HPC Technical Software Engineer

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By bringing many global functional groups together, the campus provides employees with the tools and capabilities needed today, and in the future, to achieve business objectives and accelerate the discovery of new resources, technologies and products. It was designed to foster improved collaboration, creativity and innovation and enhance the company’s ability to attract, develop and retain the top talent in the industry.

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What role you will play in our team

Computational Scientist candidates are focused on harnessing computational power in order to solve complex problems across research and geoscience domains. A software engineer working in this area is expected to have the curiosity and ingenuity required to quickly learn a knowledge domain well enough to interact effectively with ExxonMobil experts in that domain. Our team members have diverse backgrounds in computational sciences. The software engineer will support and develop geoscience applications for the Subsurface Imaging team.

The Subsurface Imaging team is within ExxonMobil IT and partners with upstream researchers to deliver advanced seismic imaging solutions. Our technology leverages a world class High Performance Computing system and enables geoscientists to gain insights on where to find oil and gas, providing significant competitive advantages.

What you will do

• Work on a scrum team as a software developer to develop and support proprietary applications used for seismic imaging
• Collaborate closely with researchers to enable their research and to commercialize prototype research code
• Support internal business partners that are globally distributed
• Optimize applications to improve HPC system utilization and to increase throughput of seismic processing projects
• Collaborate with HPC systems team and geoscientists to influence decisions regarding future hardware/system upgrades"

About you

Skills and Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Computational Science or related field
• Several years of C/C++ experience with scientific computing codes that use parallel computing; strong understanding of code complexity and the performance implications of various algorithms
• OS: Experience in a Linux environment
• Able to work well in a diverse team environment
• Strong verbal and written communication skills for effective collaboration and mentoring
• Self-motivated and driven to learn
• Safety oriented mindset – safety and well-being of our employees are our highest priority

Preferred Knowledge/Skills/Experience

• Python, modern C++ (i.e., C++11 and later), Unix shell scripting languages (BASH primarily)
• Object oriented design principles
• Parallel computing technologies (e.g. OpenMP, MPI, CUDA)
• Source control and work item tracking systems and DevOps (e.g. Git, TFS, ADO, GitHub Actions)
• Experience with numerical programming
• Experience with using third party APIs
• Experience following an Agile (Scrum) software development process
• Knowledge of simulation software development, specifically in seismic imaging or geoscience domain
• Experience with profiling tools (Intel VTune, NVIDIA Nsight, gprof) and performance tuning

Your benefits

An ExxonMobil career is one designed to last. Our commitment to you runs deep: our employees grow personally and professionally, with benefits built on our core categories of health, security, finance, and life.

We offer you:

• Pension Plan: Enrollment is automatic and at no cost to you. The basic benefit is a monthly annuity to be paid to you in retirement for the rest of your life
• Savings Plan: You can contribute between 6% and 20% of your pay and are encouraged to enroll right away. If you contribute at least 6% to your savings plan, the Company will contribute a 7% match
• Workplace Flexibility: We have several programs such as “Flex your Day”, providing ad-hoc flexibility around when and where you work, as well as longer-term programs such as leaves of absence and part-time work
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans
• Culture of Health: Programs and resources to support your wellbeing
• Employee Health Advisory Program: Provides confidential professional counseling for you and your family, including tools and resources promoting mental health and resiliency at no additional cost to you
• Disability Plan: Income replacement for when you cannot work due to illness or injury occurring on or off the job. Enrollment is automatic and at no cost to you

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Please note benefits may be changed from time to time without notice, subject to applicable law.

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