10477BR

PRS Facility Location:

Leased Off - Fort Worth, TX - 397

Job Purpose:

Progress Rail is a leader in the railroad industry, leveraging cutting-edge technology to enhance safety, efficiency, and connectivity across our operations. Our innovative software solutions provide real-time data insights that empower our customers to make smarter, data-driven decisions.

We are looking for a talented and driven Quality Manager to join our team. This role will play a pivotal part in designing, deploying, and maintaining the systems that drive our connected solutions.

Req ID:

10477BR

Company Description:

Progress Rail, a Caterpillar company, is an integrated rolling stock and infrastructure provider, delivering a full range of products and services to domestic and international railroad customers. Our customers enjoy one-stop shopping and comprehensive cradle-to-grave railway solutions - whether it rolls on the rail or is the rail itself. From locomotives, transit, freight cars and engines, to tracks, signals and advanced technology, we ensure customers can count on us to meet all their rail needs. Forging the bridge between ideas and success, our talented and innovative team members work together to address the challenges of the rail industry today, ensuring success for the future. As part of a vibrant, global network of business operations, each and every member of our team is important to our success. With headquarters in Albertville, Ala., more than 7,000 dedicated employees serve customers through a network of close to 150 locations around the world. For more information, visit www.progressrail.com and follow @Progress_Rail on Twitter and YouTube.

Education / Training:

Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering or a related field.

Job Title:

Quality Manager, Advanced Rail Technology

City:

Ft. Worth

Key Job Elements:

• Responsible for creating the test strategy and plan testing new developments;

• Analyze product specifications, and decompose software systems to create the test strategy;

• Create and execute new test cases;

• Expand and maintain test cases and documentation to meet software release deliverables;

• Interact with the software development and systems team to ensure quality in feature design and development;

• Work with CI/CD pipeline to build and deploy test environment;

• Interpret and report test results – be quality advocate during development and release process;

• Work with the team to create solutions to the most important and meaningful technical problems;

• Reports to the Director of Software Deployment and works closely with the different engineering groups to deploy practical and highly functional systems for railways;

• Willingness to read product specs and take it upon yourself to fill in the gaps;

• Proven experience identifying, analyzing, and resolving system problems;

• Proficient in software design and implementation;

• Solid understanding of information processing fundamentals and best practices;

• Above-average analytical, conceptual, and troubleshooting abilities;

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills;

• Self-starter, willing to take on whatever tasks are necessary to facilitate the design, implementation, and testing of the systems;

• Detail oriented, with a solid track record prioritizing and executing tasks under pressure;

• Previous experience working in an Agile test team;

• Experience with the creation and execution of test cases and test plans, and the generation of test reports preferred;

• Experience with Microsoft Windows & Ubuntu Linux operating systems preferred;

• Knowledge of Computer Networking, TCP/IP, UDP etc;

• Experience with Amazon AWS Cloud preferred.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Excellent communication skills;

• Experience working with internal and external customers;

• Strong knowledge of Microsoft office applications;

• Preferred: Cloud experience and/or certification (AWS is a big plus);

• Preferred: Scrum or agile certification;

• Preferred: Experience in python, C#, or .NET languages;

• Preferred: Rail domain experience.

Essential and Physical Activities Functions

• Strength – Position typically involves work in an office environment with occasional visits to an industrial environment. Frequent/constant sitting. Occasional standing and walking. Occasional light to medium- level lifting or carrying (up to 50 pounds);

• Motion – Position regularly requires standard motions associated with working in an office environment. Depending on assigned project, position may occasionally require motions involved in an industrial working environment, including some low to intense levels of pushing, pulling, climbing, balancing, crouching, stooping, kneeling, reaching, grasping;

• Vision/Hearing Requirements – Frequent verbal communications, including both talking and hearing;

• Work Environment – Position is typically located in an office environment with occasional visits to an industrial environment which may include a non-temperature-controlled environment, as well as exposure to noise (85+ decibels), occasional exposure to temperature changes, heavy machinery and other hazardous working conditions requiring the use of PPE. Position may require travel as necessary, both domestic and international;

• Emotional Demands – Very high level of responsibility. Must be able to coordinate diverse aspects of a project. Requires significant interpersonal skills while sustaining very high standards;

• Safety – Position may occasionally require the use of Personal Protective Equipment during visits to industrial areas.

The preceding description is not designed to be a complete list of all duties and responsibilities required of a Quality Engineer - ART.

EEO:

Equal Opportunity Employer – Race/Color/Sex/Religion/National Origin/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/Vets/Disabilities

Benefits:

• Competitive Salary

• 401(k) plan with up to 6% company match (no waiting period with immediate vesting)

• Medical/Dental/Vision/Life/Disability Insurance

• Supplemental Accident, Critical Care, and Hospital Insurance available along with an HDHP and HSA with seed money

• Flexible Spending Accounts

• Paid Vacation

• Paid Holidays

• Paid Time-Off (PTO)

• Employee Assistance Plan

• Education Assistance Program

• Employee Recognition Programs

• Site specific Production and Incentive Plans

• Site specific Step and Skill Level Wage Adjustment Plans

• Site Specific Relocation and Sign-on Bonus Programs

*Benefits eligibility varies by job position, full-time/part-time and regular/temporary status. The provisions of the plan documents control such benefits.

Job Category:

Engineering

State::

Texas