R&D Engineer II

Summary / Role Purpose:  

The R&D Engineer II contributes to the development of software products and supporting systems. In this role, the R&D Engineer II will collaborate with a team to develop, maintain, and enhance software for Heat Transfer Models in Ansys Fluids products.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

The incumbent will be following agile principles to define, implement, test and document features within the ANSYS Fluids product with other team members.  Some specific responsibilities will be:

• Develop new and expand on existing features in a mixed code base of C, C++, and Python
• Build an understanding of the code architecture to participate in the maintenance, improvement, and support of the Heat Transfer Models in Ansys Fluids products.
• Implement new and enhance existing Heat Transfer Modeling functionalities.
• Expand knowledge and use of software technologies to deliver best of class software.
• Communicate with geographically distributed team members.

Minimum Education/Certification Requirements and Experience:

• B.S. degree in Computer Science/ Engineering, Mechanical/Civil/Aeronautical Engineering, or equivalent field of study with 2 years of experience or MS
• Strong technical knowledge of CFD and Heat transfer (conduction, convection, and Radiation), Thermal Modeling in Porous Media, Heat Exchanger, Thermal Network Model etc.
• Numerical modeling techniques and concepts in solving energy equation.
• Experience with software design and development methodologies using C and C++

Preferred Qualifications and Skills: 

• Excellent knowledge of turbulent combustion modeling
• Experience in numerical methods for reacting flows.
• Experience in a large-scale commercial software development environment
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to learn quickly and to collaborate with others in a geographically distributed team.

CULTURE AND VALUES

Culture and values are incredibly important to Ansys. They inform us of who we are, of how we act. Values aren’t posters hanging on a wall or about trite or glib slogans. They aren’t about rules and regulations. They can’t just be handed down the organization. They are shared beliefs – guideposts that we all follow when we’re facing a challenge or a decision. Our values tell us how we live our lives; how we approach our jobs. Our values are crucial for fostering a culture of winning for our company:

• Customer focus
• Results and Accountability
• Innovation
• Transparency and Integrity
• Mastery
• Inclusiveness
• Sense of urgency
• Collaboration and Teamwork