The Agile Project Manager is responsible for leading the execution of New Product Development activities for Lucas Systems. This position reports to the Director of Software Development.

Position Responsibilities:

• Effectively align product development project plans, objectives and execution with the Director of Software Development, Product Manager and Development Teams.
• Lead execution of multiple simultaneous projects. Assure team achievement of project goals, including schedule milestones, budget, cost targets, and quality leveraging project management techniques, technical judgment and interpersonal skills.
• Support Product Manager and Business Analysts to ensure product backlog features, user stories, and tasks are created, maintained and effectively communicated to the development team members.
• Facilitate agile/scrum practices by coordinating daily team meetings, tracking progress, assisting in the breakdown of work, and removing impediments from the team.
• Develop, automate, and maintain metrics for Scrum and Kanban processes. Establish and maintain metrics that can be standardized and consistent with other teams.
• Perform analysis on metrics to determine areas of improvement for the Agile/Scrum processes as it relates to team deliverables and efficiency. Coach teams on areas of improvement.
• Participate in development and continuous improvement on best practices for project execution.
• Contribute to improvement and implementation of cross functional internal processes. Support implementation of good / industry standard project management and processes.
• Serve as program oversight manager for overall product development projects, coordinating, tracking and reporting on product development investment, product development team output and costs vs. plan
• Actively lead and participate in periodic project meetings, design reviews, technology roadmap reviews, and communicate project overviews and status reports to executive management.
• Create and maintain an environment that encourages individual contributions, empowers and provides effective work direction for team members.

Skills and Experience:

• Experience creating and managing detailed project plans and estimates for projects and tracking results.
• Experience managing work and dependencies across multiple departments.
• Ability to manage work in a highly technical, changing environment.
• Demonstrated successful results in leading technical teams within a matrix organization.
• Proven ability to build world class products using Agile/Scrum, or similar development best practices.
• Excellent verbal/written communication skills.
• Strong critical thinking, decision making, and analytical skills.
• Outstanding time management skills and attention to detail.
• 3+ years of Project Management experience with demonstrated results managing cost, schedule, resources and risk in order to meet customer needs
• Bachelor of Science in a technology field, required, Masters of Science or Business, preferred.
• Familiarity with the Software Product Management discipline and software development methodologies.
• Vendor and partner relationship and management experience a plus.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is preferred. Certification as Scrum Master a plus.

Lucas has a challenging career opportunity for a well-rounded, passionate engineering leader with an entrepreneurial drive and who is up-to-date with technology and industry best practices.

A strong business acumen is equally as important as technical capabilities. The ideal candidate will have created software in a commercial environment, led teams of software engineers, and managed substantial, simultaneous projects with firm fixed price contracts / customer deadlines. A background in warehousing and distribution, while not essential, is helpful.

From a technical perspective, the Director of Software Engineering – Projects will be well-versed in .NET, with exposure to modern web technologies like JavaScript and Angular as well as database technologies such as MS SQL and Oracle.

Position Responsibilities:

• Mentor and grow the Applications Engineering group, a mid-size high-performing, distributed software engineering team.
• Interact directly with customers to thoroughly understand customer needs and business drivers, and to manage customer support technical escalations and requests for modifications to their software solution.
• Foster and support a culture of innovation and excellence within the engineering organization.
• Oversee the support and staffing of multiple customer projects, balancing large- and small-scale projects. 
• Manage the sales & operations planning process within Lucas to ensure that engineering capacity aligns with sales projections and financial revenue models.
• Champion and establish software discipline standards for the Applications group. Maximize quality, reliability, scalability, and performance.
• Optimize engineer performance by driving efficient and effective Agile software development process.
• Develop operational process design and workflows and then drive the design decisions needed to achieve user-friendly, high-performance solutions. 
• Continue to develop and share industry/domain expertise and business acumen.
• Reporting to the Vice President of Project Operations, contribute to the creation of infrastructure and processes to support rapid organizational growth.
• Attract, develop and retain high performing individuals. Set goals to measure and evaluate performance.
• Produce and manage to all customer-facing engineering estimates.
• Establish project schedule and assign resources to projects.
• Work with cross-functional team (Sales, Tech Pre-Sale, Project Management, QA, etc.) throughout the customer engagement process.
• Maintain relationships with key customers

Skills and Experience:

• 5+ years developing commercial software. 
• 5+ years of relevant, hands-on technical leadership of software architects and engineers, delivering business-critical enterprise class software. 
• 2+ years of experience in managing and hiring engineering teams.
• B.S or M.S in Computer Science or related fields.
• Demonstrated ability to grow and lead a team of engineers in a fast-paced environment.
• Proven ability to build world class products using Agile/Scrum, or similar development best practices.
• Experience managing and executing complex operational and strategic initiatives.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to be personable yet persistent, with a focus on getting things done.
• Works well under pressure, is self-motivated, and is driven by results. Places great emphasis on the customer experience and relationships.
• Experience in leading distributed teams is highly desirable.
• Up to date with technology and industry best practices.
• Well-versed in object-oriented and microservice design and development; adapts easily to multiple frameworks and technologies.
• Experience with Angular, Web API, Entity Framework, and RabbitMQ is a plus.
• Experience with Voice/Speech recognition technology is a plus.
• Exposure to Warehousing/Distribution Applications is a plus.
• Ability to travel 10-15%.

If you’ve been working in the C# (.NET) ecosystem, and you enjoy the excitement and responsibility of being part of a team that builds commercial software from the ground up, then Lucas Systems has a great opportunity for you!

If you write clean, testable, elegant code while embracing the principles of software design and DevOps, then we should talk. If you love new UI technology or mobile platforms, not because “everyone is doing it” but because it is based on rock-solid software design principles, then we think alike!

As part of the Lucas team, you will design and develop the next generation of Lucas’ software products and customer solutions while working with the latest technologies.

Working with cross-functional team members to understand the functional and technical requirements, you will:

• Design and develop major, functional product components
• Create and implement elegant customer solutions.
• Document and articulate the proposed design implementation.

The successful candidate will have experience that meets most of the following requirements:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field.
• Ideally, 2 years of C# software development with a team that built a commercial software product (or Java/C++ with a desire to learn quickly)
• Hands on experience with Service Oriented Architectures and building RESTful Web Services. Familiarity with Domain Driven Design is a plus.
• DevOps mentality. Experience with build/deploy tools.
• Dedicated mindset for automated testing and performance testing
• Hands on experience with relational database technologies like MySQL, Oracle, or MS SQL Server
• Familiarity with open source frameworks for DI, ORM, MVC/MVVM
• Understanding of modern browser-based JavaScript frameworks such as Angular (preferred), Backbone, Ember, React, or Knockout
• Bootstrap, HTML5 and CSS3

Bonus experience: Python, ELK, Machine Learning, Cloud, Agile

As the Lead Data Scientist at Lucas Systems, you are at the forefront of innovation. Always challenging the status quo, your team is discovering new techniques to capture and transform data to inform, optimize and disrupt a rapidly changing and expanding industry. Our cross-functional team of experts know the only constant is change…and that excites them!

You enjoy the role of a data scientist and visionary. You’re experienced in setting strategy, have built and developed a team of practitioners, and you appreciate the rigor of hands-on execution as your team matures. You are passionate about uncovering treasure troves of information hidden in vast amounts of data. And, your ultimate satisfaction comes from knowing you’ve helped your customer make smarter decisions.

As a member of Lucas’ Product Development Group, you will lead a smaller but growing machine learning team and work in collaboration with some of the brightest, most talented software engineers in Pittsburgh. You’ll enjoy knowing that your team is making a recognizable impact to the growth of a profitable, established but entrepreneurial, software solutions company. Primary focus will be in applying data mining techniques, doing statistical analysis, and building high quality prediction systems integrated with our suite of products which will include predictive analytics. You’ll help define a roadmap of use cases and applications of this data that can be productized for the market as part of the entire Lucas platform and experience.

The Lead Data Scientist will be responsible for:

• Building, leading, and mentoring a small but growing team of data scientists who use analytic methods and tools to explore and create high quality solutions that can be incorporated into Lucas products or spawn new products.
• Hands-on development of algorithms, writing scripts, building predictive analytics, using automation, applying machine learning, and using the right combination of tools and frameworks to turn sets of disparate data points into objective answers to help Lucas’ customers make informed decisions.
• Building scalable and reusable data science components, maintaining and evolving models, and tracking overall performance.
• Actively engaging with domain experts and customers to understand the challenges that exist within the Supply Chain/Warehousing and Distribution space.
• Working with product development team members to bring high integrity, analytic solutions that align with organizational and revenue goals to market.
• Being the resident advisor to cross-functional teams with regard to analysis, insights and statistical methodologies. Clearly articulating the same to a wider audience as well (e.g., presenting at trade shows, writing white papers and blogs, etc.).

Requirements:

• MS or PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Data Science, Mathematics / Statistics or equivalent in a related, quantitative field.
• Ideally, 7+ years of production level experience in developing deep learning algorithms and technologies along with 2+ years in a lead / supervisory role.
• Proven experience setting vision and strategy while building and developing a high-performing team.
• Inspires a culture of innovation by staying up-to-date on trends and developments in deep learning.
• Strong Python programming experience.
• Experience with at least one major deep learning framework (TensorFlow, Caffe, Theano, Torch, CNTK, MxNet).
• Strong knowledge of deep learning theory (CNNs, RNNs, LSTMs, etc.).
• Strong Python programming experience.
• Hands on experience with statistical modeling and machine learning software (SAS, SPSS, Python statistical and ML libraries, R, etc.).
• Experience with containerized solutions (Docker/Kubernetes)
• Experience with database technologies and modeling (e.g. SQL, no-SQL, graph databases).
• Proven ability to work both independently and in team-based environment.
• Experience with cloud-based solutions (preferably Azure and/or AWS).
• Biased toward action. Do what it takes to ramp up and solve problems quickly. Ability to synthesize large amounts of data to make informed decisions and act on them.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Ability to clearly and concisely articulate complex ideas to various groups.
• Commitment to producing high quality, well-designed and flexible solutions.

• Additional programming languages.
• Experience with Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) or other supply chain software solutions.
• Experience with FoundationDB or other tools for time series data
• Experience with customer interaction to discuss requirements and use cases.

If you’ve been working in the C# (.NET) ecosystem for at least 7 years, and you enjoy the excitement and responsibility of being part of a team that builds a commercial software product from the ground up, then Lucas Systems, Inc. has a great opportunity for you!

If you write clean, testable, elegant code while embracing the principles of Agile software design and DevOps, then we should talk. If you love new UI technology or mobile platforms, not because ‘everyone is doing it’ but because it is based on rock-solid software design principles, then we think alike!

As part of the Product Development team, you will design and develop the next generation of Lucas’ software products and explore cutting edge technologies as part of ongoing R&D to expand the Lucas platform.

• Work with cross-functional team members to understand the functional and technical product requirements.
• Document and articulate the proposed design/implementation.
• Design and implement major functional components.

The successful candidate will have experience that meets most of the following requirements:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field with 10+ years of total experience.
• Minimum 7 years of C# software development with a team that built a commercial software product. (Combination of C#/Java/C++ with a desire to learn quickly also welcome)
• Hands on experience with Service Oriented Architectures and building RESTful Web Services. Familiarity with Domain Driven Design is a plus.
• DevOps mentality. Experience with build/deploy tools.
• Dedicated mindset for automated testing and performance testing
• Hands on experience with relational database technologies like MySQL, Oracle, or MS SQL Server
• Familiarity with open source frameworks for DI, ORM, MVC/MVVM
• Understanding of modern browser-based JavaScript frameworks such as Angular (preferred), Backbone, Ember, React, or Knockout
• Bootstrap, HTML5 and CSS3
• Exposure to an Agile development environment

Bonus experience: Python, ELK, Machine Learning, Cloud

Lucas Systems, Inc. is currently looking for a Senior Software & Systems Engineer to serve as a key part of our Mobile Technologies Team. This position is responsible for the delivery of Lucas’s core client software that runs on a variety of leading-edge mobile devices from Zebra Technologies, Motorola, Samsung and others. This position is also responsible for the evaluation, certification, and support of hardware used with our mobile work execution solutions, and technology research activities.

Position Responsibilities 

• Design and implement software for Lucas solutions, particularly the software that runs on Android-based clients.
• Research state-of-the-art hardware and technologies which can be leveraged in Lucas solutions, and develop proof-of-concepts and business cases around them.
• Evaluate and integrate 3rd party hardware (smartphones/mobile computers, smart watches, smart glasses, barcode scanners, headsets, etc.) for use in Lucas solutions.
• Evaluate and integrate 3rd party software (terminal emulation, mobile device management, libraries for specific functionality, etc.) for use in Lucas solutions.
• Develop and maintain hardware-related documentation such as an approved devices catalog, certification procedures/records, user guides, and device provisioning procedures.
• Assist in the creation and ongoing updates of Lucas’s product and R&D roadmaps.
• Answer internal and external questions about Lucas’s hardware options.
• Support Lucas’s Customer Support Team in troubleshooting and developing software fixes/enhancements for existing customer deployments.

Qualifications:

• • BS in Computer Science or Software/Computer Engineering (significant and relevant work experience coupled with a differing degree will be considered)
  • 5+ years of industry experience in software development
  • Strong working knowledge of C/C++ and either Java or C#
  • Experience with rich-client mobile application development targeting Android
  • A passion for innovation and desire/commitment to drive ideas to solutions that solve real-world problems
  • Strong problem solving and analytical skills
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Effective organizational skills and ability to be attentive to details

Qualifications:

• • Exposure to evaluating/testing the performance of mobile computing hardware
  • In-depth experience with one or more of the following technologies: Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, RFID, NFC, computer vision, augmented/mixed reality
  • Knowledge of Wi-Fi network design and troubleshooting
  • Speech recognition research or development experience (speech recognition accuracy evaluations, use of APIs and/or tuning of speech recognition systems like Kaldi, CMU SPHINX, Nuance VoCon 3200, etc.)
  • Experience working with hardware vendors to troubleshoot system issues
  • Exposure to warehouse operations

Lucas Systems, Inc. has a great career opportunity for a Software Services Engineer who is fluent in Spanish and English. The Software Services Engineer will be responsible for maintaining existing client solutions, deploying software directly to client environments, and providing client communication throughout the lifecycle of the product. Additionally, the Software Services Engineer will have the opportunity to design, develop, and manage software enhancement projects.

Position Description

• Serve as a Subject Matter Expert on existing and legacy technologies
• Manage customer relationships through regular communication.
• Identify and react to complex production issues and provide timely and effective resolution
• Conduct debugging and analysis of existing software
• Develop software patches to address identified issues
• Identify and resolve 3rd party hardware issues such as printers, wireless accessories, smartphones, tablets and ruggedized handheld devices
• Design, quote, develop and deliver product enhancements
• Provide database maintenance and optimization for client production environments
• Serve as an after-hours technical resource to identify and address emergency production system issues
• Work closely with other internal teams through all aspect of the client project lifecycle
• Configure and maintain developments/tests environments.
• Create and maintain technical documentation
• Assist QA team with integration and regression testing

Qualifications:

• BS in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or other technical degree and/or equivalent experience is preferable
• Fluent in Spanish and English
• Ideally, some practical work experience in writing and debugging stored procedures in SQL and developing in Visual Basic and C#.Net (or other OOP language)
• Good understanding of SQL Server 2005/2008/2012 maintenance and administration
• Knowledge of Microsoft Operating Systems
• Excellent communication skills including the ability to convey complex technical subject matter to both high-level IT personnel and end users
• Strong problem solving skills
• Ability to work largely independently in a fast-paced environment
• Availability to work on a rotating on-call schedule (paid On-Call)

Lucas Systems, Inc. is currently looking for an experienced Software Services Engineer. The Software Services Engineer will be responsible for maintaining existing client solutions, deploying software directly to client environments, and providing client communication throughout the lifecycle of the product. Additionally, the Software Services Engineer will have the opportunity to design, develop, and manage software enhancement projects.

Position Description

• Serve as a Subject Matter Expert on existing and legacy technologies
• Manage customer relationships through regular communication.
• Identify and react to complex production issues and provide timely and effective resolution
• Conduct debugging and analysis of existing software
• Develop software patches to address identified issues
• Identify and resolve 3rd party hardware issues such as printers, wireless accessories, smartphones, tablets and ruggedized handheld devices
• Design, quote, develop and deliver product enhancements
• Provide database maintenance and optimization for client production environments
• Serve as an after-hours technical resource to identify and address emergency production system issues
• Work closely with other internal teams through all aspect of the client project lifecycle
• Configure and maintain developments/tests environments.
• Create and maintain technical documentation
• Assist QA team with integration and regression testing

Qualifications:

• BS in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or other technical degree and/or equivalent experience is preferable
• Minimum of 2 years of practical work experience writing and debugging stored procedures in SQL and developing in Visual Basic and C#.Net (or other OOP languages)
• Good understanding of SQL Server 2005/2008/2012 maintenance and administration
• Knowledge of Microsoft Operating Systems
• Excellent communication skills including the ability to convey complex technical subject matter to both high-level IT personnel and end users
• Strong problem solving skills
• Ability to work largely independently in a fast-paced environment
• Availability to work on a rotating on-call schedule (paid On-Call)

As a commercially-focused Senior Software Engineer at Lucas Systems, you will collaborate with some of the brightest, most talented software engineers in Pittsburgh AND make a recognizable impact in a profitable, established and growing software solutions company!

If you enjoy wearing multiple hats, embracing the business side of technology AND being hands-on in code, then this career opportunity is perfect for you! You’ll use your technical chops while leading others in design, development, delivery and support of leading edge solutions for Lucas’ customers. Your strong business acumen and estimation skills will be applied as you work on pricing and contracts, and you’ll collaborate with others on strategies to commercialize a product.

Lucas technologies include software that runs on a variety of leading-edge mobile devices such as: Google, Honeywell, Samsung, and Zebra Technologies.

Specific job duties include:

• Designing and developing enterprise mobility solutions using state-of-the-art technologies that operate on mobile devices and platforms
• Working with Project Managers and customers to gather requirements as well as Product Managers to build a stronger product offering.
• Creating functional and technical design for customer solutions
• Developing specifications, performing code review, and providing technical documentation
• Leading a team of software developers using Agile methodology
• Providing solution installation and customer training
• Supporting troubleshooting and developing resolutions for existing customer deployments as necessary
• Extend .NET multi-threaded server and mobile client applications, as well as web applications.
• Debug and tune applications using Visual Studio, Profiler, and various in-house tools

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science or directly-related discipline, together with five (5) years of previous software engineering experience in a lead role or related. MS degree preferred.
• Experience working in C#, .NET, Angular, MS SQL Server, Visual Studio, Multi-threaded Server, Entity Framework, Microservices, Mobile Applications and Agile methodology.

Travel:

• Must be willing to travel domestically up to 20% of the time.

Additional Valued Experience and Skills:

• Experience with Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) or other supply chain software solutions; systems that include mobile devices; Android development
• Spanish proficiency is a bonus