Flexterm Software Developer – Senior Level

Moffatt & Nichol specializes in large complex waterfront infrastructure projects and is recognized as one of the worldwide leaders in this field. We are actively looking for a Senior Software Developer to join our Costa Mesa office as part of the FlexTerm Group.  FlexTerm runs digital versions of logistics systems and facilities to perform simulations, emulations and real time mirroring of their operations.  It is a real-time 3D digital twin platform where complex logistics systems are studied, designed, optimized, developed, and tested before being deployed into production. Though it is mostly applied to highly automated facilities such as ports, container terminals, automated warehouses, manufacturing plants, etc., the tool is capable of modelling any kind of system. These systems typically integrate infrastructure, equipment, people, automatic control systems, sensors, complex business logic, artificial intelligence, and machine learning to perform a common goal.   

As a Senior Software Engineer you will work closely with highly talented and experienced engineers to achieve the vision of FlexTerm in becoming the ultimate tool for planning, designing and testing complex automated systems.

About Moffatt & Nichol:  

Moffatt & Nichol is a global infrastructure advisory firm of 1500+ employees in 40+ offices and 9+ countries. We provide practical solutions to clients in the marine terminal, transportation, energy, environmental, federal, and urban development markets around the world. We are a multidiscipline professional services firm with specialized expertise in structural, coastal, and civil engineering; environmental sciences; economics analysis; inspection and rehabilitation; and program management solutions.

Duties and responsibilities: 

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions. 

• Developing simulation models for analyzing processes and layouts using discrete event simulation software and via programming
• Developing and maintaining software package using programming such as C++ and Lua
• Conducting debugging, validation, verification, output analysis of simulation models
• Documenting modeling assumptions, process flows, results, and issuing reports
• Data collection and analysis as model inputs
• Numerical and statistical analysis of various operation processes
• Interfacing with technicians, engineers and project managers during data gathering, model development, analysis, reporting, and presentation
• Adaptation and Intergration of our tools to work with specific customer-selected technologies and environments

Other duties: 

Please note this job posting is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Qualifications: 

• M.Sc. or B.Sc. in Computer Science or related discipline (Systems/Industrial Engineering, Electrical/Electronics/Computer Engineering, Mechatronics or Mechanical Engineering with emphasis in Robotics)
• Minimum 10 years of experience as software developer
• Proven education or experience in: 
  • Computer programming
  • Data Structures and algorithms
  • Compilers
  • Operating systems
  • Database systems
  • Networks and Distributed Systems
  • Computer Graphics
  • Lineal Algebra
  • Physics (Mechanics)
  • Statistics and Probability
  • Operations Research (mathematical programming/optimization)
• Desired experience in:
  • Discrete-event system simulation
  • 3D computer graphics and animation
  • Real-time metrics/BI systems
  • Container terminals logistics and operations
  • Navis N4 TOS and/or other terminal operating systems
  • AI/ML development
  • CADD/GIS and 3D graphics modeling capabilities
• Fluent in a C-like programming language such as C, C++, C#, Objective-C, Swift, Lua, Java, Javascript, Python
• Desired skills:
  • Low level 3D/VR libraries such as OpenGL, GLSL, Vulkan, OpenSceneGraph, PhysX
  • GUI frameworks such as Qt
  • Centralized logging platforms such as Elastic (ELK)
  • Real-time BI dashboards with PowerBI and Grafana
  • Database systems such as Influx, Elastic, SQLServer and Oracle DB, DB2, etc.
  • Developing for multiple operating systems and devices: Windows, MacOS, Linux, iOS, Android
  • Developing and architecting end to end web services and