Senior Software Engineer

Tentek, Inc. offers an onsite contract opportunity in Lake Buena Vista, FL for a Senior Software Engineer on the Modeling, Simulation, and Training Tools (MST) team. The role runs Monday through Friday, onsite, with a pay rate of $80.00 to $82.00 per hour. A benefits package includes 401(k), dental, health, and vision insurance.

As a Senior Software Engineer on MST, you will build software tools that enable detailed engineering simulations and analysis for Park Operations and global partners. This position is onsite and follows a Monday through Friday schedule.

Responsibilities

• Lead and assist in developing desktop applications and software APIs used by internal engineering and creative partners
• Write unit tests and regression test documentation for software
• Produce detailed documentation for software, for both developers and users
• Assist users in troubleshooting and resolving bugs in deployed software
• Provide hardware and software expertise to multidisciplinary teams to influence purchasing decisions and system design

Required qualifications

• Five or more years designing, implementing, and testing Windows and Linux desktop applications in C or C++
• Five or more years working with industrial control equipment such as Rockwell or Siemens PLCs and/or Beckhoff GPCs
• Experience with networking communications including sockets, UDP, TCP, and other industrial protocols
• Experience developing high performance and real time applications or simulations
• Proven ability to collaborate with a highly technical project team, including architecting solutions and mentoring new team members
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills for interacting with partners, internal customers, and users
• Proactive team member who collaborates with others to meet project milestones
• Willingness to learn new technologies and apply them to engineering problems
• Proficiency in object oriented design principles
• Experience writing unit tests and regression test documentation for software
• Ability to troubleshoot and assess software errors to develop and implement solutions
• Experience using engineering software and development environments such as Visual Studio
• Proficiency in Agile software development practices, including Scrum, sprint planning, and retrospectives
• Understanding of source control tools such as Git and continuous integration tools such as GitLab CI or similar

Preferred qualifications

• Experience in entertainment industry ride and show control systems, including PLC hardware
• Experience with hardware-in-the-loop simulation
• Knowledge of systems engineering concepts, tools, and processes (SysML, IDEF0)
• Scripting languages such as PowerShell and Python

Education

• Required: Bachelor’s degree ABET-certified in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or Electronic Engineering
• Preferred: Post-graduate engineering degree

Technologies

• C, C++, Windows, Linux
• Rockwell PLCs, Siemens PLCs, Beckhoff GPCs
• Sockets, UDP, TCP, Software-In-the-Loop (SIL), Hardware-In-the-Loop (HIL)
• Visual Studio, Git, GitLab CI
• PowerShell, Python
• SysML, IDEF0

Benefits

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Vision insurance