Senior Application Engineer - Multiphase CFD

Requisition #: 13356 

 

When 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.

 

Take a leap of certainty … with Ansys.

 

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 in Computational Fluid Dynamics, 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
• 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

 

Minimum Education/Certification Requirements and Experience

• Required education and degree type: BS or MS or PhD in Mechanical/Aerospace Engineering or related field
• Required minimum years of professional experience in an engineering software environment: BS+5, MS+3, or PhD+0
• Subject matter expert in one or more relevant disciplines within Ansys’ business and is/will be sought out for advice by other Ansys engineers
• Strong fundamentals in mass and heat transfer, turbulence.  
• Broad understanding of automotive/aerospace CFD applications. Specific knowledge on applications involving multiphase physics. 
• Understanding of multiphase modeling strategies such as Discrete Phase Modeling (DPM), Volume of Fluid (VOF), and Smooth Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH), etc
• 2 years experience with modeling and simulation using commercial CFD software
• 2 years experience in CFD preprocessing of complex CAD models (geometry clean up and meshing)
• Logical problem-solving, strong interpersonal and communication skills, fluent in writing and speaking English
• 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 up to 25% of time

 

Preferred Qualifications and Skills

• Preferred education and years of professional experience in an engineering software environment: BS+8, MS+6, or PhD+3
• 2 years of experience in application engineering, customer support, or consulting services type customer facing roles using engineering software
• 1+ years experience with modeling and simulation of pumps, valves, gearboxes, and areas such as rainwater management
• Understanding of newer technologies like machine learning/artificial intelligence in the realm of modeling and simulation.
• Proficiency  with programming languages C/C++ and Python
• Knowledge of the Ansys Fluent User Defined Functions (UDF) framework
• Experience using commercial post-processing tools such as Ansys Ensight
• Ability to interact effectively with senior business managers and C-level executives
• Ability to travel domestically up to 50% of time

 

At Ansys, we know that changing the world takes vision, skill, and each other. We fuel new ideas, build relationships,