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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 subject matter, industry and Ansys solutions expert, you will use advanced-level engineering knowledge to provide technical pre-sales support, perform professional services, and help guide Ansys product roadmap based on customer requirements. You will consult with customers on simulation-based solutions in support of their key business initiatives, lead project teams to create pervasive simulation solutions and mentor junior engineers.
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
- Help guide complex sales engagements to successful outcomes using subject matter expertise and industry knowledge
- Interact with customers to understand their key business initiatives, product design needs and engineering design workflows; analyze how to address customers’ requirements using Ansys products and platform, articulate Ansys’ value proposition to Executive level audiences
- Lead project teams to create differentiating simulation solutions using the Ansys platform and products; deploy the solutions within customers’ design workflows
- Mentor junior engineers
- Collaborate with the Ansys product development teams to guide Ansys product roadmap; lead project teams testing new releases of Ansys products on industrial problems, develop application best practices
- Participate in corporate initiatives to further enhance Ansys technology, processes and people skills
- Support Ansys field and digital marketing, author conference presentations
- Contribute to consulting services, conduct intermediate and/or advanced training classes
Minimum Education/Certification Requirements and Experience
- Required education and degree type: BS or MS or PhD in Mechanical/Aerospace/Electrical/Industrial/Systems Engineering or related field
- Required minimum years of professional experience in an engineering software environment: BS+8, MS+6, or PhD+3
- Strong leadership and mentoring skills
- Track record of delivering exceptional customer outcomes and revenue impact
- Logical problem-solving, strong interpersonal and communication skills, fluent in writing and speaking English
- Ability to organize and manage multiple projects which are complex in nature, 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
- Demonstrated skills in scripting/programming languages: Python, C/C++, Java, C#, etc.
- Demonstrated skills in workflow customization and automation
- Strong knowledge and experience with design of experiments and optimization
- Hands-on experience with Process Integration and Design Optimization platforms and software packages such as Ansys ModelCenter, Ansys optiSLang, or equivalent
- Demonstrated use of relevant Ansys software or knowledge of other commercial CAE, CAD, EDA, PLM software packages
- Subject matter expert in one or more relevant disciplines within Ansys’ business and is/will be sought out for advice by other Ansys engineers
- Demonstrated knowledge of engineering practices and product development to architect Systems Engineering workflows
- Working knowledge of digital transformation requirements and digital engineering solutions across the product lifecycle (MBSE, automation, digital thread, and digital twins)
- Demonstrated ability to understand business requirements and translate these into engineering solution requirements and execution plan that delivers value and meets business goals.
- Experience with architecting and developing complex and multidisciplinary engineering solutions and deploying those solutions within customers’ engineering workflows
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