Senior Numerical Optimisation Engineer (Hybrid)

AVEVA

Cambridge

Hybrid

GBP 90,000 - 120,000

Full time

7 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Flexible benefits fund

Emergency leave days

Adoption leave

28 days annual leave + bank holidays

Pension

Life cover

Private medical insurance

Parental leave

Education assistance program

Job summary

AVEVA in Cambridge, United Kingdom, is seeking a Senior Optimisation Developer to join the USC Optimisation team in a hybrid, full-time role. You will contribute to the design, implementation and maintenance of industrial optimisation software, applying advanced mathematics to modelling and algorithmic challenges.

The ideal candidate has a postgraduate math degree, strong programming ability (C++, C, C#, Fortran) and experience with numerical modelling.

Qualifications

Strong mathematical background with a postgraduate qualification (MSc, PhD, or equivalent).
Proven programming ability in at least one language (e.g. C++, C, C#, Fortran).
Experience in numerical modelling or mathematically intensive software development.
Ability to lead projects or technical workstreams, even if formal leadership experience is not yet required.
Ability to work effectively in a complex and evolving codebase; strong communication and collaboration.

Responsibilities

Contribute to design, implementation, maintenance and improvement of industrial optimisation software and related numerical modelling components.
Investigate complex mathematical, algorithmic and software engineering problems independently and drive them through to resolution.
Take ownership of large or technically challenging work items, breaking them down into manageable tasks and making sound implementation decisions with minimal supervision.
Work effectively within an existing and in some areas legacy codebase, balancing respect for established team practices with thoughtful technical improvement.
Apply strong mathematical reasoning to modelling, optimisation and algorithmic challenges.
Support the robustness, performance, quality and maintainability of optimisation code through debugging, profiling and diagnosis of build/runtime issues through extensive automated unit and regression testing.
Demonstrate potential to lead technical projects or workstreams over time, even where no formal leadership responsibility is assigned initially.
Provide guidance, coaching and technical support to less experienced developers where appropriate.