Software Engineering Specialist - Signals & Communications
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 27, 2026. First seen by Alion on Sep 21, 2026. Burns Engineering scores A on the Alion truth index.
About Burns:
Burns Engineering provides professional engineering design and project management services for transportation, facilities, and infrastructure projects. We help our clients attain their strategic goals and initiatives through successful large-scale infrastructure projects. Burns’ full-service capabilities include mechanical, electrical, civil, structural, transportation, and energy consulting engineering.
Recently voted a Top Workplace by Philly.com, we credit our strength as an organization to our talented, driven, vibrant team. Burns is an ENR Top 500 Firm, and has been named an MEP Giant by Consulting-Specifying Engineer Magazine, as well as a Hot Firm by Zweig. We are industry experts, proven leaders, innovative thinkers, and team players. We put our clients’ successes and best interests first, because their success is our success. We have fun at work because we love making a difference in the world. We are looking for high-energy, bright, collaborative individuals who want the opportunity to “write their own story” with us.
Railroad & Transit Team
Burns provides design and construction solutions to help maintain, improve, and expand the nation’s railroad and transit infrastructure. We have designed the implementation of critical programs across the country and support the renewed emphasis on a public transit-oriented lifestyle.
We are currently seeking a Software Engineering Specialist to join our Railroad & Transit - Signals and Communications team in Pittsburgh, PA, Philadelphia, PA, or Boston, MA.
SUMMARY
Under direct supervision of the project manager, and with the cooperation and guidance of other ranking technical staff, prepare designs and implement software solutions for railroad and public mass transit applications. Designs include simulators for a wide range of rail applications, automation for data collection and analysis, and automatic generation of files and reports from custom databases.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
- Development of automated tools for the purposes of:
- Automatic test and reporting
- Automatic file and report generation from a custom database environment
- Automatic data parsing and report generation from data files
- Development of simulator and stimulators within a laboratory environment following existing design interface specifications
- Setup and maintain virtual machines within a laboratory environment
- Learns and participates in the execution of specific engineering and design analyses
- Assists activities to ensure that design, installation, and operational testing conform to functional specifications and customer requirements
- Accompanies senior technical staff in performing on-site inspections during testing
- Performs work in the timeframe and budget allotted
EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) in Computer Science or Computer Engineering from an accredited four-year college or university, or a combination of relevant
education and equivalent engineering experience.
EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS
- 3 - 5 years of relevant experience
- Previous software work in the rail sector
- Experience with ACSES PTC or CBTC
- Experience with Python, C or C++
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
- None
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