Application Engineer

Job Summary

The Senior Application Engineer will architect and execute all technical validation activities across the sales lifecycle. This includes mapping customer engineering constraints to specialized simulation solutions, presenting complex finite element concepts to C-level executives, conducting high-level geometry handling pre-processing routines, and channeling field telemetry back to product developers to shape next-generation software releases.

Qualification

• Mandatory Educational Background: A formal Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or an equivalent heavily quantitative engineering discipline.
• Linguistic Bilinguality: Total written and verbal fluency in both English and German is mandatory. Candidates must possess the communication polish required to lead technical defenses and deliver persuasive high-level business presentations in both languages.
• Core Technical Toolset: Deep, practical command of Ansys Mechanical and Ansys Discovery Simulation environments (or directly equivalent high-tier CAE, CAD, EDA, or PLM systems engineering architectures).

Experience

Candidates must exhibit an established, self-directed engineering background:

FEA Simulation Mastery & Pre-Processing Expertise

• On-the-Job Tenure: Minimum of five (5) years of experience for Bachelor's holders, three (3) years for Master's holders, or relevant specialized research background for PhD graduates within a professional engineering software ecosystem.
• Simulation Field Track Record: Demonstrated experience (minimum of 2+ years) acting specifically as a Simulation Engineer, taking structural models from initial concepts to final validation.
• Advanced Analytical Mechanics: Documented, hands-on expertise executing both Linear and Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis (FEA) methodologies.
• Geometry Dissection Fluidity: Exceptional mastery of advanced Pre-processing procedures, with a hyper-focus on geometry cleanup, simplification, feature mid-surfacing, and optimal meshing preparation for structural FEA.

Interpersonal Navigation & Business Savvy

• Pre-Sales / Client-Facing Exposure: Proven history coordinate discovery sessions, technical software negotiations, and technical product evaluations during competitive sales cycles.
• Executive Presentation Comfort: Confident communication style when presenting multi-variable engineering simulations to cross-functional audiences, ranging from field stress analysts up to C-level enterprise executives.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Sales Execution, Customer Advisory & Training

• Orchestrate Technical Sales Steps: Lead and coordinate technical activities throughout the sales pipeline, owning customer discovery meetings, technical alignment sessions, tailored product demonstrations, and competitive benchmarks.
• Act as Trusted Advisor: Partner directly with multi-industry clients to evaluate their core product development bottlenecks, providing expert engineering guidance on utilizing Ansys tools to maximize structural performance.
• Deliver Professional Services: Design and deliver advanced engineering services, including custom software training, onboarding bootcamps, and interactive hands-on workshops to drive enterprise productivity and user adoption.
• Formulate Best Practices: Author definitive application best practices and coordinate the successful integration of Ansys structural workflows into active customer product design spaces.

Product Development Liaison, Marketing Support & Mentorship

• Influence Software Roadmaps: Translate validated customer engineering gaps into concrete software feature requests, collaborating with product development groups and participating in the QA testing and verification of new software releases.
• Drive Thought Leadership: Support international marketing campaigns by constructing high-value promotional materials, writing whitepapers, authoring conference technical presentations, and speaking at major industry events.
• Provide Subject Matter Mentorship: Serve as an internal and external structural mechanics subject matter expert, delivering technical coaching to colleagues and staying synchronized with advancements in numerical simulation.
• Synthesize Field Metrics: Deliver clear construction progress, analytical simulation insights, and software performance logs to feed monthly internal technical tracking reports.

Job Details

• Job Function: CAE Application Engineering / Technical Account Management / Pre-Sales Engineering Consultancy
• Corporate Alignment: Synopsys Simulation & Structural Design Division
• Key Performance Indicators: Evaluation conversion rates, customer workflow adoption velocity, training satisfaction scores, customer retention stability, and software feature validation turnaround times.

Skills Required:

• Chemistry / Chemical / Engineering
• Mechanics / Mechanical / Engineering