Application Engineer II - Lighting f/m

at  Ansys

MINIMUM EDUCATION/CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS AND EXPERIENCE

• Required education and degree type: BS or MS in Optical Engineering or a related field.
• Required minimum years of professional experience in an engineering environment: MS+2.
• Logical problem-solving, strong interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to facilitate and conduct webinars and presentations to customers and a wide range of audiences.
• Strong organizational and time management skills, possesses a sense of urgency.
• Ability to work on multiple projects which are complex in nature across geographically diverse locations.
• Projects a professional image and demonstrates business acumen, driven to succeed
• Hands-on experience in using commercial optical software tools (e.g. Zemax OpticStudio, Code V, LucidShape, Speos, LightTools, Lumerical …)
• Demonstrated strong knowledge of Optical Theory
• Fluent in writing and speaking English.
• Ability to travel up to 25% of time.
• Familiarity with python

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS

• Preferred education and years of professional experience in an engineering software environment: MS+5 or PhD+0
• A minimum of 1 year of experience in application engineering, customer support, or consulting services type customer facing roles.
• Demonstrated ability to understand business requirements and translate these into an execution plan that delivers value and meets business goals.
• Demontrated skills using optical software Speos, Zemax OpticStudio and Lumerical
• Knowledge of some of the following fields is a plus:
• CAD programs (Catia, NX, Creo, etc.)
• Knowledge of material properties measurements
• Automotive industry or Aeronautics and/or experience in optics or illumination systems
  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

• Apply engineering expertise and knowledge of Optics simulation techniques to provide exceptional technical support to customers, ensuring high-quality, timely customer service that results in improved customer satisfaction and productivity.
• Take ownership of customer problems, proactively engage with selected accounts to provide comprehensive Optics solutions. Contribute to all technical activities throughout the sales opportunity lifecycle, interact with customers to understand their product design needs and engineering design workflows and articulate Ansys’ value proposition.
• Provide introductory and/or intermediate training classes and contribute to the delivery of professional services for projects which may include collaborative work with other application engineers in the same or different disciplines.
• Gather customer requirements to support the improvement of Ansys software and collaborate with the Ansys product development teams to translate these requirements into new product capabilities. Test new releases on industrial problems.
• Participates in internal corporate initiatives to share knowledge and to create best practices, both within and outside the discipline.