Senior Application Engineer - Optics SPEOS

 Requisition #: 16880 

Our Mission: Powering Innovation That Drives Human Advancement  

When visionary companies need to know how their world-changing ideas will perform, they close the gap between design and reality with Ansys simulation. For more than 50 years, Ansys software has enabled innovators across industries to push boundaries by using the predictive power of simulation. From sustainable transportation to advanced semiconductors, from satellite systems to life-saving medical devices, the next great leaps in human advancement will be powered by Ansys. 

Innovate With Ansys, Power Your Career.  

Summary / Role Purpose

Join the Ansys Customer Excellence team to partner with our customers to engineer what's ahead, solve their real-world engineering problems, deploy Ansys software in their design workflows, and grow Ansys’ business. As a hands-on subject matter expert, you will use expert-level engineering knowledge to provide technical pre-sales support, perform professional services, and help translate customer requirements into exciting new product features. You will be working within multi-disciplinary teams to create pervasive simulation solutions, advance your industry knowledge, and grow the business impact.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Leverage your expertise in optical system level simulation to support customers using Ansys Speos across India and the ASEAN region.
• Take ownership of customer challenges by engaging with key accounts across industries such as Aerospace & Defense (A&D), Hi-Tech, and Automotive, delivering tailored solutions aligned with their design and business needs.
• Support pre-sales and post-sales activities by collaborating with customers to understand their workflows and demonstrate how Speos can enhance their product development and research.
• Develop technical expertise in specific application area to serve as a key resource for other regions when required.
• Provide feedback to the development team by reporting bugs, suggesting improvements, and testing new features to ensure they meet customer requirements.
• Create best-practice documentation based on insights gained through customer engagements.
• Support Sales and Marketing, as needed, by conducting demonstrations, webinars, online training, and customer meetings.
• Contribute to other team and company initiatives as required.
• Up to 20-30% travel.

Minimum Education/Certification Requirements and Experience

• Required Education: Master’s degree in Physics or Engineering with a focus on Optics.
• Technical Experience:
  • Proven experience in the design, simulation, and validation of optical systems
  • In-depth understanding of optical systems including cameras, LiDAR, HUDs, and lighting systems
  • Advanced expertise in camera modelling, lens design, and sensor integration
  • Demonstrated ability to engage in customer-facing roles and effectively collaborate across multidisciplinary teams
• Skills & Competencies:
  • Strong analytical and logical problem-solving skills.
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with fluency in written and spoken English.
  • Effective organizational and time management skills, with a strong sense of urgency.
  • Professional demeanor, business acumen, and a results-oriented mindset.
  • Ability to work independently and effectively in a distributed team environment.

Preferred Qualifications and Skills

• Master’s degree with a focus on optics with 3+ years of relevant industry experience.
• The willingness and ability to travel up to 30% of the time.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to work across multiple application areas.
• Scripting/coding experience.
• Ability to interact effectively with engineering managers and/or C-level executives.
• Prior experience in a customer-facing role, with a focus on technical support or solution delivery.

At Ansys, we know that changing the world takes vision, skill, and each other. We fuel new ideas, build relationships, and help each other realize our greatest potential. We are ONE Ansys. We operate on three key components: our commitments to stakeholders, our values that guide how we work together, and our actions to deliver results. As ONE Ansys, we are powering innovation that drives human advancement

Our Commitments:

• Amaze with innovative products and solutions
• Make our customers incredibly successful
• Act with integrity
• Ensure employees thrive and shareholders prosper

Our Values:

• Adaptability: Be open, welcome what’s next
• Courage: Be courageous, move forward passionately
• Generosity: Be generous, share, listen, serve
• Authenticity: Be you, make us stronger

Our Actions:

• We commit to audacious goals
• We work seamlessly as a team
• We demonstrate mastery
• We deliver outstanding results

VALUES IN ACTION

Ansys is committed to powering the people who power human advancement. We believe in creating and nurturing a workplace that supports and welcomes people of all backgrounds; encouraging them to bring their talents and experience to a workplace where they are valued and can thrive.  

Our culture is grounded in our four core values of adaptability, courage, generosity, and authenticity. Through our behaviors and actions, these values foster higher team performance and greater innovation for our customers.  

We’re proud to offer programs, available to all employees, to further impact innovation and business outcomes, such as employee networks and learning communities that inform solutions for our globally minded customer base. 

WELCOME WHAT’S NEXT IN YOUR CAREER AT ANSYS

At Ansys, you will find yourself among the sharpest minds and most visionary leaders across the globe. Collectively, we strive to change the world with innovative technology and transformational solutions. With a prestigious reputation in working with well-known, world-class companies, standards at Ansys are high — met by those willing to rise to the occasion and meet those challenges head on. Our team is passionate about pushing the limits of world-class simulation technology, empowering our customers to turn their design concepts into successful, innovative products faster and at a lower cost. Ready to feel inspired? Check out some of our recent customer stories, here and here.

At Ansys, it’s about the learning, the discovery, and the collaboration. It’s about the “what’s next” as much as the “mission accomplished.” And it’s about the melding of disciplined intellect with strategic direction and results that have, can, and do impact real people in real ways. All this is forged within a working environment built on respect, autonomy, and ethics.
 

CREATING A PLACE WE’RE PROUD TO BE 
Ansys is an S&P 500 company and a member of the NASDAQ-100. We are proud to have been recognized for the following more recent awards, although our list goes on: Newsweek’s Most Loved Workplace globally and in the U.S., Gold Stevie Award Winner, America’s Most Responsible Companies, Fast Company World Changing Ideas, Great Place to Work Certified (China, Greece, France, India, Japan, Korea, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, and U.K.).

 
For more information, please visit us at www.ansys.com
 

Ansys is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other protected characteristics.
 
Ansys does not accept unsolicited referrals for vacancies, and any unsolicited referral will become the property of Ansys. Upon hire, no fee will be owed to the agency, person, or entity.