The Human Energy of S&C
Integrity, enthusiasm, sustained energy. These are the traits that S&C has always looked for and found when seeking people to join our 100% employee-owned team. S&C supports these qualities with a strong package of pay and benefits, excellent education and training programs, a challenging work environment, and broad opportunities for advancement.
Location: Alameda
Address of Location: 1135 Atlantic Ave, CA, Alameda 94501
Education Requirements: Bachelor's Required
Relevant Work Experience Requirements: 11 to 15 Years
JOB SUMMARY
Grid Control and Connectivity with offices in Alameda, CA and Chicago, IL, is responsible for best in class electricity Distribution Automation and Wireless Communication products and solutions for the worldwide Smart Grid. Included in this position is the support of intelligent embedded software devices include microprocessor-based capacitor, switch, and fault interrupting controls; patented peer-to-peer feeder restoration systems; and the associated device management software. In this position, you will report to the Embedded and Device Management Software Engineering manager.
The responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Contributing to the development of project schedules, task and project completion time estimates, software specifications and test plans.
- Conducting and/or managing all necessary development work pertinent to software design including, architecture design, specifications, analysis, design, implementation, testing and related documentation.
- Designing, developing, and enhancing device management software applications that connect remotely to embedded control applications in the field to support the input of configuration data, visual presentation of data, logs and results, including graphical presentation of data, and other interactions with networked embedded applications.
- Participating in peer reviews of UI design and source code.
- Working with product managers and senior software engineers to assure product designs meet the requirements of the market.
- Working with application engineers to resolve software related customer issues
- Working collaboratively with software and testing engineers to deliver reliable, user friendly software applications.
To select this job as one of interest to you, at a minimum, you must have the following:
- Ten plus years of experience in the design and development of software applications with a focus on expert level direct product development using C#, Microsoft .NET framework, Visual Studio, WPF/XAML, WCF and related technologies.
- BS degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science or demonstrated equivalent.
- Technical and data architectural experience.
- Strong understanding of GOF.
- Experience with web development tools and technologies.
- Strong GUI design on current Windows platforms.
- Experience developing software in a team environment using industry standard software lifecycle tools including code archival and bug and enhancement tracking software, preferably the Atlassian platform.
- Demonstrated analytical problem solving expertise.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Familiarity with PRISM and dependency injection a plus.
- Salesforce experience a plus.
- Proficient with Oracle systems a plus.
- Interest in and experience with electric grid automation, smart grid, or the utility industry a plus.
MAJOR PHYSICAL DEMANDS
- Standing: Occasional standing for work on complete control assemblies.
- Lifting: Occasional lifting of controls and test equipment, less than 50 pounds.
- Walking: Occasional walking throughout the facility.
- Carrying: Occasional carrying of light objects.
- Pushing: Infrequent pushing of objects, possibly related to rearrangement work.
- Pulling: Infrequent pulling of objects, possibly related to rearrangement work.
- Bending: Occasional bending during access to equipment.
- Reaching: Infrequent reaching.
- Handling: Frequent handling of parts or tools.
- Environment: Frequent handling of parts or tools.
Number of Openings: 1.00
Employment Status: Exempt
Employment Classification: Full Time
Shift: 1
Core Working Hours: 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
COMPANY OVERVIEW:
S&C Electric Company is a global provider of equipment and services for electric power systems. Founded in 1911, the Chicago-based company designs and manufactures switching and protection products for electric power transmission and distribution.
S&C's products help deliver electric power efficiently and reliably. Some are used to switch circuits. Others minimize damage to equipment in the event of a fault or reduce the area of an outage by automatically rerouting power flow; S&C's sophisticated power-quality products can deliver uninterrupted power for an entire facility, for crucial process industries.
In addition, S&C offers a wide range of engineering, laboratory, and testing services for electric utilities and commercial, industrial, and institutional power systems.
S&C provides solutions for customers worldwide. The company has engineering offices and manufacturing facilities in Chicago, Illinois; Franklin, Wisconsin; Alameda, California; Duvall, Washington; Rockville, Maryland; and Orlando, Florida. S&C subsidiaries operate in Toronto, Canada; Curitiba, Brazil; Mexico City and Aguascalientes, Mexico; Wales, United Kingdom; South Yarra, Australia; and Suzhou, China.
Thank you for your interest in S&C Electric Company. S&C has a proud and longstanding tradition of providing equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, creed, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or marital status. Further, S&C is committed to taking affirmative action to ensure that qualified females, minorities, veterans, and persons with disabilities can pursue equal employment opportunities. For information regarding equal employment opportunity, please see www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf
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S & C Electric Company (Headquarters)
6601 North Ridge Boulevard
Chicago
Illinois United States
www.sandc.com
