Transportation Engineer

Do you want to make a difference within the global transportation planning and design community? With offices around the world, Transoft Solutions is an international leader in the development of innovative and highly specialized software for aviation, civil infrastructure, transportation, and operational professionals. Most recently, our exciting predictive analysis technologies are at the forefront in the application of AI to Road Safety. In its 34th year and with over 50,000 users in 150 countries worldwide, the company's success is a result of our people, our innovative and highly sought-after products, and the exceptional customer service that we deliver.

About the Opportunity:

We currently have an exciting opportunity for a Transportation Engineer at our office in Vancouver, BC. The Transportation Engineer will be responsible for providing technical guidance and conducting research for software development projects while working collaboratively with software developers, product managers, marketing, sales and technical support staff.

NOTE: This is a hybrid role where you will be expected to work a minimum of 2 days per week in our Vancouver office.

In this role, you will be expected to:

• Capture market needs and define requirements, support the definition of product strategy, prioritize product features and capabilities to define the product roadmap;
• Build and maintain strong relationships with industry experts;
• Review and understand full capabilities and positioning of competitor products, including any competitive intelligence activities such as developing detailed reports and summaries for key stakeholders;
• Provide input into new development ideas, develop marketing plans, report on customer feedback;
• Manage and lead technical research initiatives to support market research and market sizing exercises;
• Prepare vision statements, use cases, technical specifications, and requirements documentation for use by Software Development and liaise with product users prior, during, and after product launch, including alpha and beta test phases;
• Conduct regular reviews and testing of prototypes during development to verify software outputs as well as provide user proxy feedback regarding UI & product functionality;
• Assist in product branding, positioning, and messaging;
• Assist in developing marketing assets including collaterals requiring technical content or substance (e.g., white papers, blogs, graphics, press releases, advertising content);
• Conduct product webcasts and presentations to showcase products or industry news;
• Manage, maintain, and develop technical training contents (including presentation content).
• Provide support to the sales team on any technical inquiries from prospects.
• Represent Transoft through client site visits, conferences/tradeshows.

About You:

• You hold a Bachelor's degree in Transportation Engineering from an accredited university, you have registration in good standing as a PEng (Canada) or PE (US).
• You have 10+ years of relevant and progressive experience in transportation planning and traffic engineering for roadways and highways (after receiving your professional engineering license);
  
• You bring experience with traffic signal timing, capacity and safety analysis, traffic impact analysis, traffic modeling, travel demand modeling, traffic signage and pavement marking plans, traffic signal system design, and traffic management plans during construction, intersection analysis, traffic calming studies, pedestrian and bicycle safety, and safety audits;
  
• You were involved in transportation planning and engineering projects for roadways, highways, and transit facilities; You are proficient in engineering design, including geometric design of freeways, interchanges, highways, intersections, roundabouts, and streets;
• You have a detailed understanding of highway geometric design and traffic operations;
• You are an expert in generating engineering deliverables that include traffic signal timings, traffic management plans, traffic impact studies, conceptual designs, and other supporting documents and drawings;
• You are aware of best practices and the latest technology in the transportation engineering industry;
• You have been involved in client relationship building and business development activities, including marketing and attendance at conferences and seminars;
• You have experience in developing concept designs and advancing them to the detailed design stage;
• You possess strong verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to communicate effectively, respectfully, and tactfully;
• You possess a strong and working understanding of traffic engineering fundamentals and traffic operational analysis tools such as Synchro/SimTraffic, SIDRA, HCS, and VISSIM;
• You demonstrate proficiency in AutoCAD Civil 3D and MicroStation, particularly in the application of roadway and highway geometric design.
  

About Us:

• We offer a flexible working environment that embraces both in-person and remote work;
• We offer a number of employee programs and benefits focused on healthcare, retirement savings, rewards and recognition;
• We're committed to providing professional growth and development opportunities;
• We give back to our communities through global initiatives and donations;
• We work hard, but we like to have fun too
  

Salary Range: 110K-125K annually + bonus (Actual salary offered will be commensurate with education, experience and internal parity).

At Transoft Solutions, we embrace diversity, as we strongly believe that our diverse backgrounds, coupled with our cultural and experiential differences make us stronger and better positioned to support our global customers. We are a collaborative group of individuals who value respect, professionalism, creativity, drive and compassion, and we pride ourselves in being a socially responsible company that does its part in making the global community a better place for everyone.

Candidates must be eligible to work in Canada. We wish to thank all applicants for their interest, however, only candidates under consideration will be contacted.