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Senior Application Engineer

Canonsburg, United StatesRemotefull_timeVerifiedPosted 22 May 2025

About the role

Requisition #: 16849

Our Mission: Powering Innovation That Drives Human Advancement

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.

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SUMMARY
ANSYS, Inc. seeks Senior Application Engineer to work in Canonsburg, PA

RESPONSIBILITIES
• The Senior Application Engineer will 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 QUALIFICATIONS
• Master’s degree or foreign equivalent in Mechanical, Aerospace, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field of study, and three (3) years of experience in a related position.
• Alternate Acceptable Education and Work Experience Requirement: Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Mechanical, Aerospace, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field of study, and five (5) years of experience in in a related position.
• Work experience or academic coursework must have included:
• Knowledge of ANSYS software or other commercial software packages including Computer Aided Drawing (CAD), Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), Finite Element Analysis (FEA), and Multi Body Dynamics (MBD);
• Knowledge of programming, coding for automation, or algorithm implantation;
• Experience with programming languages including C, C++, Python, and Fortran;
• Experience coordinating and executing technical activities across the sales lifecycle, working independently, and managing multi- disciplinary teams;
• Knowledge of engineering design workflows, including the ability to analyze and interpret product design needs and translate them into simulation solutions;
• Experience with model calibration, updating, and experimental validation;
• Experience presenting technical information, negotiating technical success criteria, and articulating value propositions in product presentations, demonstrations, and evaluations.
• Ability to travel domestically up to 25% of time.
• Additional work location information: Telecommuting permitted within commuting distance to an Ansys office.

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: our commitments to stakeholders, our values that guide how we work together, and our actions to deliver results. As ONE Ansys, we are powering innovation that drives human advancement

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