Multibody Simulation & Software Development Lead Engineer
Job Summary
Job Description Summary
The System Modeling team plays a critical role in advancing wind turbine performance through state-of-the-art system modeling capabilities. The team is responsible for developing and adapting multibody simulation models & engineering tools to support both New Product Introduction (NPI) and Root Cause Analysis (RCA) for field issues encountered in operating turbines.The teams vision is to establish validated cutting-edge capabilities in multibody system simulations and their seamless integration into the loads toolchain. This enables the delivery of cost-effective high-performance products with bankable quality and rapid market readiness providing significant value to our customers.
Job Description
As a Multibody Simulation & Software Development Lead Engineer you will:
- Lead the development and long-term ownership of production-ready multibody simulation and engineering software tools.
- Provide technical leadership for software architecture coding compilation deployment and lifecycle support.
- Define and enforce best practices for code quality testing validation documentation and GitHub-based development workflows.
- Support New Product Introduction and Root Cause Analysis through simulation software enhancements and validated engineering results.
- Translate field and engineering learnings into improved models algorithms and software capabilities.
- Drive technical reviews and clearly communicate approaches results risks and recommendations.
- Mentor engineers in software development testing and collaborative workflows.
- Champion lean initiatives across multibody simulation and software processes.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelors degree in engineering software computer science or related technical field.
- Experience with numerical simulation preferably with multibody simulation tools such as Simpack ADAMS OpenFAST or similar.
- Strong programming skills in Python C/C or similar object-oriented languages.
- Experience developing and maintaining production-quality engineering software including build/compile processes testing and validation.
- Hands-on experience with Git/GitHub workflows including version control pull requests code reviews and repository maintenance.
Desired Characteristics
- Experience leading development and ownership of simulation tools and automation workflows.
- Understanding of wind turbine system behavior controls operability and validation.
- Knowledge of software best practices such as modular design coding standards peer review and release management.
- Experience with unit integration regression and verification/validation testing methods.
- Ability to improve GitHub workflows repository structure and release/version management.
- Proven success driving automation efficiency and code reliability improvements.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills for technical and non-technical audiences.
- Experience leading cross-functional or global teams; Agile/SCRUM experience is a plus.
- Track record of continuous improvement in software validation and engineering workflows.
Additional Information
Relocation Assistance Provided: No
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