, simulations, models, prototypes, and other engineering methods.
• Contribute to mission/function definition, architecture design, algorithm development, and requirements refinement.
• Design, code, debug, test, and review software solutions.
• Develop and execute software test procedures and participate in design reviews.
• Review code quality, test procedures, and test results.
• Analyze defects and implement corrective actions.
• Perform engineering testing and investigate issues in field environments.
• Provide input for project cost estimates.
• Support functional managers through training, leadership, and mentoring activities.
• Collaborate with Systems Engineering teams to ensure software consistency, architectural compliance, and proper component refinement.
• Deliver technical solutions in a timely manner and identify opportunities for continuous improvement.
• Participate in Work Package Management activities within the assigned technical domain when required.

Required Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

Experience

• 5+ years of experience in software design, development, integration, testing, deployment, and URS systems.
• Experience working within Agile development environments.

Technical Skills

• Strong software development and engineering expertise.
• Advanced troubleshooting and analysis skills using field logs and event correlation.
• Ability to work independently on medium to large-scale software applications.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Visual Studio and software simulation environments.
• Experience with source control, IDE, and requirements management tools including Git, Jira, Eclipse, ClearCase, ClearQuest, and DOORS.
• Knowledge of railway signaling systems, particularly SelTrac CBTC.
• Strong verbal and written English communication skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications.

Preferred Qualifications

• Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) designation.

Preferred Technical Expertise

• C++, C#, Java, Python, Perl, Ruby, Assembly.
• STL, Boost, MFC, WPF, multithreading, socket programming.
• Windows, Linux, and Unix platforms.
• Angular, TypeScript, WebSockets, Java-based back-end development.
• Software build tools such as gmake and MSBuild.
• Embedded systems development.
• Modelling and simulation.
• Control theory and graph theory concepts.

Base Salary Range: $106,000-140,000

The Company provides an extensive benefits program for all full-time employees working 24 or more hours per week and their eligible dependents, including the following:

• Health, Dental and Vision plans - 100% of premiums are company-paid
• Retirement Savings Planwith a companymatch
• Company paid holidays - 3 weeks of vacation
• Company provided Lifeand accidentInsurance, LTD
• Worklife programs such as Flextime and a variety of Development and Training opportunities

This posting relates to an existing vacancy.

Our hiring process uses both human and technology‑assisted (AI) tools to support candidate screening and assessment. All results are reviewed by people, and all hiring decisions are made by people.

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.