Technical Architect, 3D Solutions

CDS Visual, a Dover operating company, enables manufacturers to drive business value by unlocking their CAD assets to deliver dynamic interactive visual experiences that support the complete customer and product lifecycle. Our cloud-based visualization solutions, trusted by the world's biggest industrial suppliers, revolutionize their commerce, configure price quote (CPQ), and training initiatives. With an extensive offering of 2D and 3D visualization solutions, CDS uniquely re-purposes existing CAD assets to deliver impactful solutions for 3D configuration, aftermarket part search, digital work instructions, and enhanced digital content.

CDS Visual, a Dover Corporation Company, provides Digital solutions trusted by many of the world's biggest industrial suppliers. The roots of the company include a core competency around industrial product data, sourcing, normalization, and modeling. When combined with an extensive offering of 3D visualization solutions, CDS is uniquely able to re-purpose existing CAD assets to deliver impactful solutions. From catalog products to configured-to-order products, CDS solutions complement our clients' websites, CPQ, and eCommerce solutions by enhancing, enriching, and unifying their product content to achieve increased conversions. For clients that sell engineered-to-order products, we offer solutions that include configuration, BOM, 3D CAD, manufacturing drawings, and augmented reality.

Based in Downers Grove, IL, Dover Corporation (NYSE: DOV). Dover is a diversified global manufacturer and solutions provider with annual revenue of approximately $8 billion.

Position Summary:
Reporting to the Director, Software Engineering the Technical Architect, 3D Solutions is responsible for end-to-end development of cloud and edge-centric digital solutions such as visual configurators, SaaS solutions that enhance real-time 3D data & visualization, interactive digital content creation across platforms. Innovate with Cutting-Edge Technologies: Utilize Three.js, WebGL, and other 3D technologies to push the boundaries of what is possible in digital product visualization, ensuring solutions are at the forefront of industry trends. Program & maintain SaaS Web3D applications utilizing Three.js, React, Typescript, Express.js, MSAL, and AWS services.

Roles & Responsibilities:
* Hands-on architect role that includes coding of SaaS application with 3D visualization
* Lead the design and development work of 3D Platform & solutions
* Translate the customer requirements to technical work breakdown and document design specifications
* Data warehouse architecture design and hands on development of data pipeline and data distribution framework using cloud technologies
* Establish best practices, and document use cases, solutions and recommendations
* Work in a fast-paced agile development environment
* Provide technical mentorship and project guidance to the development team.
* Collaborate with peer architects, data scientists to design & develop strong enterprise grade solutions.
* 50% of hands-on coding required

Additional Skills & Qualifications
* At least 10 years of 3D web development experience
* Extensive knowledge in Three.js including experience with textures, lighting, animations/key frames and hierarchical data structures
* Understanding of the GLTF/GLB formats and pipelines
* Familiarity with 3D concepts, tools, and software such as Blender and Unity
* Strong expertise in typescript and with the React framework
* Understanding of AWS services including Lambda, S3, SQS and Code Artifact
* Moderate understanding of web components, npm artifacts and the Rollup plugin API
* Understanding of popular CAD systems such as Solidworks, PTC Creo and AutoDesk Inventor
* Understanding of CAD data transmission formats just as STP and IGES files
* High level understanding of platform architecture and APIs
* Understanding and ability to apply CI/CD concepts on AWS or Azure
* Profound understanding of buffer geometry (vertices, UVs, indexes), textures, materials and shaders
* Experience manipulating translation, rotation and scale pragmatically and/or with key frame sequences
* Profound understanding of Three.js concepts and utilities such as, matrix calculations, mesh generation and modification, postprocessing, rendering loops, curves, vectors, scenes, cameras (perspective and orthogonal), controls, instancing, lights and loaders
* Profound understanding of CAD concepts including parametric design, parameters and drawings.

Work Arrangement: Hybrid
Pay Range: $152,000.00 - $190,000.00 annually

This position is eligible to earn a discretionary bonus based on performance metrics and other criteria outlined in our applicable bonus plan.

We consider several job-related, non-discriminatory factors when determining the pay rate for a position, including, but not limited to, the position's responsibilities, a candidate's work experience, a candidate's education/training, the position's location, and the key skills needed for the position. Pay is one of the Total Rewards that we provide to compensate and recognize employees for their work.

Benefits: Our total rewards package for eligible team members also includes: a 401(k) savings plan with employer contributions; medical, dental and vision insurance; wellness programs; health savings account, health care and dependent care flexible spending accounts; company paid short-term disability and long-term disability; company paid employee basic life and AD&D insurance; supplemental employee and dependent life insurance; optional accident, hospital indemnity and critical illness insurance; adoption, surrogacy, and fertility benefits and assistance; commuter benefits; parental, military, jury duty, and bereavement leaves of absence; paid time off, including; business travel services; employee discounts; and an employee assistance program that includes company paid counseling sessions and legal services. Eligibility for benefits is governed by applicable plan documents and policies.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, age, genetic information, or any other factors prohibited by law.

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Subdivision: CDS Visual
Job Requisition ID: 61419
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