Consulting Engineer - FEA

Description

• Act as the technical lead on customer engagements—including enablement programs, onboarding sessions, mentoring, and consulting projects—with responsibility for running simulations, reviewing designs, interpreting results, and recommending improvements based on findings and experience.
• Provide customized Ansys training and mentoring sessions that help customers improve simulation proficiency, increase productivity, and achieve early success with new tools.
• Stay up to date with Ansys platforms and expand knowledge through ongoing training and self-guided learning to broaden Rand Simulation’s enablement and consulting capabilities.
• Analyze customer technical needs, infrastructure, and workflows to ensure an application fit and develop recommendations for both immediate and long-term simulation success.
• Partner with RandSim marketing to generate blog posts, white papers, webinars, and other content related to key initiatives for your team and customers.
• Collaborate closely with Rand Simulation’s sales team to provide technical guidance, credibility, and subject-matter expertise in both pre-sales and post-sales engagements.
• Occasionally assist with technical support overflow and follow-up to ensure customer satisfaction and retention.
• Articulate the value of Ansys technology and Rand Simulation’s services—including training, mentoring, and consulting—in helping customers achieve their design and productivity goals.

Requirements

• 4+ years of FEA/structural analysis experience with Ansys Mechanical
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to lead customer discussions, trainings, and webinars with confidence.
• LS-DYNA experience strongly desired
• Experience with Ansys Motion, nCode, ACP, or other structural toolsets is a plus
• Logical problem-solving approach and ability to clearly communicate both technical and business value to customers.
• Knowledge of underlying FEA principles such as linear algebra, partial differential equations, etc.
• Experience with MAPDL and/or Python coding strongly desired
• Self-starter with high motivation, organization, and the ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
• Experience with multiphysics, fatigue, and explicit dynamics strongly desired
• Highly developed learning and thinking ability with direct client-facing experience.
• Proven experience with multiple structural analysis methods (rigid body dynamics, transient analyses, nonlinear static/transient, modal, linear dynamics, etc.)
• M.S./B.S./B.A. in Mechanical Engineering, Structural Engineering, Physics, or similar discipline
• 4+ years of mechanical or structural engineering/design experience
• Experience using Altair, FEMAP/NX, MSC/PATRAN, Autodesk Nastran, Simulation Mechanical/Algor, COMSOL, Abaqus, Simulia, or similar codes a plus
• Willingness to travel up to 10%.
• Extensive proficiency in 3D CAD systems (Inventor and/or SolidWorks preferred)
• Comfort working directly with clients in both enablement and project contexts, articulating recommendations and guiding simulation strategy.

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance