Job Description

Summary / Role PurposeThe R&D Engineer contributes to the development of software products and supporting systems. In this role you will be part of the Ansys Mechanical team and will work together with the team to develop advanced engineering features in Mechanical flagship product. You will get an opportunity to solve engineering problems in an intuitive and integrated Mechanical environment and will contribute to advanced engineering features like fracture mechanics, linear dynamics, coupled field analysis etc. You will also get to experience of how software design principles apply in an engineering discipline to simulate physics for next generation products.Key Duties and ResponsibilitiesDevelop new features using object-oriented programming language in state-of-the-art Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) software application based on the Finite Element Method (FEA)Engages a network of expert professionals to collaborate and accomplish development objectivesInvestigate defects in production code.Develop unit tests for the developed features.Analyze results and improve the usability of the software.Minimum Education/Certification Requirements and ExperienceBachelor\'s degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, Computer Science or related engineering fieldDesign and implementation of object-oriented application features using programming languages such as C++ or C#, common data structures, and numerical methods.Exposure to scripting languages such as Python or equivalentExcellent written and oral communication skillsPreferred Qualifications and SkillsVisual Studio IDE, development of plugins or application add-ins, unit testing methodologies,COM usage and .NET framework.Experience in a large-scale commercial software development environmentAbility to learn quickly and to collaborate with others in a geographically distributed teamExperience in using Microsoft Visual Studio and Software Configuration management tools (SVN, GIT)Coursework in Finite Element Analysis (FEA)Knowledge of agile development methodologiesExperience in doing research in engineering discipline like fracture mechanics, reduced order models, additive manufacturing etc. or computer science domain like distributed computing, parallel programming, artificial intelligence/machine learning etc.Knowledge of software design patterns and test-driven development

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