Application Engineer II

Summary / Role Purpose  

The Application Engineer-II is responsible for leveraging their experience, subject matter expertise and customer-relationship skills to assist in growing our software business by proactively helping customers deploy Ansys technology to deliver on their key business initiatives. 

Key Duties and Responsibilities 

• Collaborate with Sales to create solutions to complex customers problems that drive software revenue. 

• Responsible for articulating Ansys’ value proposition which may encompass its structural suite of products; the presentations must affirm the sales message, differentiate Ansys, and leave a strong and positive impression with Executive level audiences that Ansys’ technology can help deliver on their key business initiatives. 

• Execute projects and analysis of complex technical problems that deliver business value for the client as well as a positive impact for Ansys at the regional level. 

• Draw from your simulation experience and expertise to provide best practices that will demonstrate a clear path for customers to drive more value from Ansys; collaborate effectively to transfer product knowledge and best practices to customers and the ACE team. 

• Participate in internal initiatives to further enhance the products, consulting and training offerings, presales/sales enablement, and professional growth. 

Minimum Education/Certification Requirements and Experience 

• BS in engineering or other technical discipline 

• A minimum of 1-3 years of experience, including post-BS academic experience, in an engineering environment 

• Ability to facilitate customer requirements process and then work with customer to build out those requirements. 

• Strong verbal and written communication skills 

Preferred Qualifications and Skills 

• MS or PhD degree preferred. 

• A minimum of 1-2 years of experience in an engineering environment 

• Ability to travel up to 25% 

• Professional experience in either of, Heavy industry, Aerospace, Automotive or Hi-Tech domain in areas like Structural nonlinearity, Fracture, Fatigue, Impact/Crash with strong hands-on experience with Implicit & explicit simulation tools. Strong fundamentals in Structural Mechanics, Finite Element Analysis, Non-Linear Materials & Dynamics.