ALGORITHMS DEVELOPER

At Kongsberg, we believe that we can achieve world class solutions through dedicated people and continuous improvement of or our technology. We have a commitment in Sustainable Development Goals and for us, the oceans and marine resources are important. We therefore strive to develop products with reduced emission and damage to life below water. We believe in a workplace characterized by diversity and together we can create a work environment that brings the best out of everyone. We are very positive that you want to contribute to our development, and that you want to develop within Kongsberg.
Are you looking for an exciting position in the marine business where you can use your interest in algorithm development and programming? Kongsberg Maritime in Kristinehamn, Sweden, can offer you the position as Algorithms Developer, part of the Methods Development team at our Hydrodynamic Research Centre. This is a unique opportunity to work with maintenance and development of the in-house developed software PropCalc, our system used for sales, design and engineering of ship propulsion equipment.
You will join a small effective, dedicated and solution-oriented team where you should find it stimulating to face situations with no obvious answers or solutions, and where your creativity and problem-solving skills is challenged. It’s essential that you can contribute in an analytical, precise, and creative way without losing focus on delivery.
As Algorithms Developer your work has a wide range of straight forward bug fixing to development of new tools and functionality, based on the organisation’s needs. You will also lead projects and/or participate in R&D and R&T projects, as well as plan and execute PropCalc training to end users. You will have both internal and external collaboration globally, since we have interfaces to other sites and teams within Kongsberg as well as universities, joint industry projects, subcontractors, suppliers and research organisations.
What we can offer
We offer an inspiring and safe work environment with the possibility to work with sustainable and exciting solutions for the future. A position with a wide range of challenging work tasks, opportunities to make a real difference and develop on a technical and personal level. You will work with a unique software at a world leading supplier of maritime solutions in an international environment and in multidisciplinary team collaboration. Some travelling will be part of this role, mainly to our internal stakeholders globally. We can offer flexible working hours and the option to work partly remote based on your work tasks.
Qualifications and experience
To best fulfill our needs and make this a perfect fit, we think that you have a master’s degree in a relevant field of engineering. Experience in algorithm development and programming, particularly object-oriented programming, is an advantage. Also understanding in hydrodynamics, CAD, databases, CFD, FEM and AI/ML is an advantage. In our global organization and market, a high level of English, both written and spoken is important. Communication skills in other languages is considered an advantage.
We appreciate your ability to act on own initiative and make things happen in a systematical way. You should be able to analyze complex issues and problems and come up with rational judgments, also easily and with enthusiasm be able to learn new subjects, test and implement ideas. In this position collaboration is key to succeed, therefore we value your personal characteristics highly and your ability to co-operate well with others, communicate clearly, share knowledge, and support your colleagues in the pursuit of team goals.
Sounds interesting? Apply today, latest 2023-03-05
For this position we work with personality and ability tests, which may be sent to you if you proceed in the process. Interviews can start during the application period as we wish to fill this position as soon as possible.
Since we are a company working with customers in the Naval segment, questions related to citizenship will be part of the selection process.
Kongsberg Maritime, a subsidiary of KONGSBERG, is a global marine technology company, providing innovative and reliable technology solutions for all marine industry sectors including: merchant, offshore, subsea and naval. Headquartered in Kongsberg, Norway, the company has manufacturing, sales and service facilities in 34 countries. Kongsberg Maritime is part of KONGSBERG, an international, knowledge-based group delivering high-technology systems and solutions to clients within the oil and gas industry, merchant marine, defence and aerospace.
Kongsberg Maritime in Kristinehamn consists of 280 engaged people working with sales, research, development, design, service and assembly of market leading solutions for different types of vessels. Our Hydrodynamic Research Centre is one of the world’s leading marine hydrodynamic research facilities, specialized in development, design and testing of marine propulsion systems.
Our Propulsion and Engines business covers the strategic, operational, engineering activities for propulsion products, engines and waterjets. Today our product range is one of the broadest in the world and our accountability as a team include all aspects of the product range including market requirements, product strategies & development, product costs and profitability throughout the life cycle.
At Kongsberg, we believe in tackling challenging problems and delivering extreme performance for extreme conditions. We do that through excellent products and services developed for delivering the greatest benefits to our customers.
WORLD CLASS – through people, technology and dedication