Want to solve impactful, real-world problems? Come join the software team at Acuity Brands, where we design modern, distributed lighting control systems. Deployed nation-wide, our networked sensors significantly reduce our users' energy usage. As we scale up we'll need your help to turn the vision of smart buildings into a reality.
You should be:
- Passionate about software, with some experience already under your belt.
- An effective learner, who embraces challenges and is unfazed by new platforms or emerging technologies.
- Striving to continuously improve your knowledge and the quality of your work.
You should aspire to be:
- Innovative, eager to attack familiar problems from new angles
- A pragmatic thinker, capable of analyzing trade-offs and making reasonable value judgments
- A keen collaborator, who can communicate clearly and effectively work in partnership across teams
- A mentor to new developers
It's a plus if you enjoy or have prior experience with the stacks and technologies we use:
• C#/ASP.NET
• python/django
• ruby/sinatra
• Xamarin/Cordova
• Windows/Linux/Android/iOS
• HTML, JavaScript, CoffeeScript, CSS
Key Responsibilities:
Involved in various aspects of the design process including, but not limited to, design and development, collecting requirements, providing time estimates, and performing code reviews. Design work varies form new product development to product enhancements and may involve work with problem jobs or field fixes.
Spends time in direct/indirect training. Approximately half of this time will be spent learning about project management and how other departments including marketing, manufacturing and lighting technology work within the process.
Attends or leads team meetings on the product delivery system for each major product. When heading a project, the lead engineer is expected to run these meetings.
Concept Development- initiating and developing concepts for new products from Project Charters, and Specification Matrix provided by the Product Manager and other avenues such as reviewing competitor's samples and documentation, and free design techniques.
Continuously look for areas of process improvement directed at improving process productivity Look for advancements or changes in technology through tradeshows, technology councils and vendors.
Support ABS/Lean Transformation as Kaizen team participant and/or leader and completion of post Kaizen activity.
Understand and adhere to the appropriate established industry and safety Standards.