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This is an early-career role suitable for a recent graduate with a master’s degree or a candidate with foundational software engineering experience. Working with guidance from senior engineers, the successful candidate will implement and improve software used in CAE preprocessing, model preparation, surface and volume meshing, mesh quality evaluation, sizing controls, and downstream simulation workflows. The role offers opportunities to build expertise in C++, meshing algorithms, engineering software development, and collaborative product delivery.\nKey Responsibilities\nDesign, implement, test, and maintain meshing software features for CAE products under the guidance of experienced engineers.\nContribute to surface meshing, volume meshing, mesh quality improvement, sizing controls, mesh cleanup, and related preprocessing workflows.\nTranslate clearly defined requirements and technical designs into reliable, maintainable C++ code.\nCollaborate with senior engineers, QA, product, and other development teams to deliver features and resolve defects.\nWrite unit and regression tests, analyze test results, and help improve software quality and coverage.\nInvestigate meshing defects, quality issues, performance problems, and workflow failures using systematic debugging and diagnostic techniques.\nParticipate in design discussions, code reviews, agile planning, technical documentation, and continuous improvement of team engineering practices.\nRequired Qualifications\nEducation\nBachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, Computational Engineering, Computer-Aided Engineering, Applied Mathematics, or a related engineering discipline.\nExperience\nBachelor’s degree with approximately 2-4 years of relevant software engineering experience, or a relevant master’s degree with little to no professional experience.\nFoundational understanding of data structures, algorithms, object-oriented design, and software development principles.\nAcademic or practical experience developing software in C++, preferably for engineering, scientific computing, geometry, graphics, simulation, or related applications.\nExposure to meshing, computational geometry, numerical methods, finite element analysis, or CAE preprocessing through coursework, research, internships, or projects is preferred.\nAbility to understand technical requirements, implement well-scoped components, and seek guidance when requirements or technical tradeoffs are unclear.\nFamiliarity with software debugging, source control, build systems, automated testing, and common development workflows.\nExposure to CAD/CAE products or meshing tools such as MSC Apex, Patran, ANSA, HyperMesh, SimLab, ICEM CFD, Pointwise, Gmsh, or equivalent technologies is beneficial but not required.\nWillingness to learn from code reviews, technical mentoring, product feedback, and customer-reported issues.\nFamiliarity with AI-assisted software development tools such as GitHub Copilot, Cursor, or similar tools for coding, testing, documentation, or learning is preferred.\nTechnical Skills\nWorking proficiency in C++, including object-oriented programming, standard data structures, memory management concepts, and basic performance considerations.\nFoundational knowledge of computational geometry or meshing concepts such as triangulation, surface discretization, volume discretization, and mesh optimization.\nFamiliarity with mesh quality concepts such as element validity, aspect ratio, skewness, warpage, Jacobian checks, smoothing, refinement, and repair.\nBasic understanding of geometry-to-mesh workflows, CAD or boundary-representation inputs, feature preservation, and geometry cleanup dependencies.\nAbility to implement and maintain well-defined APIs, reusable components, and data structures with guidance from senior engineers.\nDeveloping debugging and problem-solving skills for identifying software defects, mesh generation failures, and numerical issues.\nFamiliarity with unit testing, regression testing, version control, code reviews, and continuous integration practices.\nAbility to analyze basic performance and memory behavior and apply improvements with technical guidance.\nWorking knowledge of Python or another scripting language for automation, diagnostics, prototyping, validation, or engineering productivity is preferred.\nSoft Skills\nStrong communication and collaboration skills.\nProblem-solving and analytical thinking.\nAbility to work independently and in a team environment.\n• Strong organizational and time-management skills.N/A\nWe’re doing work that matters. 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