Senior Application Engineer - Data Management (Minerva) - Re

Ansys - Cottonwood Heights, UT

Full-time

Cottonwood Heights, UT

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The position involves joining the Ansys Customer Excellence team to provide technical pre-sales support and professional services for Ansys products, particularly Ansys Minerva for Simulation and Process Data Management (SPDM). The role focuses on understanding customer needs, deploying Ansys software in design workflows, and collaborating with product development teams to enhance product features. The candidate will also lead training sessions and support marketing efforts.

Responsibilities

• Lead/Assist in coordinating and executing all technical activities throughout the sales opportunity lifecycle such as technical discovery, product presentations, demonstrations and evaluations
• Interact with customers to understand their product design needs and engineering design workflows
• Analyze how to address customers' requirements using Ansys products and platform
• Articulate Ansys' value proposition
• Collaborate with the Ansys product development teams to translate customer requirements into new product features
• Test new releases of Ansys products on industrial problems
• Support Ansys field and digital marketing
• Lead consulting services and conduct training classes
• Ramp-up Partners on product knowledge and service capabilities

Requirements

• MS in Mechanical/Chemical/Aerospace/Electrical Engineering or related field
• BS+5 Years, MS+3 Years, or PhD+0 years of professional experience in an engineering software environment
• Demonstrated use of relevant Ansys software or knowledge of other commercial CAE, CAD, EDA, PLM software packages
• Logical problem-solving skills
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, fluent in writing and speaking English
• Strong organizational and time management skills
• Ability to project a professional image and demonstrate business acumen
• Ability to travel domestically up to 25% of time
• Effective communication with Ansys and Customer stakeholders at multiple levels
• Willingness and ability to train Ansys and customer employees
• Demonstrated history of enterprise system deployments and implementation services delivery

Nice-to-haves

• BS+8, MS+6, or PhD+3 years of professional experience in an engineering software environment
• Ability to travel domestically up to 50% of time
• Additional degree or course study in Engineering Mechanics, Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering or other technical discipline