Senior Product Tester - AVEVA Dynamic Simulation

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Job Title: Senior Product Tester - AVEVA Dynamic Simulation

Location: Madrid, Spain

Employment Type: Full-time

The job  

AVEVA Simulation & Learning team develops engineering solutions for our customers through our simulation product offerings that target the chemical, energy, sustainability, and oil & gas industries. AVEVA Dynamic Simulation Group is responsible for the worldwide delivery and support of Operator Training Simulators for Refineries and Chemical Plants. The primary software product is AVEVA Dynamic Simulation that is used to model various process equipment and train operators in plant operation.

The Senior Product Tester position is in the R&D department. They will be responsible for testing and supporting AVEVA Dynamic Simulation software that can be used to deliver operator training simulator solutions to our customers. AVEVA Dynamic Simulation software delivers first principles based, thermodynamics based, rigorous process simulation models along with a user-friendly GUI and a scalable server infrastructure. Expertise in using and testing such complex engineering software (process simulation models as well as infrastructure) is required. Experience with delivering operator training simulator solutions is highly desirable.

The developer will work as part of a larger development team and follow the agile development process. The work will involve understanding the software requirements, performing necessary research and literature search to develop functional specifications, developing necessary test cases, and then working with the developers to test the features.

This position will involve close collaboration with other developers, QA testers, product manager and end-users. It may also involve mentoring junior team members.

As a senior member, the developer is expected to take ownership, be self-driven, be innovative and deliver a high-quality product in a timely manner.

Key responsibilities

• Collaborate with development team and stakeholders to design, test, and support various process simulation models as well as GUI and infrastructure features using AVEVA’s agile development process.

• Follow testing standards and best practices to develop secure and high quality (First Time Right) software.

• Work with the developers and stakeholders to ensure that the software meets the requirements, is user friendly, and is well tested.

• Create necessary user documentation.

• Highlight and champion product as well as process improvements.

Essential requirements

• Background in Chemical Engineering & knowledge in the fields of process technology, simulation, and technical computing.

• Experience and proven track record in Oil and Gas business with a profound understanding of the Upstream/Midstream/Downstream business.

• Excellent knowledge and skills in using commercial simulation tools (e.g., AVEVA Dynamic Simulation (DYNSIM), HYSYS, PROII, UniSim, Aspen Plus) for dynamic and steady state simulations.

• Experience of individual stages of the OTS project execution from Kick-off meeting, modelling, MAT, and SAT.

Desired skills and competencies

• Sound high level understanding of software architectures and execution methodologies.

• Knowledge on programming/scripting with mathematical skills to develop chemical process models based on first principles will be nice to have.<