Job Description

Requisition #: 16194Our Mission: Powering Innovation That Drives Human AdvancementWhen visionary companies need to know how their world-changing ideas will perform, they close the gap between design and reality with Ansys simulation. For more than 50 years, Ansys software has enabled innovators across industries to push boundaries by using the predictive power of simulation. From sustainable transportation to advanced semiconductors, from satellite systems to life-saving medical devices, the next great leaps in human advancement will be powered by Ansys.Innovate With Ansys, Power Your Career.Summary / Role PurposeThe Application Engineer (I) is responsible for acquiring and leveraging domain engineering knowledge and relationships to help customers solve complex engineering problems using Ansys Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) software to improve customers' productivity, their satisfaction with Ansys simulation products and make an impact on Ansys' software revenue.The role encompasses identifying customers' key challenges and providing simulation-based technical solutions, engaging in presale activities to support sales campaigns, scoping and delivering professional services to support software growth, and helping translate customer requirements into exciting new product features.Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Learn and apply engineering expertise and knowledge of CFD simulation techniques to provide the highest level of simulation solutions to customers and channel partners, ensuring high-quality, timely customer service.
• Understand the customer's problem, the required fidelity of the solution, and the timeline for the expected solution, develop the simulation approach that provides a meaningful insight and deploy the solution.
• Instruct introductory, intermediate, and/or advanced training classes.
• Scope and deliver professional services for projects which might include collaborative work with other field engineers in the same or different disciplines.
• Own the customer problems, and proactively engage with selected accounts to provide comprehensive solutions. Contribute to technical activities throughout the sales opportunity lifecycle and interact with customers to understand their product design needs and engineering design workflows.
• Gather customer requirements to support the improvement of Ansys software and collaborate with the Ansys product development teams to translate customer requirements into new product capabilities. Test new releases on industrial problems.
• Participates in internal corporate initiatives to share knowledge and to create best practices, inside the discipline and cross-disciplines.
• Assist in developing simulation best practices, solutions, and FAQs for knowledge base.
• Strong willingness to acquire engineering knowledge and domain expertise.

Minimum Education/Certification Requirements and Experience

• Required education and degree type: Bachelors in Mechanical/Chemical/Aerospace or related field.
• Required minimum years of professional experience in relevant engineering domain: 1-2 years for Bachelors, up to 1 year for Masters or PhD
• Strong fundamentals of Fluid dynamics, Heat transfer, Thermodynamics & CFD
• Hands-on experience with CFD tools
• Demonstrated use of ANSYS CFD software or knowledge of other commercial CAE software packages in solving industry-level problems
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to facilitate and conduct webinars and presentations to customers.
• Demonstrated skills in writing and presenting in fluent English.
• Logical problem-solving approach and the ability to clearly communicate the situation and proposed solution to the customer.
• Projects a professional image and strong business acumen during customer interactions
• Possesses a sense of urgency and strong organizational and follow-up skills.
• Ability to travel up to 25% of the time.

Preferred Qualifications and Skills

• MS or PhD degree preferred.
• Hands-on experience with handling aerospace/aerothermal/aeroacoustics applications. Hands-on experience with fluid-structure interface simulations is a plus.
• Experience in using Ansys tools, like Ansys Workbench, Ansys Fluent, and Ansys CFX, is preferred.
• Ability to understand business requirements and their connection with the given engagement.
• Flexibility to learn new physics areas quickly and deploy simulation-based solutions.
• Ability to interact effectively with senior business and engineering managers.
• Knowledge of scripting languages like C, C++, and Python is a plus.

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

INCLUSION IS AT OUR CORE
We believe diverse thinking leads to better outcomes. We are committed to creating and nurturing a workplace that fuels this by welcoming people, no matter their background, identity, or experience, to a workplace where they are valued and where diversity, inclusion, equity, and belonging thrive.WELCOME WHAT'S NEXT IN YOUR CAREER AT ANSYSAt Ansys, you will find yourself among the sharpest minds and most visionary leaders across the globe. Collectively we strive to change the world with innovative technology and transformational solutions. With a prestigious reputation in working with well-known, world-class companies, standards at Ansys are high - met by those willing to rise to the occasion and meet those challenges head on. Our team is passionate about pushing the limits of world-class simulation technology, empowering our customers to turn their design concepts into successful, innovative products faster and at a lower cost.At Ansys, it's about the learning, the discovery, and the collaboration. It's about the what's next as much as the mission accomplished. And it's about the melding of disciplined intellect with strategic direction and results that have, can, and do impact real people in real ways. All this is forged within a working environment built on respect, autonomy, and ethics.CREATING A PLACE WE'RE PROUD TO BE
Ansys is an S&P 500 company and a member of the NASDAQ-100. We are proud to have been recognized for the following more recent awards, although our list goes on: Newsweek's Most Loved Workplace globally and in the U.S., Gold Stevie Award Winner, America's Most Responsible Companies, Fast Company World Changing Ideas, Great Place to Work Certified (Belgium, China, Greece, France, India, Japan, Korea, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, and U.K.).For more information, please visit us at www.ansys.comAnsys is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other protected characteristics.Ansys does not accept unsolicited referrals for vacancies, and any unsolicited referral will become the property of Ansys. Upon hire, no fee will be owed to the agency, person, or entity.

Ansys