Senior Application Engineer

Requisition #: 12707 

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.

Take a leap of certainty … with Ansys.

The Senior Application Engineer is responsible for leveraging domain engineering knowledge and relationships to help customers solve complex engineering problems using Ansys Speos software and to support regional accounts with a significant impact on software revenue.

The role encompasses providing technical support to our customers, engaging in presale activities to support sales campaigns, scoping, and delivering professional services to support software growth and helping translate customer requirements into exciting new product features.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Apply advanced engineering expertise and knowledge of optics (with a strong focus in on Ansys Speos) to provide the highest level of technical support to customers and channel partners, ensuring high-quality, timely customer service that results in improved customer satisfaction and productivity.
• Own the customer problems, and proactively engage with selected accounts to provide comprehensive solutions. Work independently and contribute to all technical activities throughout the sales opportunity lifecycle, interact with customers to understand their business needs, product design needs and engineering design workflows and articulate Ansys’ value proposition.
• Instruct introductory, intermediate and/or advanced training classes. Scope and deliver professional services for projects which might include collaborative work with other field engineers in the same or different disciplines.
• Gather customer requirements and trends to support the improvement of Ansys software and collaborate with the Ansys product development teams to translate customer requirements into new product capabilities. Test new releases on industrial problems.
• Participates in internal corporate initiatives to share knowledge and to create best practices, inside the discipline and cross-disciplines.
• Develop simulation best practices, solutions, FAQs for knowledge base

Minimum Education/Certification Requirements and Experience

• Required education and degree type: Bachelors, Masters or PhD  in Physical/Optical Engineering or related field.

• Required minimum years of professional experience in relevant engineering domain: 5 years for Bachelors, 3 years for Masters. Candidates with less experience could be considered for a junior position

• Strong knowledge on optical design for automotive exterior and interior lighting or automotive camera sensor-related applications

• In depth use of relevant Ansys software or knowledge of other commercial CAE, CAD, PLM software packages.
• Possesses subject matter expertise in one or more relevant disciplines within Ansys’ business that can be leveraged by other Ansys engineers.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to facilitate and conduct webinars and presentations to a variety of audiences.
• Ability to lead and work on multiple projects which are complex in nature.
• Demonstrated skills in writing and presenting in English.
• Ability to travel up to 30% of time.

Preferred Qualifications and Skills

• Preferred professional experience in relevant engineering domain of 8 years for Bachelors, 6 years for Masters or 3 years for PhD
• Knowledge or experience with relevant optical software such as Speos, Zemax OpticStudio, Lumerical, RSoft, LightTools, FRED, TracePro, VirtualLab, CodeV.
• Knowledge or experience with relevant CAD software, such as SolidWorks, CATIA, Creo, AutoCAD, NX,
• Knowledge of programming, such as Python, C++, MATLAB, etc.
• Ability to interact effectively with senior business, engineering managers and/or C-level executives.

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 in the knowledge that every day is an opportunity to observe, teach, inspire, and be inspired. 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

OUR ONE ANSYS CULTURE HAS INCLUSION AT ITS 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.

TAKE A LEAP OF CERTAINTY 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: America’s Most Loved Workplaces, 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, 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.