Senior R&D Engineer

at  Ansys

SUMMARY

Seeking an outstanding candidate to join the R&D team responsible for the ANSYS circuit and simulation products focusing on thermal Reduced Order Modeling (ROM) and linear macromodeling. We welcome applicants with a strong background in Circuit design and simulation, with an emphasis on state-space fitting algorithm development and ROM. The successful candidate will have a solid background in scientific software development, the ability to develop novel solution approaches, and experience in the application of scientific principles to analyzing problems.
The preferred candidate will join a group of talented individuals working out of our Vancouver, BC office. The Senior R&D Engineer is responsible for the development of software products and supporting systems. In this role, the Senior R&D Engineer will use advanced technical and problem-solving skills to help the team tackle complex issues, satisfy customer requirements, and accomplish development objectives.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• BS in Electrical Engineering, Physics, or related field with 5 years’ experience, MS with 3 years’ experience, or PhD with 1 year experience
• Commercial experience with thermal integrity applications is a plus
• Demonstrated experience with modern C++ and Agile development

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Excellent technical knowledge and commercial experience with state-of-the-art linear macromodeling, ROM and state-space fitting algorithms
• Expertise in numerical analysis
• Experience with software configuration management, data structures and algorithms
• Passion for crafting robust and efficient code
• Experience delivering high-quality products in a large-scale commercial software development environment
• Understanding of customer requirements and tools used in this domain
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work collaboratively in a geographically distributed team
  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

• Participates in planning, architecture, and research and development activities.
• Performs complex software development activities that may require extensive analysis in areas including user experience, software design and solver research and implementations of new solver algorithms in C++.
• Employs best software practices and helps to maintain them through technical reviews and mentoring, also participating in planning and architecture.
• Performs complex bug verification, release testing and beta support for assigned products.
• Performs research on problems discovered by QA or product support and develops solutions.
• Performs complex development activities that require extensive analysis in software design for numerical simulation…
• Researches and understands the marketing requirements for a product, including target environment, performance criteria and competitive issues. May work with strategic customers or proxies to assess needs and develop solutions.
• Works independently with minimal supervision and may take on some planning and mentoring responsibilities.
• May be responsible for managing interns or co-ops but typically does not have direct reports.
• Familiarity with python programing and experience with AI-ML and deep learning applications is a plus.