Software Developer, Bilingual (SCETA)

Change the future with us.

Are you a new graduate looking for an exciting career opportunity with Siemens? Our unique 5-Month New Graduate Training program prepares you for future leadership roles in the company. The Siemens Certified Education & Talent Academy (SCETA) program combines theory and practice geared towards technical and professional new grads. It offers a wide array of technical, interpersonal, and business acumen training and places them in roles within various industry units within Siemens Canada.

The SCETA program starts with a 3-week paid orientation, and new grads complete a 5-month term beginning in May 2025. Once their SCETA terms are complete, proficient students may be hired full-time with Siemens.

• Term: May 5 - September 26, 2025
• We are hiring for two positions—one in each of the following locations: Montreal, QC and Fredericton, NB.
• Opportunity for growth within our company
• The hiring business unit sets regular working hours

Why you’ll love working for Siemens!

• Freedom and a healthy work-life balance– Embrace our flexible work environment with flex hours, telecommuting and digital workspaces.
• Solve the world’s most significant problems – Be part of exciting and innovative projects.
• Engaging, challenging, and fast-evolving, cutting-edge technological environment.
• Opportunities to advance your career and mentorship programs on a local and global scale.
• Contribute to our social responsibility initiatives focused on access to education, access to technology and sustaining communities and make a positive impact on the community.
• Participate in our celebrations, social events and offsite business events.
• Opportunities to contribute your innovative ideas and get paid for them!
• Diversity and inclusivity focused.

Siemens is proud to be an eight-time award winner of Canada’s Top 100 Employers, Canada’s Greenest Employers 2024, Canada’s Top Employers for Young People 2024 and Greater Toronto's Top Employers 2022.

What will you do?

The evolution toward a smarter grid is the most comprehensive, disruptive development confronting the energy business in more than a century. To help utilities realize the benefits of a more digital grid, Siemens is looking for a Software Developer to work in our Electrification & Automation Lab.

As a Software Developer, you play a critical role in helping Siemens achieve high performance in developing AI and data science solutions to analyze and optimize electrical grid performance. You will operate alongside team members of the Electrification & Automation group, building software solutions and exploring new ways of solving complex problems related to the energy domain.

• Analyze electrical grid structural and time-series data to identify patterns and develop optimization strategies.
• Develop and write code in Python or other object-oriented and functional languages following the team’s coding standards and development process.
• Provide reliable and quality design to a variety of problems and requirements using sound problem-solving techniques.
• Utilize software development tools such as IDEs, configuration management systems, build processes, etc. daily.
• Estimate level of effort, evaluate design options, offer suggestions and improve processes, and provide comments on software design aspects.
• Add value and collaborate with the team by participating in peer code reviews, providing comments and suggestions.
• Produce communication and technical demonstration material, including system schematics.
• Support machine learning projects via practical results analysis and experiments on the model.

What will you need to succeed?

• University Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Data Science, Computer Engineering or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 1+ years’ experience in software development or data analysis (may include summer employment or work terms).
• Knowledge of basic electric power system concepts.
• Knowledge of machine learning principles.
• Experience with data analysis tools and Business Intelligence principles.
• Experience with AI technologies.
• Experience with Agile Software Development process.
• Excellent technical troubleshooter.
• Excellent knowledge of French and English (spoken and written) to collaborate with colleagues and customers across Canada, US and Europe.

The successful candidate for this position must be bilingual. Fluency in French and English (verbal and written) is required to perform the duties and responsibilities of the position for the following reason(s):

• The role requires interacting with English-speaking customers and suppliers across Canada and/or internationally.
• The role requires regular interactions with Siemens colleagues based outside of Quebec, nationally and internationally.

About us.

We share our ideas and champion the people behind them.

Siemens Canada is a technology company focused on industry, infrastructure, transport, and healthcare. From more resource-efficient factories, resilient supply chains, and smarter buildings and grids, to cleaner and more comfortable transportation as well as advanced healthcare, the company creates technology with purpose, adding real value for customers since 1912. By combining the real and the digital worlds, Siemens empowers its customers to transform their industries and markets, to transform the everyday for billions of people. Siemens also owns a majority stake in the publicly listed company Siemens Healthineers, a globally leading medical technology provider shaping the future of healthcare. In addition, Siemens holds a minority stake in Siemens Energy, a global leader in the transmission and generation of electrical power. As of September 30, 2023, the company has approximately 4,200 employees from coast-to-coast and 33 office and production facilities across Canada. Siemens Canada has a revenue of ~ CAD $2Billion.

To learn more about Siemens Canada, visit our website at www.siemens.ca.

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