Senior Application Engineer - Optics - REMOTE

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, 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 such as customer meetings and 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 Engineering, Applied Math, Computer Sciences or Physics or related field
• Required minimum years of professional experience in an engineering software environment: BS+5, MS+3, or PhD+0
• Two (2) years of hands-on experience in optical modeling of industrial applications using commercial CAE tools (e.g., Ansys Speos, Synopsys LightTools, …) or equivalent.
• Two (2) years of hands-on experience in performing optical design for illumination systems in the automotive, high tech, or general lighting industry.
• Demonstrated experience in an optical or lighting environment.
• Demonstrated experience with at least one major CAD platform (CATIA, NX, Creo…).
• 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.
• Proficient in giving technical presentations to prospects and customers.
• Proficient in providing customer technical support, consulting services or with similar customer-facing activities.

Preferred Qualifications and Skills

• Preferred education and years of professional experience in an engineering software environment: BS+8, MS+6, or PhD+3
• Proven experience giving technical presentations to customers, and/or providing technical support/consulting services to customers.
• Two (2) years of experience of hands-on work in an optical or lighting environment.
• A minimum of four (4) years of hands-on experience in optical modeling.
• A minimum of four (4) years of hands-on experience in performing optical design.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively and independently in a distributed team environment.