Prinicipal Software Developer (APC Focus)

The driving force behind our success has always been the people of AspenTech. What drives us, is our aspiration, our desire and ambition to keep pushing the envelope, overcoming any hurdle, challenging the status quo to continually find a better way. You will experience these qualities of passion, pride and aspiration in many ways — from a rich set of career development programs to support of community service projects to social events that foster fun and relationship building across our global community. The Role AspenTech, a global leader in software solutions for optimizing process manufacturing across industries such as oil and gas, chemicals, and pharmaceuticals, is seeking an innovative and skilled Engineer to join our Advanced Process Control and Dynamic Optimization R&D Group in Houston, Texas. As a Principal Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in advancing and supporting our industry-leading Advanced Process Control (DMC3) and Dynamic Optimization (GDOT) products. This involves leveraging cutting-edge software tools, AI, and advanced modeling and optimization technologies to create solutions that drive digital transformation across industries. This is a unique opportunity for an exceptional engineer to contribute to the growth of a rapidly expanding product that serves as a cornerstone for industry digitalization. Your Impact Design, develop, maintain, and support advanced process control and optimization software solutions, continuously improving their functionality and performance. Analyze customer requirements to translate them into new product features, use cases, and applications. Deliver forward-thinking solutions to enrich products, emphasizing ease of deployment and maintenance to maximize customer value. Stay updated on emerging technologies, assisting in prototyping and evaluating the feasibility of implementing cutting-edge solutions. Work closely with cross-functional teams to identify synergies across AspenTech's product portfolio, fostering innovation. Collaborate with Product Management and Customer Support teams to ensure smooth product releases and seamless customer adoption. What You'll Need A Master’s or Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering or a related field. A solid understanding of Advanced Process Control and Optimization technologies. Industry experience in Advanced Process Control. Experience with OT (DCS, PLC) . Experience with software development. Outstanding interpersonal, communication, writing, and presentation skills. AspenTech is a global software leader helping industries meet the increasing demand for resources from a rapidly growing population in a profitable and sustainable manner. Our Digital Grid Management software suite, including AspenTech OSI products, helps power and utilities companies achieve superior real-time control, optimization and management for exceptional performance of complex energy networks. If you're looking to make a difference every day and push the limits of performance, AspenTech is doing things no one else thought was possible. As a leading industrial software partner, we help companies all over the world run safer, greener, longer and faster. With over 3700 employees and more than 60 global locations, AspenTech is meeting today's sustainability and business challenges head-on with unmatched expertise, cutting-edge AI-powered technology and a passion to innovate. AspenTech is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. 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