About the position
Badger Meter is a leading global water technology company, with a mission to preserve and protect the world’s most precious resource. For more than 100 years, cities and businesses have utilized our innovative and trusted solutions to enhance operational efficiency and conserve water while making it more affordable, clean and resilient. Just like every drop counts, at Badger Meter every employee counts because our contributions have a lasting impact on the world! Here at Badger Meter, we believe that our approach to diversity, equity, and inclusion is the very foundation of our success. Our commitment is reflected in our core values, where we strive to create an environment that celebrates differences, encourages innovation, and ensures that every voice is celebrated and appreciated. We understand that a diverse team brings a variety of perspectives and ideas, which ultimately fosters creativity and excellence. Badger Meter provides opportunities for career growth and development for every employee by creating a supportive and inclusive workplace where they can make meaningful contributions while preserving the world’s most precious resource.
Responsibilities
- Perform developing, designing, coding, and testing software products and features to enhance new or existing applications to meet user needs.
- Perform project management functions for the assigned projects by providing a list of all tasks involved in those assignments, an estimate of each one's completeness, an estimate of the number of hours needed to complete the task, and the relationship between all such tasks.
- Conduct research in software and computer technology for use in new product development and/or enhancing existing products.
- Assist SQA in defining test requirements and the implementation of the validation test plan.
- Recommend upgrades for existing systems and programs.
- Debug the application and fix bugs.
- Provide technical support in resolving advanced financial issues, external software development, and customers when software issues arise.
- Investigate customer RMI issues as needed, present solutions to customers, gather their feedback and improve software based on it.
- Collaborate with team members and internal stakeholders (marketing, quality assurance, and tech support teams) to come up with the best solutions.
- Travel to customer sites for product beta testing and investigation of customer issues as needed. (5-10%)
Requirements
- No previous experience required.
- Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science or related discipline with a strong focus and background in Mathematics, Statistics or Analytics.
- Advanced skill level in MS Word, MS Excel, and MS Outlook.
- Experience with MS Visual Studio, Python, C#, Java, and JavaScript.
Nice-to-haves
- 1+ years of experience in an engineering role preferred.
- Experience with Elasticsearch, HTML, CSS, Pandas, AWS, TFS, React JS, GitHub, Jira, SQL queries and SQL Server preferred.
Benefits
- Competitive Pay
- Annual Bonus Eligible for Annual Pay Increases
- Comprehensive Health, Vision, and Dental Coverage
- 15 days Paid Time Off + 11 Paid Holidays
- Two Ways to Save for Retirement: Badger Meter contributes 25 cents for every dollar you contribute to the plan, up to 7% of your eligible compensation.
- In addition to the match, the company will also contribute 5% of your eligible compensation to your Defined Contribution account on an annual basis.
- Additional access to a certified financial planner to help ensure your money is working for you, at no cost!
- Employer Paid benefits including: Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Basic Group Life Insurance, Short Term Disability, and more
- Educational Assistance – Tuition Reimbursement up to $5,250
- Voluntary benefits including: Additional Life Insurance, Long Term Disability, Accident and Critical Illness coverage
- Health Savings Account (HSA) & Flexible Spending Account (FSA) options
