Architect

Role overview description

We re looking for a Product Architect to join our Ventures Access & Security team to support the capture, definition and communication of product requirements. The team is responsible for the development of fare collection device and software products, with the current focus on fare gates, fare gate device management, and computer-vision based detection systems. Development is built on directed agile, where the definition of Product Requirements Documents (PRDs), and the detailing of those product requirements for engineering execution, are essential steps in the process. You will be working closely with our product engineering teams for hardware, device software and cloud applications, UI/UX, with our Product Delivery Managers, business owners, and other internal stakeholders. You will be fully aligned with our product roadmap and strategic direction.

The Product Architect is responsible for specifying the technical blueprint (solution and requirements) of a product and its subsystems. They are primarily concerned with the definition of the product requirements, physical and functional architecture, business logic high level specifications and structure, and the physical and functional definitions of interfaces and APIs. The role involves ensuring specification of design patterns, functional requirements, non-functional requirements, for all subsystems, hardware and software.

Essential job duties and responsibilities:

• Creating product requirements documents (PRDs), providing the engineering teams with the design requirements against which to execute the baseline for product definition.
• Gathering and analyzing requirements, collaborating with various stakeholders to determine product requirements,
• Translate customer and market requirements, architectural designs, system performance assessments, information security assessments, and technical risks into executable requirements.
• In collaboration with the team s Design Authority, to ensure effective design and architecture against the product s functional and non-functional requirements.
• Lead requirements reviews and communicate outcomes through briefings, presentations, and technical papers.
• Guide and assist the engineering teams, clarifying and refining requirements where necessary.
• Communicating regular progress reports on requirements coverage and completion.
• Ensure the TestRail test plans offer adequate coverage of the functional and non-functional requirements.
• Working with the Product Delivery Managers to ensure requirements traceability and an execution backlog in Jira aligned with the defined product requirements.
• Participate in sprint planning, sprint execution and standups.
• Ensure all requirements, designs and functional behavior are documented in Confluence.

• Ability to work within agile development practices.
• Comply with Cubic s values and adherence to all company policy and procedures. In particular to comply with the code of conduct, quality, security and occupational health, safety and environmental policies and procedures.
• In addition to the duties and responsibilities listed, the job holder is required to perform other duties assigned by their manager from time-to-time, as may be reasonably required of them.

Minimum Job Requirements:

Qualifications and experience

• Bachelor s degree in an engineering discipline, software or electrical engineering preferred, with a minimum of 5 years of experience in a product architecting role for complex devices and / or cloud applications.
• Experience in requirements definition within software engineering and device engineering environments.
• Experienced in the use of engineering support tools and development platforms, including DOORS, Jira, Confluence and TestRail.
• Experience of fare collection systems in the transportation industry is desirable.
• Experience of computer vision and machine learning in an industrial environment is desirable.

Personal qualities

• Ability to work in a team towards individual and shared goals in a cross-functional environment.
• Able to solve problems, finding effective and timely solutions, with the ability to prioritize work, and deliver high quality requirements within schedule and budget constraints.
• Diligent, with attention to detail.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, with the ability to effectively interface with stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
• Self-motivated with the ability to work on own initiatives and under pressure.
• May be required to travel domestically and internationally from time to time, and to work out of normal hours to collaborate within a geographically dispersed team.