Seurat Print Processing Software Team

As a foundation member of Seurat’s print processing software team, you, along with a small team of software developers, will architect Seurat’s proprietary suite of browser-based metal 3D printer software applications.  Our teams’ mission is to develop tools to unify preprocessing analysis, integrate seamlessly with the next generation of Area Printers, and enable world-class end-to-end service to our customers.  Team members work closely and collaborate frequently with engineers across multiple technical disciplines to create innovative designs, products, and services. 

Senior Software Engineer (Computational Geometry)

As a senior computational geometry software engineer, you will have a key role in developing the preprocessing software architecture for our metal 3D Area Printing production system applying computational geometry and software development concepts.  You will be responsible for designing, developing, and integrating core applications for CAD geometry preprocessing, including feature detection, slicing, layer generation, tile position generation, tile sequencing, engineering analysis, print process simulation, support generation, optimization and generative design for area printing, and machine learning / AI integration. 

Duties & Responsibilities

• Development, integration, testing, deployment and maintenance of a commercially viable software application suite.
• Develop, unit test, and deploy functional, scalable, robust, performant and maintainable software.
• Develop algorithms for geometry transformation, volumetric analysis, and space-filling operations.
• Design and develop the strategic components of the print preparation software pipeline.
• Integrate third-party and open-source software packages and interface with commercial CAD and CAM software.
• Work with front-end software developers to architect the API and protocols for asynchronous and streaming data transfer.
• Generate and maintain documentation of designed software and integrated systems.
• Integrate 2D slicing and 3D meshing techniques into the physical simulation software pipeline.
• Continuously monitor industry and research trends in computational geometry, geometric modeling, digital manufacturing, and computer-aided design, and bring those ideas back to the team.
• Use strong verbal and written communication skills to define problems and get buy-in for solutions.
• Travel up to 15%

Required Qualifications

• In-depth knowledge and proven experience with C/C++, including modern C++ concepts and ecosystem of C++ libraries.
• Strong experience with object-oriented programming, optimized data structures, and algorithms.
• Knowledge of high-performance computing techniques and architectures for C/C++ applications.
• Experience with performance optimization, multi-threading, and distributed computing patterns, and exposure to memory management, memory access, data compression tactics.
• Experience with source control, preferably Git, and DevOps concepts, unit testing, continuous integration, and release lifecycles.
• Strong understanding of computational geometry concepts, including discrete or differential geometry, and advanced linear algebra concepts.
• Experience implementing and optimizing algorithms for processing 3D data.
• Experience with 3D Printing/CAD Software Development:
  • Previous work on 3D printing, slicing software, or CAD tools, including 3D geometry kernels.
  • Familiarity with the entire 3D printing pipeline from model creation to slicing and printing.
• Must be able to work in a collaborative environment.
• S. degree in Software, Mechanical, Computer Science, or related.
• 5+ years experience in related technical fields

Nice to Have                                                  

• Understanding of parallel computing concepts and performance tuning in a GPU environment.
• Hands-on experience of using CUDA and HPC libraries for GPU-accelerated computing.
• Strong foundation in computational geometry, specifically boundary representation and CSG.
• Proven experience with algorithms for 2D and 3D geometry processing, such as mesh generation, triangulation, fitting, slicing algorithms, and geometric transformations.
• Understanding of space partitioning algorithms and graph structures
• Experience with IPC mechanisms such as sockets, shared memory, and RPC.
• Basic understanding of client-server architecture and network programming.
• Experience with 3D graphics APIs such as OpenGL, and Vulkan or 3D engines.
• Understanding of vector geometry, rendering techniques, rasterization, etc.
• Knowledge of 3D printing-related methods, such as slicing, and infill strategies.
• Understanding of Boost, and Eigen (C++).
• Working knowledge of CAD file formats such as STEP or IGES
• Numerical methods and optimization algorithms
• MS. degree or higher