Ansys - Evanston, IL

posted 3 months ago

Full-time - Mid Level
Evanston, IL
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

As a Senior Application Engineer at ANSYS, you will play a pivotal role in bridging the gap between innovative design and practical application through advanced simulation technology. Your primary responsibility will be to partner with customers to understand their engineering challenges and to deploy ANSYS software effectively within their design workflows. This position requires a hands-on approach, leveraging your expert-level engineering knowledge to provide technical pre-sales support and professional services. You will be instrumental in translating customer requirements into new product features, ensuring that ANSYS remains at the forefront of simulation technology. In this role, you will lead technical activities throughout the sales opportunity lifecycle, which includes conducting technical discovery sessions, negotiating success criteria, and delivering product presentations and demonstrations. You will work independently and collaboratively within multi-disciplinary teams, engaging directly with customers to analyze their product design needs and articulate the value proposition of ANSYS products. Your expertise will also be crucial in creating innovative simulation solutions tailored to customer workflows, thereby enhancing their design processes. Additionally, you will develop your competence as a subject matter expert, collaborating with ANSYS product development teams to test new releases and develop best practices for application. Your contributions will extend to supporting marketing efforts, authoring conference presentations, and conducting training classes to share your knowledge with others. This position not only offers the opportunity to advance your industry knowledge but also to significantly impact the business by driving customer success and satisfaction.

Responsibilities

  • Lead in coordinating and executing all technical activities throughout the sales opportunity lifecycle.
  • Interact with customers to understand their product design needs and engineering design workflows.
  • Assist in creating differentiating simulation solutions using the Ansys platform and products.
  • Develop competence as a subject matter expert and industry expert.
  • Collaborate with the Ansys product development teams to translate customer requirements into new product features.
  • Support Ansys field and digital marketing, author conference presentations.
  • Contribute to consulting services, conduct introductory and/or intermediate training classes.

Requirements

  • MS in Mechanical Engineering or related field required.
  • Minimum years of professional experience: BS+5, MS+3, or PhD+0.
  • Education and/or industrial experience related to fluid mechanics and computational fluid dynamics.
  • Demonstrated use of relevant Ansys software or knowledge of other commercial CAE, CAD, EDA, PLM software packages.
  • Experience with or specialization in the Electronics Industry segment.
  • Subject matter expert in one or more relevant disciplines within Ansys' business.
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills, fluent in writing and speaking English.
  • Strong organizational and time management skills, possesses a sense of urgency.
  • Ability to travel domestically up to 25% of time.

Nice-to-haves

  • Preferred education: BS+8, MS+6, or PhD+3.
  • 2 years of experience in application engineering, customer support, or consulting services using engineering software.
  • Experience with Ansys Fluent/Ansys Icepak/Ansys Mechanical is a plus.
  • Experience with application of CFD simulation for package, board, system level modeling is a plus.
  • Experience with multiphysics aspects of electronics design is a plus.
  • Ability to interact effectively with senior business managers and C-level executives.
  • Ability to travel domestically up to 50% of time.
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