Application Engineer II

Summary / Role Purpose

• The Application Engineer-II is responsible for leveraging their experience, subject matter expertise and customer-relationship skills to assist in growing our software business by proactively helping customers deploy ANSYS technology to deliver on their key business initiatives.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Sales to create solutions to complex customers problems that drive software revenue.
• Responsible for articulating ANSYS’ value proposition which may encompass its entire suite of products; the presentations must affirm the sales message, differentiate ANSYS, and leave a strong and positive impression with Executive level audiences that ANSYS’ technology can help deliver on their key business initiatives.
• Execute business development projects and analysis of complex technical problems that deliver business value for the client as well as a positive impact for ANSYS.
• Draw from your simulation experience and expertise to provide best practices that will demonstrate a clear path for customers to drive more value from ANSYS; collaborate effectively to transfer product knowledge and best practices to customers and the ACE team.
• Participate in internal corporate initiatives to further enhance the products, consulting and training offerings, presales/sales enablement, and professional growth.

Minimum Education/Certification Requirements and Experience

• BS in engineering or other technical discipline
• A minimum of 1-3 years of experience, including post-BS academic experience, in an engineering environment
• Demonstrated understanding of engineering practices and product development, technology and how these tools are used by our customers.
• Ability to facilitate customer requirements process and then work with customer to build out those requirements.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• 1+ years of experience in Heavy industry, Aerospace, Automotive & Hi-Tech domain in areas like Structural nonlinearity, Fracture, Fatigue, Impact/Crash with strong hands-on experience with Implicit & explicit simulation tools. Strong fundamentals in Structural Mechanics, Finite Element Analysis, Non-Linear Materials & Dynamics.

Preferred Qualifications and Skills

• MS or PhD degree preferred.
• A minimum of 1-3 years of experience in an engineering environment
• Must have passion and drive for personal technical excellence and high performance.
• Knowledge of Python, Fortran, C would be desirable.
• Must have customer service aptitude and maintain customer focus.
• Ability to travel up to 25%