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Company Description
BEUMER Group is an international manufacturing leader in intralogistics in the fields of conveying, loading, palletising, packaging, sortation and distribution technology. BEUMER Group offers the right solution for almost every logistic challenge. We are a family owned, intralogistics leader, where tradition and innovation go hand in hand. We are proud of what our employees create each day. Integrity, Inspiration, Quality and Teamwork!
Job Description
The Software Systems Engineer II is part of a New Jersey based software development team. This is an elevated position of responsibility, with an increased focus on software development and project management. You will be working on logistics projects for a wide range of large companies developing customer specific additions to our base software by providing sortation solutions for warehouses, distribution centers, postal facilities, and airports. This position offers the opportunity for substantial career development and will work closely with Engineering, Project Management and Service. Must be able to travel up to 40% of the time for extended periods, domestically and internationally.
Responsibilities:
- Develop, test, and implement software programs, as a full-stack developer, that solve complex business problems
- Meet with customers to analyze business requirements and produce design documents
- Work within a team of software developers to plan and produce projects
- Set-up and maintain the existing development, test, and production environments
- PC and Server setup and support for internal lab environments and external production environments, networking included
- Develop interface programs across a wide range of communication protocols
- Install and test software in on-site locations such as warehouses, airports, and distribution centers
- Create user documentation for software applications (Technical Writing)
- Rotational Tier-2 on-call support for established projects & customers
- Support the development of software test plans, and drive troubleshooting efforts for software bug fixing and quality control
- Collaborate with other engineering disciplines across projects
- Ensure compliance with defined coding and architectural standards
- Provide ongoing status updates, planning input, and risk assessments for involved projects
- Supporting the troubleshooting of running systems (remote or on-site)
- Build up technical knowledge including knowledge about BEUMER SW products
- Keep up-to-date with latest relevant technologies
- May be assigned to special projects or required tasks, as needed
- More ownership and responsibility within our projects and related tasks
- Training and mentoring our newer members within the team
- Continued improvement of internal and external documentation to enhance training and project execution practices
- Increased participation and responsibility within critical project meetings, such as controls & kickoff meetings with customers and sales
- Act as the lead software engineer across multiple projects, leading a team of software developers on each project to implement, validate, and commission the design decisions you make for these projects.
- Involvement within career fairs and similar outreach activities
- Involvement with quote creation for smaller projects
- Provide detailed analysis and input into the creation of functional and design specifications for the software solutions offered
- Support the process of performing code reviews for peer software developers within your team
- Continue to build a deep and broad technical knowledge that is relevant to your field
- Is able to divide a system design into modules, interfaces, and relevant tasks to be done
Qualifications
Requirements/Skills and Abilities:
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in computer science (computer engineering is ideal).
- Travel Required, up to 40% of the time for extended periods domestically and internationally
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Ability to learn new technologies quickly
- Ability to concisely audit & document issues during installation and drive the team to maintain quality.
- Ability to handle multiple tasks at the same time, pivot as business requires
- Impressive ability to organize and deliver on project deadlines and responsibilities
- Ability to effectively track issues and communicate with on-site Supervisors to resolve problems during installation. Capable of leading installation initiatives.
- Actively engaged in supporting our response-line (Hotline) activities
- Multiple years of Warehouse & Distribution / Material Handling industry experience
- Must work well under pressure, sense of urgency and thoroughness
- Professional, positive, and energetic attitude
- Excellent time management, attention to detail, and communication skills (both verbal and written)
- Ability to work and collaborate with a team in a professional manner
- Shows initiative to help other within the team learn and grow within their competencies
Commitment Required: Ability to set and meet goals; sincere care for others; desire to win and to be part of a winning team.
Additional Information
BEUMER is an innovative company, where every employee is part of the "family". Because our employees are our most important asset, here are some of benefits we currently offer full-time employees. And by the way, no waiting period, they start when you do:
- We pay 100% of medical & dental premiums for you AND your eligible dependents
- 401k Retirement Plan with a generous match, because we care about your future
- Life Insurance is provided free for all employees
- Generous amount of paid time off
- Long-term disability (yes, we cover that too!)
BEUMER is an equal opportunity employer and affords equal opportunity to all applicants and employees for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or any other status protected under local, state or federal laws.