Software Engineer

At Delta Star, growth meets innovation as we supply one of life's most basic needs - electricity! From being part of the first and largest electrification projects, to now being core to our nation's grid and infrastructure, we are the largest American-owned manufacturer of medium power transformers in North America and the premier manufacturer of mobile transformer substations.
Company Info
Delta Star provides power solutions for utilities across North America. This includes the manufacturing of medium-power transformers, mobile transformers, mobile electrical substations, trailers, and unitized substations. We offer power transformers for utility applications including power and distribution, transmission voltages, system ties, and automatic voltage regulations, as well as industrial applications. Delta Star also provides comprehensive engineering, testing, maintenance services, and parts for any transformer manufacturer through our Field Service business unit, ensuring our customer's transformers and mobiles maintain peak performance.
Purpose
To develop and maintain in-house Engineering design software for use across all business locations.
Main Responsibilities

• Develop, test, and maintain new in-house software for the design of power transformers.
• Maintain and update as necessary existing in-house software.
• Follow the software development lifecycle.
• Document and demonstrate solutions by developing documentation, flowcharts, layouts, diagrams, charts, code comments, and comments and clear code.
• Protects operations by keeping information confidential.
• Interface with engineering users directly for identification of problems and programming needs.

• Bachelor's and/or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related technical discipline
• Minimum of 3 to 5 years of experience in the following work:
  • Object oriented design and programming
  • C# .NET programming for Windows based personal computers using Microsoft Visual Studio
  • Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.0 management
  • Creating and modifying IIS web services in .NET C# for database access
  • Microsoft Team Foundation Server use for source code backup
  • Microsoft SQL database management for table and field design and security
  • Debug and update existing C# .NET code base using Microsoft Visual Studio

• Microsoft Team Foundation Server management
• Developed C# .NET unit tests
• Developed user help system documentation in a personal computer program
• Development using UML and/or other techniques to clarify design specifications to non-software personnel
• Major refactoring to improve preferred object oriented constraints and/or regression testing

• Self-motivation
• Personal research and communication skills to establish user preferences and design criteria
• Ability to enhance, debug and maintain existing C# .NET programs and keep them viable as technology changes
• Proficiency using Microsoft Visual Studio to debug and analyze existing C# .NET programs
• Analyzing information
• General programming skills
• Software design
• Software debugging
• Software documentation
• Software testing
• Problem solving
• Teamwork

• Little to no travel anticipated

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to frequently walk; talk or hear; and use hands to finger, handle or feel. The employee is required some of the time to stand and sit. The employee is required to occasionally climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; reach with hands and arms. The employee must some of the time lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. There is no special vision requirement for this job.

• Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

• Delta Star is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.