Product Owner

Quest Global is an organization at the forefront of innovation and one of the world’s fastest growing engineering services firms with deep domain knowledge and recognized expertise in the top OEMs across seven industries. We are a twenty-five-year-old company on a journey to becoming a centenary one, driven by aspiration, hunger and humility.

We are looking for humble geniuses, who believe that engineering has the potential to make the impossible, possible; innovators, who are not only inspired by technology and innovation, but also perpetually driven to design, develop, and test as a trusted partner for Fortune 500 customers.

As a team of remarkably diverse engineers, we recognize that what we are really engineering is a brighter future for us all. If you want to contribute to meaningful work and be part of an organization that truly believes when you win, we all win, and when you fail, we all learn, then we’re eager to hear from you.

The achievers and courageous challenge-crushers we seek, have the following characteristics and skills:
**Roles & Responsibilities**:

- Contribute to the elaboration of product/system specification & architecture, in collaboration with the Product architect/ System Engineering Manager
- Perform SW activities:

- Define the software requirements specifications:

- Define the functional requirements, operational requirements, interfaces requirements and the requirements linked to performance / Safetyconstraints
- Ensure that all the requirements can be validated (testability,)
- Define the software architecture:

- Elaborate the functional and structural breakdown into SW components & modules
- Allocate the requirements to the SW components /modules
- Define the interfaces between the SW components / modules
- Define the dynamical behaviour of the software
- Validate the feasibility of the solution: model simulation, mock-up
- Define main technical choices for SW development:

- Select SW Tools, Methodology (ex : UML,) & coding rules, strictly following internal process/methods & tools recommendations
- Select the Operating System & Software language
- Define SW Coding strategy (ex: encoding,)
- Arbitrate and validate major SW design choices
- Perform SW/SW and HW/SW integration, together with the HW architect
- Prepare and perform SW requirements tests, SW/SW & SW/HW integration tests and verifications of his/her deliverables, prior to the ones formally performed by a dedicated V&V team (depending on Safety Integrity Level)
- Sustain the SW
- Remain informed of the evolution of technologies through techno watch
- Contribute to TIS standardization by reusing existing solutions or by defining reusable solutions, including COTS (Component Off the Shelf)
- Contribute to continuous improvement (RoE: Return of Experience, process)

**Required Skills (Technical Competency)**:
**BEHAVIORAL COMPETENCIES**:
Demonstrate excellent communication skills and able to guide, influence and convince others in a matrix organization
Outstanding Technical leader with proven track record in managing multi software programs towards successful delivery.
Be Innovative and demonstrate to peers and implement in creation of Reference Libraries, reusable codes, and model based developments
Demonstrate excellent communication skills and able to guide, influence and convince others in a matrix organization.
Team Player with prior experience in working with European customer is not mandatory but preferable.

**TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES & EXPERIENCE**
12 -15 years of experience in design of Software Architecture & Design, development.
The ideal applicant will able to thrive in a highly collaborative workplace and actively engage in the development process spread across different geographical locations.
Significant experience in delivery of design, analysis, development, testing and delivery.
Rail industry background is highly desirable, alternatively similar industries can also be considered.

**Desired Skills**:

- Mandatory : C++ Programming
- Language Skills: Programming / technologies : C, C++, C#, Scripting languages (VB Script), COM/DCOM
- Database : MS SQL Server
- IDE : Visual Studio 10 and later versions.
- Operating System : Microsoft Windows
- Model based design
- Protocols - TCP/IP, SNMP.
- Debugging tools : WinDBG, PerfMon, GFlags.
- Requirement management and traceability

**Job Type**
- Full Time-Regular

**Experience Level**
- Mid Level

**Total Years of Exp**
- 8+

Product Owner | Quest Global