Principal Digital Engineer - Rigid Pipelines & Risers
Aberdeen, GB
Job Purpose
At TechnipFMC, we deliver critical projects of a scale, scope, and technical challenges that you will not find anywhere else. We are looking for a Principal Digital Engineer who can join our multicultural research and development team in Aberdeen UK. You will have the opportunity to work on leading-edge technologies and be involved on multi-disciplinary projects to shape the energy industry's future.
Job Description
- Supervise engineers / junior engineers, including organizing and monitoring associated work processes
- Participate, as needed, to project reviews to ensure the technical accuracy of the intended product/tool as well as its compliance with the development specification
- Development of digital platforms/tools to standardise and optimise the way a subsea pipeline/riser is delivered on projects. Digital platforms/tools can be related to engineering, procurement or construction activities
- Development of engineering tools, calculation modules developed primarily in Python, but could also apply to Mathcad, Excel/VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) related to subsea pipeline in-place design activities including but not limited to wall thickness design, passive thermal design, thermo-mechanical analysis, VIV (Vortex Induced Vibration) analysis, on-bottom stability, cathodic protection, subsea pipeline/riser ancillaries design, other topics related to subsea pipeline/riser limit state design
- Development of processes/methodologies associated with subsea pipeline in-place engineering to be implemented on actual subsea pipeline execution phases
- Participate to the department research & development budget proposal development as well as the short/medium term department strategy development
- Contributing to and adhering to modern software development practices, including Agile project management, source code version control and automated testing
You are meant for this job if:
- A good degree (BEng, MEng or equivalent) in a mechanical, structural or related engineering discipline
- Experience in subsea pipeline and/or riser engineering with a broad understanding of subsea pipeline and/or riser engineering activities as well as a good understanding of relevant design codes and recommended practices
- Track record of using finite element software, e.g., Abaqus or OrcaFlex
- Track record of using Mathcad
- Proven track record of software / digital platform development
- Working knowledge of Python for numerical applications, including experience with the scientific stack, i.e., NumPy, SciPy, Matplotlib
- Experience with automated testing using pytest or equivalent Python framework
- Experience with source code version control using Git and Azure DevOps or equivalent
- Working knowledge of Excel, including VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) programming
Additional Skills
- Fluent in English
- Good communication skills, both written and oral
- Innovative mindset
- Solution-oriented
- Ability to work collaboratively in teams and develop meaningful relationships to achieve common goals
- Customer (internal/external) focus
- Self-motivated, with a drive for results and improvement
- Ability to manage change
- High Level of computer literacy, e.g., in MS Office