Senior Scientist – Software Engineering

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This position reports to

Research Department Manager

Your role and responsibilities

In this role, you will have the opportunity to explore emerging technologies, creates intellectual property, and strengthens existing and future ABB offerings. We also provide R&D consultancy services to ABB Divisions and reap the benefits of open innovation by collaborating with Universities and startup companies. You will work in dynamic and creative teams, with a wide range of experience and expertise, carrying out applied research projects developing software engineering techniques to build intelligent systems for process industries.
The work model for the role is hybrid.
This role contributes to the India Corporate Research Center (INCRC), located in Bangalore.
You will be mainly accountable for:
• Use cases and requirements gathering in cooperation with ABB’s business divisions and end customers.
• Researching tools and techniques based on mathematical model and formal logic that can be used to specify and verify requirements and designs of Industrial Process Automation software systems.
• Identifying and evaluating techniques to build more reliable systems through model checking and equivalence checking.
• Developing proof of concepts, prototypes, and supporting pilot evaluation and productization of solutions.
• Communicating project results to experts and non-expert audiences.
• Creating Intellectual Property - Invention disclosures and publishing in scientific conferences and journals.
• Living ABB’s core values of safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business.

Qualifications for the role

• Proficiency in one or more programming languages - Python, C/C++, C#.
• Knowledge of formal reasoning and testing techniques.
• Understanding of LLM/AI techniques and their limitations.
• Understanding of compiler internals (backend and frontend).
• Ph.D. from a reputed University in Computer Science or Computer Engineering with a good publication record.
• Experience in formal verification of industrial software systems is preferred.
• Exposure to design and implementation of industrial systems is preferred.
• Should have ability to collaborate and communicate effectively in English with internal and external partners including academic community.

More about us

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