Lead Application Software Engineer

About Us:

At Intramotev, we are dedicated to revolutionizing the freight industry by liberating tons of freight from congested highways, reducing carbon emissions, and enhancing transportation efficiency. We are deploying self-propelled battery-electric railcars and vehicles to transform freight logistics and bring innovation to our rail network. Based in St. Louis, MO, we are committed to promoting industrial revitalization, saving lives, and minimizing the environmental impact of trucking/transportation. We actively foster a work environment for every teammate that’s welcoming, respectful and inclusive, with great opportunities for professional growth. Find your future with us.

Role Overview:

We are seeking a Lead Application Software Engineer to spearhead the engineering team supporting growing demands in the development of autonomous, self-propelled rail vehicles. This role is pivotal in advancing our software capabilities through the design and development of front-end and back-end user applications. You will lead multi-disciplinary efforts involving software systems design, development, and integration, driving innovation from concept through to deployment.

This is a 100% in-office role, joining the team in our facility in St. Louis.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead System Development: Collaborate with stakeholders to define and document complex software application requirements
• Design & Architecture: Oversee the translation of requirements and system architectures into front-end and back-end user application designs and interface specifications.
• Testing & Validation: Direct efforts to test and validate software applications performance to ensure both operational and functional requirements are met.
• Lifecycle Support: Address and resolve issues related to fielded systems, providing comprehensive support throughout the product lifecycle.
• Leadership & Mentoring: Will be responsible for leading, mentoring, coaching engineers on the application teams .

Team Dynamics:

• Lead and work within dynamic teams of 3-10 members on diverse projects.
• Foster excellent interpersonal and communication skills to thrive in a collaborative environment.
• Adapt to evolving project objectives and requirements introduced through prioritized capability enhancements.
• Engage in occasional domestic or international travel for testing, integration, demonstrations, and customer interactions.

Why Join Us?

• Career Growth: Develop your career with a forward-thinking company dedicated to transforming rail technology.
• Innovative Environment: Contribute to groundbreaking projects that bridge the past and future of rail transport.
• Impactful Work: Be a key player in creating solutions that promote a more sustainable and efficient rail/mobility network.

About You: Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• 7 or more years of experience developing software applications.
• 3 or more years of developing user interfaces..
• Fluent in object-oriented languages such as C#, C , Python.
• Emphasis on software design and software architecture.
• Willingness to expand into technical areas beyond your area of expertise; ability to develop innovative and novel approaches.
• Open-minded and comfortable working in a teaming environment, as an individual contributor, and as a leader.
• Fluent in both written and verbal English.
• U.S. Person (immigration or work visa sponsorship will not be provided).

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):

• Experience with low-latency and high resiliency back-end to front-end interfaces.
• Experience creating customer facing applications.
• Experience with Android app development for controlling industrial equipment.
• Experience in developing applications with database functionality.
• 9 or more years of related work experience.
• Demonstrated experience working across organizational boundaries.
• Unmanned/Autonomous Systems Experience.
• Experience leading software development teams.
• Experience mentoring or coaching junior engineers.

Typical Education and Experience: Education/experience typically acquired through advanced technical education (e.g. Bachelor and/or Master) and typically 7 or more years' related work experience, or an equivalent combination of technical education and experience (e.g. Master 5 years' related work experience, etc.).

Relocation: This position offers relocation based on candidate eligibility. Full time, based in St. Louis, MO.

Equal Opportunity Employer: Intramotev is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

If you're passionate about software engineering and eager to lead the charge in autonomous rail technology, we’d love to hear from you!