Lead R&D Engineer

Summary / Role Purpose

The Lead R&D Engineer leads the design and development of software products and supporting systems. In this role, the Lead R&D Engineer will use expertise to develop strategic plans, refine requirements and provide technical leadership in achieving development objectives.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

· Leads planning, architecture, or research at a project level

· Coordinates product design and development activities requiring extensive analysis in areas such as user experience, software design and solver research. Acts as a technical reference within a group or product

· Develops and employs best practices and maintains them through technical reviews and mentoring

· Performs complex bug verification, release testing and beta support across multiple products. Research problems discovered by QA or product support and develops solutions, collaborating with the QA/support team

· Researches and understands the marketing requirements for products, including target environment, performance criteria and competitive issues. May work with strategic customers or proxies to assess needs and develop solutions

· Operates without direct supervision and may function as a team leader, project manager, or software architect

· May be responsible for line management of a small technical team but primary duties are of an individual technical nature

Minimum Education/Certification Requirements and Experience

· BS in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field with 8 years’ experience, MS with 6 years’ experience, or PhD with 4 years’ experience

· Significant commercial experience with software design and development methodologies

· Proven track record of crafting robust and efficient code

Preferred Qualifications and Skills

· Excellent technical knowledge and commercial experience with numerical analysis, cloud technologies, web development, object-oriented design, software configuration management, data structures and algorithms

· Experience leading projects and delivering high-quality products in a large-scale commercial software development environment

· Ability to translate business needs into development plans

· Ability to overcome obstacles and drive projects to completion

· Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

· Ability to work collaboratively across teams and geographies, and to mentor junior developers

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