Senior Software Engineer
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation13 hours ago
Bengaluru, IndiaStaff+
Responsibilities
- Lead the architecture, design, development, testing, and maintenance of embedded and application software for GoLINC rail products.
- Drive software architecture, design decisions, technology adoption, and implementation plans for strategic initiatives.
- Translate product and system requirements into robust software designs.
- Review and approve software design documents, technical specifications, and implementation details.
- Resolve complex system-level issues and performance bottlenecks while ensuring scalable, maintainable, secure solutions.
- Provide technical leadership, mentorship, guidance, and knowledge sharing to software engineers.
- Collaborate with Product Management, Systems Engineering, Test Engineering, and cross-functional software teams.
- Drive complex technical initiatives and influence technical decisions across teams.
Requirements
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Electronics Engineering, or MCA.
- 8+ years of software engineering experience with significant real-time embedded software development experience.
- Strong hands-on C and C++ experience in embedded, multitasking, and multithreaded environments.
- Experience with QNX, embedded Linux, communication protocols, embedded control systems, debugging, troubleshooting, and performance analysis.
- Experience with Python, Shell scripting, software configuration and change management, automated testing, and unit testing.
- Experience with Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery practices and familiarity with Agile development, Scrum, and iterative development.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, written communication, verbal communication, collaboration, and technical leadership skills.
- Preferred experience includes rail transportation, safety-critical software development, CENELEC, IEC 61508, EN 50128, edge computing, telemetry, diagnostics, connected-device platforms, and system-level architecture reviews.
- Preferred hands-on experience with AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, and Microsoft Copilot.
About Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation (Wabtec) builds freight locomotives, braking and signaling systems, rail components, and software used by freight railroads, transit agencies, and industrial operators. The Pittsburgh-based public company (NYSE: WAB) sells original equipment, digital solutions, and aftermarket services worldwide; it combined with GE Transportation in 2019 and traces its roots to George Westinghouse’s 19th‑century air brake business. Its portfolio spans rolling stock, parts, condition‑monitoring, and train control platforms.