Software Developer – Industrial Placement

ANSYS is the global leader in engineering simulation, helping the world’s most innovative companies deliver radically better products to their customers. By offering the best and broadest portfolio of engineering simulation software, ANSYS helps companies solve the most complex design challenges and engineer products limited only by imagination.

This 12 month placement is only available to current undergraduates who are entitled to work in the UK. Salary £19,000

This Software Developer placement entails designing and implementing new features, user experience and infrastructure for the ANSYS Discovery Suite. Discovery is a new product suite that pushes past the traditional barriers of engineering simulation for the design engineer. Discovery Live provides instantaneous 3D simulation, tightly integrated with direct geometry modeling, to enable interactive design exploration and rapid product innovation. It is an interactive experience in which you can manipulate geometry, materials and physics, and instantly see changes in performance. Discovery AIM combines intuitive guided workflows, accurate simulation results, and optimization in a complete simulation tool.

Essential Job Functions/Accountabilities:

The successful candidate will join a development team that is responsible for bringing new ideas and features to life, producing an immersive and intuitive user experience, and seeing the product through all stages of the software development lifecycle. They can expect to work closely with product management, UX designers, and testers in a dynamic environment. There will be focus on delivering a high-quality product, in which optimization and system integration are key factors.

Minimum Requirements/Qualifications:

• Undergraduate in a Computer Science or related subject
• Strong understanding of object-oriented principals
• Interest in engineering simulation software
• An inquisitive, pro-active and methodical approach to work

Experience in any of the following is preferred:

• C#/.Net
• UI development, including working with MVVM and MVC patterns
• Windows Presentation Foundation, PRISM, multi-threading, LINQ
• Visual Studio, Git, Team Foundation Server, and/or C++

Non-Negotiable Hiring Criteria:

• The successful candidate will be hardworking, capable of working under pressure and able to work on his or her own initiative when required, or as part of a team.
• Good communication and problem solving skills are essential.