Senior Application Engineer – LS Dyna

Summary / Role Purpose

You will be joining a team with extensive experience with Ansys LS-DYNA including applications in Aerospace & Defense (A&D). As an Application Engineer in the team, you will be responsible for helping drive new growth and adoption of Ansys LS-DYNA and related Ansys products within key customer accounts in the Aerospace and Defense industries (A&D). The role includes:

-Working with key customers and channel partners to provide technical solutions using LS-DYNA to fulfill customers’ simulation needs including troubleshooting.

-Supporting sales by giving presentations, creating demonstration models, training, etc.

-As part of the team, work with the development of simulation best practices, benchmarking, and feedback for improvement of the software.

Ansys LS-DYNA is a leading software for simulation of transient non-linear structural analysis including crash, shock, blast, fracture, penetration, and other phenomena with applications in the A&D industry.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Interact with customers to understand their engineering needs
• Analyze how to address customers’ requirements using Ansys products and platform
• Articulate Ansys’ value proposition
• Contribute to mentoring services
• Develop simulation best practices, solutions, FAQs for knowledge base
• Composition and presentation of technical reports to customers
• Conception and execution of training classes
• Works independently and take on some planning and mentoring responsibilities

Minimum Education/Certification Requirements and Experience

• English Citizenship
• University degree in Mechanical/Civil Engineering or related field
• MSc and 2 years of work experience
• Interest to work with the defense industry
• Experience with relevant FEA software, e.g. LS-DYNA or similar software
• Ability to independently prioritize and work on multiple projects simultaneously
• Willingness to travel 20% of your time
• Fluent in English

Preferred Qualifications and Skills

• MSc+3 years experience or PhD
• Experience with LS-DYNA or other code for impact and penetration simulation
• Extensive knowledge in finite element theory
• Experience in python programing
• Work experience in Linux environment and HPC