Numerical Methods Specialist for Geosciences (Exploration-Production)
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Total is a global oil and gas producer and provider with 100,000 employees in more than 130 countries worldwide. We deploy our technological expertise and capabilities to help meet world energy demand for current and future generations. We are also a world-class chemical manufacturer.
NUMERICAL METHODS SPECIALIST FOR GEOSCIENCES (EXPLORATION-PRODUCTION)
France - Pau
At a later stage the candidate will possibly be assigned internationally. Today's Geoscience technology in TOTAL is strongly committed to seismic imaging and hydrocarbon reservoir dynamic flow simulation. These techniques rely on a very high mathematical and numerical content which are implemented into the High Performance Computing hardware available on the market today using efficient algorithms, adapted modeling and optimized data processing tools.
The position is aimed at:
* Further expanding TOTAL numerical computation skills in view of maintaining its leading edge amongst the major oil companies in particular the sensitive domain of seismic imaging and reservoir flow simulation.
* Improving optimized numerical methodology based on recent scientific and technological advances in the computing domain, mainly in HPC.
Main activities
* To work in close collaboration with the TOTAL geoscientist community in order to be aware of the technical issues faced by the R&D and Operations teams.
* To identify the challenges specific to the HPC. To translate these into technology developments.
* To build and to optimize the algorithms required by seismic processing and reservoir flow simulation. To implement these, in particular into the HPC systems.
* To contribute with the integration of non proprietary codes into TOTAL suite of tools.
* To contribute with the industrialization of TOTAL R&D proprietary codes.
* At a later stage of their career, to pilot and coordinate the future scientific IT developments carried out by TOTAL in the geosciences domain.
Required skills
* PhD with a significant level of applied mathematics and scientific computation
* Experience in scientific computation applied to geosciences (Geophysics, Image processing, fluid mechanics, thermodynamic...) is appreciated.
Knowledge required
* Applied mathematics
* Equation solving numerical methods
* Strong knowledge of the HPC environment
* Scientific computation tools and technics (Algorithms, MPP programming languages, grid computing, ...)
Experience : Minimum 3 years
Pragmatism, initiative and good communication skills. Team work experience required. Sense of innovation.
To apply, go to www.careers.total.com or write to Total, Recruitment Department, 2 Place de la Coupole, 92078 Paris-La Défense Cedex, France.
