Scientific Software Engineer

A multi-faceted software development role in Surrey

This development team creates industry-leading scientific software for modelling geophysical and industrial systems.  They are seeking a talented software engineer with strong numerate and problem-solving skills to join them.

Their software products offer plenty of variety for the software engineer, with opportunities to work across a very broad range of specialisms, spanning algorithm development, parallel processing, and 2D and 3D graphics.  This is a great opportunity to gain experience in these areas. You would be collaborating closely with colleagues from other engineering and scientific disciplines, and would be involved in all stages of development from concept through to test and deployment.

You will need:

•    A strong academic background with a 1st or 2.1 STEM bachelor’s degree followed by a PhD (or equivalent commercial experience). Top grades in pre-university exams (e.g. A Levels) are also expected

•    Excellent programming skills in C / C++, or Fortran

•    Good problem-solving and mathematical skills

Experience of some of the following would benefit your application:

•    GUI development, C#, WinForms or WPF

•    Qt/QML, or HTML5

•    GPU development programming (OpenCL or CUDA)

•    2D/3D graphics development; OpenGL, OpenGL Shaders, VTK, OSG, Vulkan

•    Machine learning

•    CI experience; JIRA, TestRail, TFS, Git, Jenkins, csh/bash, batch files, CMake, PowerShell

Starting from March 2024 onwards, you would initially be working at the company’s offices in central Edinburgh before moving permanently to Surrey. On offer is a competitive salary and benefits package and performance-related bonuses.

Keywords: Scientific Computing, Mathematical Modelling, C, C++, Fortran, C#, GUI, CUDA, OpenGL, Surrey

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