What are the responsibilities and job description for the Software Development Scientist position at DNV?
About Us
We are the independent expert in assurance and risk management. Driven by our purpose, to safeguard life, property, and the environment, we empower our customers and their stakeholders with facts and reliable insights so that critical decisions can be made with confidence.
As a trusted voice for many of the world’s most successful organizations, we use our knowledge to advance safety and performance, set industry benchmarks, and inspire and invent solutions to tackle global transformations.
About Digital Solutions
We provide engineering software tools and enterprise solutions for managing risk to improve safety and performance across industries, including the maritime, energy, and healthcare sectors. Research, development, implementations and partnerships with our customers have earned us the position as a trusted third-party vendor of software and services. We are accelerating the pace of transition toward the digitalization of systems and software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions to give customers the efficiency and flexibility of the cloud, including the power and insights from advanced analytics.
About The Role
DNV Digital Solutions is looking for a Software Development Scientist to join the team. We are seeking highly technical individual contributor who thrives on testing theories related to pipeline business needs and seeing these innovative ideas mature into our tools that fit into our products and be loved by our clients. You enjoy collaborating with the Product Managers to hear more about client pain points, and you want to help be the first in our industry to solve them. You want to be an industry leader, write technical papers and present at conferences. You not only dream of new ideas but are willing to put fingers-to-keyboard to develop generic solutions that fit into our products. You think into the future but develop solutions for our market right now. You are obsessively committed to client satisfaction!!
This role is based at our DNV office in Mechanicsburg, PA or Houston, Texas, presenting a dynamic hybrid schedule where employees will typically spend three (3) days per week working from either a DNV office or client location/site. Further details regarding role-specific requirements will be shared during the interview process.
What You'll Do
DNV is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunity, including providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. US applicants with a physical or mental disability who require reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process may contact the North America Recruitment Department (hrrecruitment.northamerica@dnv.com). Information received relating to accommodation will be addressed confidentially.
For more information
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About You
What is Required
We are the independent expert in assurance and risk management. Driven by our purpose, to safeguard life, property, and the environment, we empower our customers and their stakeholders with facts and reliable insights so that critical decisions can be made with confidence.
As a trusted voice for many of the world’s most successful organizations, we use our knowledge to advance safety and performance, set industry benchmarks, and inspire and invent solutions to tackle global transformations.
About Digital Solutions
We provide engineering software tools and enterprise solutions for managing risk to improve safety and performance across industries, including the maritime, energy, and healthcare sectors. Research, development, implementations and partnerships with our customers have earned us the position as a trusted third-party vendor of software and services. We are accelerating the pace of transition toward the digitalization of systems and software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions to give customers the efficiency and flexibility of the cloud, including the power and insights from advanced analytics.
About The Role
DNV Digital Solutions is looking for a Software Development Scientist to join the team. We are seeking highly technical individual contributor who thrives on testing theories related to pipeline business needs and seeing these innovative ideas mature into our tools that fit into our products and be loved by our clients. You enjoy collaborating with the Product Managers to hear more about client pain points, and you want to help be the first in our industry to solve them. You want to be an industry leader, write technical papers and present at conferences. You not only dream of new ideas but are willing to put fingers-to-keyboard to develop generic solutions that fit into our products. You think into the future but develop solutions for our market right now. You are obsessively committed to client satisfaction!!
This role is based at our DNV office in Mechanicsburg, PA or Houston, Texas, presenting a dynamic hybrid schedule where employees will typically spend three (3) days per week working from either a DNV office or client location/site. Further details regarding role-specific requirements will be shared during the interview process.
What You'll Do
- Maintain, debug, and sometimes convert current hydraulics engine code as needed for efforts dictated by Delivery Manager
- Enhance current hydraulic engine code base with new functionality based on requests by Product Management
- Explore new technology to enhance our domain IP position
- Uncover and share new insights using data science from the information, data and analytical results produced by the solution portfolio
- Participate in innovation events such as hackathons with others in the Analytics team or other units within Digital Solutions
- Work with stakeholders and managers to design and refine features
- Generous paid time off (vacation, sick days, company holidays, personal days)
- Multiple Medical and Dental benefit plans to choose from, Vision benefits
- Spending accounts – FSA, Dependent Care, Commuter Benefits, company-seeded HSA
- Employer-paid, therapist-led, virtual care services through Talkspace
- 401(k) with company match
- Company provided life insurance, short-term, and long-term disability benefits
- Education reimbursement program
- Flexible work schedule with hybrid opportunities
- Charitable Matched Giving and Volunteer Rewards through our Impact Program
- Volunteer time off (VTO) paid by the company
- Career advancement opportunities
- Benefits vary based on position, tenure, location, and employee election**
DNV is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunity, including providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. US applicants with a physical or mental disability who require reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process may contact the North America Recruitment Department (hrrecruitment.northamerica@dnv.com). Information received relating to accommodation will be addressed confidentially.
For more information
https://www.eeoc.gov/know-your-rights-workplace-discrimination-illegal
About You
What is Required
- Bachelor’s (Master’s or PhD degree preferred) in engineering, science or mathematics field
- 8 years of experience and deep understanding of fluids mechanics and thermodynamics as it relates to the pipeline industry
- Experience and interest in optimization, linear algebra, numerical analysis, finite difference and finite element methods, partial differential equations
- Strong knowledge of C
- Strong written and verbal English communication skills
- We conduct pre-employment drug and background screening
- Proficient in the following programming languages and frameworks:
- Knowledge of JSON
- Knowledge of Python
- Able to read and follow FORTRAN code with the goal of converting it to C
- Knowledge of C# & .NET
- Experienced in use of following tools:
- Microsoft Azure DevOps (ADO)
- Git source control
- Able to work in a team committed to agile principles using Scrum with Microsoft DevOps
- Able to perform all phases of software development
- Able to contribute to testing of the software, including automated unit testing and integration testing
- Able to manage stakeholder expectations and feedback throughout the software delivery lifecycle
- Able to work within DNV’s governance processes and agreed development, security, and quality standards
- Able to produce documentation throughout the software development lifecycle
- Dedicated and delivery focused who takes initiative, and proactive with communication and collaboration
- Energetic, outgoing, and committed to innovation. Creative and exploratory
- Be customer centric and have a commercial mindset
- Operates with accuracy and attention to detail to provide high quality output within the deadlines.
- Develops and maintains strong working relationships with peers and clients
- Collaborates effectively and shares knowledge to ensure successful outcome
- Good understanding of digitalization and digital transformation as well as strategic fit
- Team player with strong desire to reach out to other parts of the organization
- Ability to put the right amount of curiosity and efforts into emerging technologies and trends, quickly measure the "what's in it for us" factor
- Continuously seek inspiration through external communities, meetings and conferences
- Good communication skills including the ability to write concisely
- Has very strong verbal and written English skills
- Immigration-related employment benefits, for example visa sponsorship, are not available for this position* (if sponsorship is not approved)
