Lead Software Engineer - Mentor Others And Make Global Impact

We offer relocation assistance and visa sponsorship
If you are an experienced software engineer who loves working with hardware and making a worldwide impact, then this may be the opportunity for you at Topcon. Not only will we value your talents for incorporating modern development tools and processes, we will look to you for mentoring others.
With 9 billion people expected on the planet by 2030, there's a lot of work to be done. We'll need more housing, roads and utilities, not to mention more food for the extra tables. Topcon helps meet these demands with precise positioning products that help infrastructure and agriculture crews worldwide.
We are looking for someone to join our Saskatoon facility and be a leader for our small, committed, and highly supportive team (5 people). You will have the opportunity to work on a variety of interesting and challenging projects that will be deployed in products around the world. Not only will you be helping the team become better programmers, you will be part of an innovative group that files several patents each year.
Your contributions will make a real impact in the industry.
What You Will Do
As our Lead Software Engineer in our small team, your mission will be to:

• Help our team and technology evolve with modern tools and approaches
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement, incremental development, and accountability (along with occasional practical jokes)
• Be a positive influence in our team
• Help our engineers become better programmers
• Evolve structures for organizing, testing and scaling our technology, proving that designs meet the requirements and are easy to maintain
• Promote and adapt Agile development practices
• Show how code reviews are an opportunity to teach and build mutual respect
• Develop and document software requirements and design
• Lead the development of embedded software, PC software and mobile apps for agricultural equipment used around the world

What You Bring To The Table

• Love for staying current with the latest tools and agile development approaches
• Software Engineering degree in Computer Science or equivalent
• C++ and OO programming talents
• Proven problem solver who is the go-to person when others are stuck
• Knack for being collaborative and helping others become better programmers
• Proven leadership and communication skills
• A positive, can-do attitude with a talent for teaching others
• Experience working in a Linux environment
• Experience writing, modifying and debugging software for embedded and computer applications in C++ and C as well as other programming languages
• While not required, a knowledge of CANbus and precision agriculture is a big plus

Why You Are Going To Love Working Here

• You will likely find your name on patents
• Saskatoon is a great place to raise a family and be outdoors
• Our small team produces a lot for the company
• We work 3 days at the office and 2 optional days at home
• It's a beautiful area with our office next to the South Saskatchewan River
• Great food - Dale MacKay, winner of the first season of 'Top Chef Canada', owns three restaurants in Saskatoon
• There may be some local and international travel

This is a rare opportunity to join a high performance group within a leading-edge multi-national company on a mission!
Topcon Positioning Group, always one step ahead in technology and customer benefits, is an industry leading designer, manufacturer and distributor of precision measurement and workflow solutions for the global construction, geospatial and agriculture markets. Topcon Positioning Group is headquartered in Livermore, California, U.S. (topconpositioning.com). Its European head office is in Capelle a/d IJssel, the Netherlands. Topcon Corporation (topcon.com) was founded in 1932.