R&D Engineer

Summary / Role Purpose

The R&D Engineer contributes to the development of software products and supporting systems. In this role, the R&D Engineer will collaborate with a team of expert professionals to understand customer requirements and accomplish development objectives.   

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Performs moderately complex development activities, including the design, implementation, maintenance, testing and documentation of software modules and sub-systems
• Understands and employs best practices
• Performs moderately complex bug verification, release testing and beta support for assigned products. Researches problems discovered by QA or product support and develops solutions
• Understands the marketing requirements for a product, including target environment, performance criteria and competitive issues
• Works under the general supervision of a development manager

Minimum Education/Certification Requirements and Experience

• BS in Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, Engineering, or other natural science disciplines with 2 years’ experience or MS
• Working experience with in technical software development proven by academic, research, or industry projects. Good understanding and skills in object-oriented programming

Preferred Qualifications and Skills

• Technical knowledge and experience with Finite Element simulation (e.g. LS-DYNA, Ansys), CAD modeling
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to learn quickly and to collaborate with others in a geographically distributed team
• Background on composite structures/materials modeling
• Know-how on cloud computing technologies like micro-service architectures, RPC frameworks, (e.g., gRPC)
• Experience with C++, Python, and front end (UI, web-app)