Simulation Software Development Manager
Are you looking for a career that will challenge you everyday?
Do you want to work with state-of-the-art VR technology?
About Dematic
Dematic is solving fascinating and important problems in supply chain. They’re answering questions like; How do we minimize our customers’ impact on the environment? How do we make it easier for people to work comfortably in a warehouse? How do we ensure your online orders are delivered quickly? They are finding the answers and solutions to these questions, and many more, with bleeding edge hardware and software.
Dematic was founded in 1819 in Germany and since then, through acquisitions and organic growth, they’ve built a company and product offering that offers state-of-the-art and end-to-end technologies and solutions. In 2016 Dematic was acquired by KION (the second largest global forklift producer) for 3.3 Billion. This has allowed Dematic to still function as an innovative and growing technology business, while having access to funds and leveraging KION’s substantial customer-base.
Dematic is a global organization, with development teams in Germany, US, and Canada. This role will be working with the Waterloo-based team in Dematic’s Waterloo office.
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How Will I Make An Impact?
The Global R&D Software Organization within Dematic is responsible for delivering a wide variety of software products to support a vast range of conveyor and sortation solutions, warehouse automation and distribution operations. As the Simulation Software Development Manager you will join the team at Demtaic who are responsible for building a full, end-to-end visual simulation and modeling/testing of real-world systems built on the Unity game engine.
As the Manager of this team you will get to:
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Lead a growing team of highly technical and talented developers who are creating simulations of warehouse automation systems
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Be hands on; designing and developing a simulation/testing product with Unity and .NET as the foundation (incl. requirements, architectural concepts, implementation, technical reviews)
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Provide technical leadership to an agile, cross-functional team (development, UX, product management)
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Learn and apply new tools, technologies, and industry best practices
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How Do I Know If This Is For Me?
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You are motivated by the opportunity to:
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Leverage core concepts from math, statistics and physics to solve customer problems and puzzles (always thinking out of the box)
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Mentor and level-up the skill sets of the team while also getting to be hands-on
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Work with a highly motivated and insanely intelligent team
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Join a growing team (the fastest growing team within Dematic)
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Be challenged everyday
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Do I Have What It Takes (Requirements)?
You have:
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A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
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3+ years of software development experience and 2+ years of demonstrated leadership capabilities (aka you enjoy leading and mentoring a very technical team)
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An understanding of, and have worked with, C# or Java in the past
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Bonus points if you have any of the following:
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Experience leading high and low level architecture, including strong object oriented design concepts
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A strong foundation in algorithms, design patterns and data structures
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The ability to lead a product team; delivering tangible value to customers and the business