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Senior Director, Software Development – Generative Design & Simulation

Autodesk

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22WD58972

Product Design and Manufacturing Solutions @ Autodesk
Autodesk has fully reimagined the Design and Manufacturing business for the digital automation age, enabling companies to address the most important challenges they face today while preparing for new ways of working in the future. The Autodesk Product Design and Manufacturing Solutions (PDMS) portfolio connect the top floor to the shop floor and supply chain so customers can move seamlessly through each phase of a product’s development lifecycle – from design and validation to production engineering, manufacturing execution, and operation – with a best-in-class Fusion 360 and market-leading products that include Moldflow, Autodesk Inventor Nastran, Autodesk CFD, and many others. Industrial designers, mechanical engineers, electrical engineers, and production engineers around the world rely on PDMS to win more work, enhance collaboration, speed decision-making, reduce risk, and improve overall product outcomes.

Position Overview
Are you passionate about developing disruptive technology capable of revolutionizing the manufacturing industry? Are you inspired by problems yet to be solved, applied research, cloud automation, the challenge of running a global engineering team, engaging with some of the world’s biggest manufacturers, and inspiring an organization filled with talent? If you are, then we have the perfect opportunity for you!

We’re seeking a passionate and experienced Senior Director of Software Engineering to lead an organization filled with some of the world’s most talented engineers. Our team spans a range of simulation disciplines from structural analysis and CFD to partnerships with organizations like Ansys focused on electromagnetic simulation. We also span a range of platforms such as iOS, MacOS, Windows, Web, and multiple backend platforms. Our vision is to combine these technologies with other manufacturing disciplines, such as subtractive machining, additive manufacture, design, and data management to deliver the future of automation. Our goal is to inspire and empower our customers to produce the impossible with the next generation of automation that delivers triple-digit productivity gains unlocking the potential of their human creativity.

If you’re interested in cutting-edge computing science paradigms like Generative Design, AI and ML automation, cloud computing, and immersive experience, then this is the right role for you.

Responsibilities

  • Develop a world-class leadership bench strength capable of leading a global software engineering organization
  • Lead our transition from product to platform engineering and automation
  • Manage a diverse engineering team of backend, web, macOS, Windows, and mobile developers
  • Collaborate closely with your Product Management and Experience Design counterparts to define success metrics for your team. Define, scope, and deliver functionality that enables key end-user workflows
  • Guide the implementation of individual components and features with an emphasis on producing high quality, reusable software through the use of test-driven development and other sound software engineering practices
  • Collaborate with other product teams across the Product Design and Manufacturing Solutions (PDMS) group to ensure commitments are met
  • Drive process & culture improvements within your team
  • Recruit and develop team members – guiding their growth through participation in software design reviews and code reviews, as well as through performance coaching and direct feedback. Help engineers on the team navigate their personal and professional growth at Autodesk
  • Foster an environment that combines debate, collaboration, honesty, and a strong focus on results

Minimum Qualifications

  • Previous engineering management experience at a global scale
  • Strong senior-level software development skills. Ideally with proficiency in one or more of Python, Swift, C/Objective-C/C++, Java, Kotlin
  • Excellent technical problem-solving skills and aptitude to learn new technologies, disciplines, and methodologies
  • Exceptional analytical problem-solving skills
  • Experience developing/designing highly performant APIs or middleware components a plus
  • Deep knowledge of cloud computing strategies that deliver HPC at scale
  • Are a crystal clear communicator in verbal and written form

At Autodesk, we’re building a diverse workplace and an inclusive culture to give more people the chance to imagine, design, and make a better world. Autodesk is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and considers all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other legally protected characteristic. We also consider for employment all qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.

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