Principal R&D Engineer

at  Ansys

SUMMARY

The Principal R&D Engineer leads the design and development of innovative solutions. In this role, the Principal R&D Engineer will act as a technical reference, working closely with customers, partners, application engineers and development teams to define and deploy major new flows, methods, and capabilities.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• BS in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field with 12 years’ experience, MS with 10 years’ experience, or PhD with 8 years’ experience
• Extensive commercial experience with enterprise software lifecycle and directing R&D projects
• Demonstrated leadership with a track record of delivering state-of-the-art results on complex problems

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Leadership experience in directing mesh generation technology development for finite-volume & finite-element solvers
• Expert-level technical knowledge of unstructured mesh generation algorithms, meshing parallelization and data structure designs for meshing
• Demonstrated expertise in C/C++ & GPU programming, deep/machine learning algorithms
• Experience leading technical efforts to deliver innovative solutions that advance large-scale commercial products
• Proven ability to understand business requirements and translate them into software roadmaps and plans
• Ability to convey complex information in a clear way to stakeholders and development teams
• Ability to drive success across teams and geographies, and to mentor others
  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

• Leads the planning, architecture or research across multiple projects or disciplines
• Coordinates product design and development activities requiring extensive analysis in areas such as user experience, software design and solver research. Acts as a technical reference across groups or products
• Defines, develops, and employs best practices and maintains them through technical reviews and mentoring
• Performs highly complex bug verification, release testing, and beta support across multiple products. Coordinates the QA or product support teams on problems discovered and develops solutions
• Researches and understands the marketing requirements for products, including target environment, performance criteria and competitive issues. Works with strategic customers or proxies to assess needs and develop solutions
• Operates without direct supervision and functions as a high-level team leader, project manager, or software architect
• May be responsible for line management of a small technical team but primary duties are of an individual technical nature