What are the responsibilities and job description for the Engineer II, Software position at 10 Badger Meter, Inc.?
Why Badger Meter?
Badger Meter is a leading global water technology company, with a mission to preserve and protect the world’s most precious resource. For more than 100 years, cities and businesses have utilized our innovative and trusted solutions to enhance operational efficiency and conserve water while making it more affordable, clean and resilient. Just like every drop counts, at Badger Meter every employee counts because our contributions have a lasting impact on the world!
Here at Badger Meter, we believe that our approach to diversity, equity, and inclusion is the very foundation of our success. Our commitment is reflected in our core values, where we strive to create an environment that celebrates differences, encourages innovation, and ensures that every voice is celebrated and appreciated.
We understand that a diverse team brings a variety of perspectives and ideas, which ultimately fosters creativity and excellence. Badger Meter provides opportunities for career growth and development for every employee by creating a supportive and inclusive workplace where they can make meaningful contributions while preserving the world’s most precious resource.
What You Will Contribute:
Engineer II provides product support/sustaining engineering with minimal oversight. The includes but is not limited to performing product and design verification tests, assisting with defining test plans and production implementations, and participating in project teams.
ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES:
Acts as a mentor to Engineer I.
Provides product support/sustaining engineering with minimal oversight
Perform product and design verification tests
Assists in defining test plans/production implementations
Writes procedures
Initiates and implements engineering change requests
Designs component/portion of a project
Participates actively on project teams (maybe a project lead)
May validate/audit/review procedures
Develops or provides input into projects: schedules, budgets, risks
Perform developing, designing, coding, and testing software products and features to enhance new or existing applications to meet user needs.
Performing project management functions for the assigned projects by providing a list of all tasks involved in those assignments, an estimate of each one's completeness, an estimate of the number of hours needed to complete the task, and the relationship between all such tasks.
Conducting research in software and computer technology for use in new product development and/or enhancing existing products.
Recommend upgrades for existing systems and programs. Debug the application and fix bugs.
Provide technical support in resolving advanced financial issues, external software development, and customers when software issues arise.
Investigate customer RMI issues as needed, present solutions to customers, gather their feedback and improve software based on it.
Collaborate with team members and internal stakeholders (marketing, quality assurance, and tech support teams) to come up with the best solutions.
Travel to customer sites for product beta testing and investigation of customer issues as needed. (5-10%)
QUALIFICATIONS:
3 years of related experience
Advanced skill level in MS Word, MS Excel, and MS Outlook.
Experience with MS Visual Studio Python, C#, Java, and JavaScript
Knowledgeable of software development concepts, processes, and tools.
Demonstrates strong initiative, motivation, appropriate judgment, and decision-making.
Assists in defining problems and causes and applies problem-solving techniques.
Ability to demonstrate strong analytical skills, multitask, prioritize and work in a team environment.
Ability to work independently with little supervision, maintain open communication, and have positive working relationships with staff.
Experience with Elasticsearch, HTML, CSS, Pandas, AWS, TFS, React JS, GitHub, Jira, SQL queries, and SQL Server preferred (Preferred)
Competitive Total Rewards at Badger Meter:
Competitive Pay
Annual Bonus
Eligible for Annual Pay Increases
Comprehensive Health, Vision, and Dental Coverage
15 days Paid Time Off 11 Paid Holidays
Two Ways to Save for Retirement: Badger Meter contributes 25 cents for every dollar you contribute to the plan, up to 7% of your eligible compensation. In addition to the match, the company will also contribute 5% of your eligible compensation to your Defined Contribution account on an annual basis. Additional access to a certified financial planner to help ensure your money is working for you, at no cost!
Employer Paid benefits including: Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Basic Group Life Insurance, Short Term Disability, and more
Educational Assistance – Tuition Reimbursement up to $5,250
Voluntary benefits including: Additional Life Insurance, Long Term Disability, Accident and Critical Illness coverage
Health Savings Account (HSA) & Flexible Spending Account (FSA) options
An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. This company considers candidates regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status. Applicants can learn more about their rights regarding equal opportunity in employment by viewing the federal "EEO is the Law" poster and the “EEO is the Law” poster supplement at http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/ofccpost.htm
Badger Meter complies with all aspects of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), as amended by the ADA Amendments Act, and all applicable state or local disability laws. This means that we will reasonably accommodate qualified employees with a disability if accommodation would allow them to perform the essential functions of their job, unless doing so would create an undue hardship.
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