Application Engineer II - Electronics (Irvine, CA)

 Requisition #: 15321 

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

As Ansys Application Engineer II, you will work with your customers to understand their product development and find solutions to their reported application engineering challenges while utilizing Ansys software and best practices in their design workflows. As a hands-on expert on the Ansys products in your application area, you will provide technical sales support, deliver professional services, ensure customer productivity through training and methodology support, and help translate customer requirements into new product features. You will work in multidisciplinary teams to expand your knowledge, experience and business impact.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Assume and execute tasks assigned to you by your direct manager or senior team members and support requested technical activities throughout the lifecycle of an opportunity, e.g. technical discovery, product presentations, demonstrations, and evaluations. Proactively seek advice if you get stuck.
• As a product expert for one or more Ansys products, you will work with customers to better understand their product development requirements and how they work. You will learn general application-specific design and simulation workflows. You will analyze and research how Ansys products and platforms can best meet customer requirements and internalize the Ansys value proposition.
• Support the Ansys Field and Digital Marketing team by developing promotional materials and supporting events.
• Provide product and application training and participate in the delivery of professional services for projects, which may include working with other engineers from the same or other disciplines.
• Understand the development of new product functions and features to meet customer requirements and participate in the application testing of these new product functions.
• Actively contribute to internal company knowledge sharing initiatives and embrace the culture of codifying and creating best practices within a technical discipline and across disciplines.

Minimum Education/Certification Requirements and Experience

• Required education and degree type: MS in Mechanical/Chemical/Aerospace/Electrical Engineering or related field

• Required minimum years of professional experience in an engineering software environment: MS+0
• Demonstrated use of relevant Ansys software or knowledge of other commercial CAE, CAD, EDA, PLM software packages
• Logical problem-solving, strong interpersonal and communication skills, fluent in writing and speaking English
• Strong organizational and time management skills, possesses a sense of urgency
• Projects a professional image and demonstrates business acumen, driven to succeed
• Ability to travel domestically up to 25% of time

Preferred Qualifications and Skills

• Preferred education and years of professional experience in an engineering software environment: MS+3, or PhD+0
• Ability to travel domestically up to 50% of time

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: the commitments to our stakeholders, the behaviors of how we work together, and the actions of how we deliver results. Together 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

INCLUSION IS AT OUR CORE 
We believe diverse thinking leads to better outcomes. We are committed to creating and nurturing a workplace that fuels this by welcoming people, no matter their background, identity, or experience, to a workplace where they are valued and where diversity, inclusion, equity, and belonging thrive. 

 
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. 

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 (Belgium, 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. 

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