Niagara Developer

The Position

Location: Gurgaon, on-site

Looking for a Developer to join a growing Research & Software Development department and collaborate with other Developers, Data Scientists and Engineers to design and implement innovative solutions for real-time optimisation of live equipment in the built environment, including Machine Learning-driven Model Predictive Control.

Reporting to our Team Lead: Niagara Applications, the successful candidate will be working on the development of our flagship PlantPRO & iPlantManager products and related technologies.

Take advantage of our key position in the industry to build a more sustainable future through predictive technology and leveraging the wealth of under-utilised data from embedded sensors scattered through building systems.

Tasks and responsibilities include:

• To design and develop new software modules and applications in line with internal and external stakeholder requirements
• To maintain and improve the existing software modules and applications to deliver high quality software
• Design and implement new software modules using standard software design documentation techniques and known software development tools
• Troubleshoot and fix problems and bugs with existing software modules
• Update documentation where required as a result of improving the operation and reliability of the software
• Implement improvements to existing software modules as identified by internal and external stakeholders
• Test all developed software
• Participate in project and development planning meetings
• Use and contribute to the use of project planning, issue tracking and software documentation tools

Essential skills and experience

• Development experience in Java or JavaScript with Tridiums Niagara Framework
• Significant programming experience and/or skills in JavaScript, Typescript and React
• Significant programming experience and/or skills in Java or C++
• Solid grounding in Object Oriented Design and Development
• Ability to translate a design or mathematical model into code
• Strong skills in developing software models to reflect real world entities and equipment
• Development of multi-threaded systems and general understanding of the use of application frameworks
• Working with agile methodologies in building CI/CD pipelines
• Bachelor of Computer Science or equivalent
• Docker, Docker Compose, Docker networking
• Test Driven Development techniques with Java
• Totally comfortable with Git, Gradle, Maven and the Atlassian suite of tools (Confluence, Jira, Jenkins, Bitbucket)
• Jenkins CI/CD platforms building pipelines and running automated software builds

Desirable skills

• Embedded Software development experience or skills
• Understanding of the hardware/software interface
• Modelling of control systems using standard mathematical techniques
• Analysis and troubleshooting of control systems
• Design of feedback-based control systems
• Perform analysis of control system performance using frequency response techniques
• Experience with RS485 and RS232 protocols, and industry standard communications protocols such as Modus and BACnet
• Control systems and instrumentation
• Chiller Plant Control
• Building Management Systems
• Master of Computer Science or equivalent

Other mandatory requirements:

• Eligible to travel to Australia, for short stays of up to a few weeks at a time