Senior Application Engineer - Structures (Eastern Time Zone, Canada)

at  Ansys

MINIMUM EDUCATION/CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS AND EXPERIENCE

• Required education and degree type: MS in Mechanical/Civil/Material/Aerospace Engineering or related field
• Required minimum years of professional experience in an engineering software environment: MS+3, or PhD+0
• Demonstrated use of relevant Ansys software or knowledge of other commercial CAE, CAD, EDA, PLM software packages
• Subject matter expert in one or more relevant disciplines within Ansys’ business and is/will be sought out for advice by other Ansys engineers
• Logical problem-solving, strong interpersonal and communication skills, fluent in writing and speaking English, excellent presentation skills
• Strong organizational and time management skills, possesses a sense of urgency
• Projects a professional image and demonstrates business acumen, driven to succeed
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally up to 25% of time
• Educational background in FEA and structural mechanics
• Must display the ability to work independently, as well as with others in a geographically diverse team environment.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS

• Preferred education and years of professional experience in an engineering software environment: PhD+3
• 3 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
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally up to 50% of time
• Available for consistent travel throughout the Eastern US and Canada region and occasionally in the rest of the North American sub-regions.
• Seven or more years of experience in the use of ANSYS Mechanical software, or other commercial FEA software for Structural Mechanics.
• Strong background in advanced dynamics modeling methodologies, mechanical vibration analysis, multibody dynamics systems.
• A strong foundation and experience in Computational SOLID/STRUCTURAL MECHANICS
• Demonstrated problem-solving skills and ability to implement numerical models to obtain practical engineering solutions to difficult problems.
• Familiarity with Fatigue, Fracture and Material model theories.
• Familiarity with development and implementation of user subroutines and customization.
• Experience with Python or other scripting languages for automation in FEA is highly desirable.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects and to communicate effectively.
• Experience with multi-disciplinary and multiphysics simulation is a plus.
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• 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, negotiating technical success criteria, product presentations, demonstrations and evaluations. Work independently within multi-disciplinary teams
• 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
• Assist in creating differentiating simulation solutions using the Ansys platform and products; deploy the solutions within customers’ design 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
• Support Ansys field and digital marketing, author conference presentations
• Contribute to consulting services, conduct introductory and/or intermediate training classes