Software Analyst – Int

Location: Toronto, Canada

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!

To design, create, analyze, debug and deliver software for train control systems of Thales Rail Signalling Solutions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Understands and follows the company’s processes and procedures for developing mission critical  software
• Implements near real time systems in C++
• Designs, codes, debugs, write test procedures and tests software code.
• Reviews code, test procedures and test results
• Analyses and implements correction for defect reports
• Perform engineering testing in the field and investigates problems in the field.
• Provides some input for cost estimates.

Required Qualifications:  

• Good command of C++ language including templates, STL, Boost, MFC usage
• Good command of C#, WPF
• Knowledgeable of HTML5, Responsive CSS3, JavaScript, Typescript coding skills,Front End web development frameworks like Polymer, Angular, WebSockets, RxJS, WebGL, Canvas and other rendering technologies, Pixi.js
• Knowledgeable of software building tools like NPM, Gulp
• Good command of the scripting languages Perl and Ruby
• Knowledgeable of object oriented techniques, multithreading, socket programming, Windows
• Good analysis skills, able to diagnose issues based on field logs and correlate events to failures
• Able to handle assignments within a medium to large scale software application
• Knowledgeable of the software development process
• Able to quickly integrate with the team and work independently
• Knowledge of software development environment (Microsoft Visual Studio, desktop simulator, target simulator , etc)

Preferred Qualifications

• B. Sc., in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science for equivalent,
• Minimum 3  years relevant working experience – or equivalent

Thales is required to follow mandatory customer policies as well as Federal and Provincial legislation, now and in the future.  This includes, but is not limited to, vaccination mandates and travel requirements.  This role requires you to work on a customer site and/or travel.   Therefore you must follow all mandatory customer policies and Federal and Provincial legislation as a condition of employment.

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.