Senior R&D Engineer f/m

Summary / Role Purpose

The Senior R&D Engineer is responsible for the development of software products and supporting systems. In this role, the Senior R&D Engineer will use advanced technical and problem-solving skills to help the team tackle complex issues, satisfy customer requirements, and accomplish development objectives.

Key Duties and Responsibilities 

• Participates in planning, architecture, and research
• Performs complex development activities that may require extensive analysis in areas including user experience, software design, and solver research in stamping CAE GUI
• Employs best practices and helps to maintain them through technical reviews and mentoring
• Performs complex bug verification, release testing and beta support for assigned products. Researches problems discovered by QA or product support and develops solutions
• Researches and understands the marketing requirements for a product, including target environment, performance criteria and competitive issues. May work with strategic customers or proxies to assess needs and develop solutions
• Works independently with minimal supervision and may take on some planning and mentoring responsibilities
• May be responsible for managing interns or co-ops but typically does not have direct reports

Minimum Education/Certification Requirements and Experience 

• BS in Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, Math, Physics or related field with 5 years’ experience, MS with 3 years’ experience, or PhD with 1 year experience
• Comprehensive knowledge of CAD file in iges and step format, NURBS, curve generation/edit, and mesh generation.
• Commercial experience with C++
• Familiarity with stamping CAE software will be a plus

Preferred Qualifications and Skills 

• Passion for crafting robust and efficient code
• Experience delivering high-quality products in a large-scale commercial software development environment
• Understanding of customer requirements and tools used in this domain Strong communication skills in written and spoken English
• Good interpersonal skills
• Ability to work collaboratively in a geographically distributed team