Senior Application Engineer - Photonics (Remote)

at  Ansys

MINIMUM EDUCATION/CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS AND EXPERIENCE

• Master’s degree in engineering, Applied Math, Computer Sciences, Physics or relevant field
• Required minimum years of professional experience in Photonic/ Optical engineering software environment: MS+3, or PhD+0
• 2+ years of Hands-on experience on designing components and running circuit level simulations using Ansys Lumerical tools or other commercial nanophotonic/ optical solvers.
• 2+ years of professional experience in integrated photonics for high tech or telecommunication industries
• Logical problem-solving, strong interpersonal and communication skills, fluent in writing and speaking English.
• Strong organizational and time management skills possess a sense of urgency.
• Projects a professional image and demonstrates business acumen, driven to succeed.
• Ability to travel domestically up to 25% of time

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS

• Preferred education and years of professional experience in an engineering software environment: MS+6, or PhD+3
• Experience with semiconductor physics, charge transport effects and coupling of optical, electrical, and thermal effects, and simulation/modelling of optoelectronic devices such as different types of lasers, detectors, and modulators.
• 2 years of experience in application engineering, customer support, or consulting services type customer facing roles using engineering software
• Ability to interact effectively with senior business managers and C-level executives
• Skilled in Python and Matlab
  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

SUMMARY / ROLE PURPOSE

Join the Ansys Customer Excellence team to partner with our customers to engineer what’s ahead, solve their real-world engineering problems, deploy Ansys software in their design workflows, and grow Ansys’ business. As a hands-on subject matter expert, you will use expert-level engineering knowledge to provide technical pre-sales support, perform professional services, and help translate customer requirements into exciting new product features. You will be working within multi-disciplinary teams to create pervasive simulation solutions, advance your industry knowledge, and grow the business impact.

KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead in coordinating and executing all technical activities throughout the sales opportunity lifecycle such as technical discovery, negotiate technical success criteria, product presentations, demonstrations, and evaluations. Work independently within multi-disciplinary teams
• Apply advanced engineering expertise and knowledge of Photonics simulation techniques 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.
• 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.
• Work independently to analyze technical needs, requirements, and state of a customers’ current infrastructure, operations, and engineering workflows.
• Develop competence as a subject matter expert and industry expert.
• Collaborate with the Ansys product development teams to translate customer requirements into exciting new product features; test new releases of Ansys products on industrial problems, develop application best practices.
• Participate in internal corporate initiatives to further enhance the solution suites, presales/sales enablement and professional growth; actively participate in the development and mentoring of team members.
• Support Ansys field and digital marketing, author conference presentations
• Contribute to consulting services, conduct introductory and/or intermediate training classes.