Software Principal Engineer

• Career Development
• Competitive Compensation and Benefits
• Pay Transparency
• Global Opportunities

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The base pay range for this role is estimated to be $X-Y at the time of posting. Final compensation will be determined by various factors such as work location, education, experience, knowledge, and skills.

This is What You Will do in This Role

• Lead endtoend system and software design for customer solutions, including architecture definition, technical specifications, and design reviews.
• Develop highcomplexity software components (C, VB.NET, C#) while providing technical oversight and mentoring to other engineers.
• Direct database architecture and development, including schema design, performance optimization, and complex data migrations (MSSQL, Oracle).
• Serve as the primary technical interface for customers-participating in requirement discussions, presenting designs, and guiding technical decisions.
• Lead system integration efforts across software, equipment, and onsite systems; oversee FAT activities, demos, and customer acceptance testing.
• Manage onsite commissioning and validation, ensuring full system functionality and resolving complex issues.
• Oversee deployment planning and execution for production changes, including backend updates, database changes, and GUI package releases.
• Provide expertlevel golive support and ensure operational stability during customer rollout.
• Mentor and develop engineering team members through guidance on design principles, coding standards, and technical best practices.
• Responsible for developing, upgrading, retrofitting, testing and integrating various software warehouse logistics solutions efficiently to implement the required software solutions.
• Balance and work on multiple projects simultaneously
• Diagnose customer issues on new and existing projects.
• Assist in the development of solutions to upgrade existing systems.
• Communicate with customers and external team members on project requirements and solutions.
• Provide engineering support as required.
• Resolve incompatibility issues with older software on new hardware.
• Upgrade existing software to newer versions.
• Collaborate with highly cross-functional, Agile teams to build out new customer features and functionality.
• Improve internal processes to make code deployment easier, faster and more consistent.
• Play a critical role in system design, architecture, and execution.
• Travel across North America to customer sites to validate system functionality and testing (up to approximately 20%)

What We are Looking For

• BS in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related discipline
• At least 15+ years' experience in similar position in the industry
• Working knowledge required in: Windows Server configurations, VMWare, HyperV, Java, database (ORACLE and MS SQL-Sever), Visual Basic, and C++; C#, Java Script
• Excellent communication and customer service mindset
• Organization, analytical, reasoning and problem solving.
• Maintaining accurate and detailed records
• Excellent team and communications skills
• May provide technical assistance to support staff and other employees.
• Passion for problem solving and executing with excellence.
• Knowledge of industrial automation.