AI – Senior Product Specialist (f/m) Full-time

Requisition #: 15968

Our Mission: Powering Innovation That Drives Human Advancement

When visionary companies need to know how their world-changing ideas will perform, they close the gap between design and reality with Ansys simulation. For more than 50 years, Ansys software has enabled innovators across industries to push boundaries by using the predictive power of simulation. From sustainable transportation to advanced semiconductors, from satellite systems to life-saving medical devices, the next great leaps in human advancement will be powered by Ansys.

Innovate With Ansys, Power Your Career.

Summary / Role Purpose

The SimAI platform is a SaaS AI-based technology that brings unprecedented speed, innovation and accessibility to simulation. It is based on proprietary Deep Learning algorithms at the forefront of state-of-the-art AI. With Ansys SimAI, users can train AI models using simulation results and then can reliably predict the performance of complex problems in minutes instead of hours or days. It empowers users to take faster decisions, make faster iterations and ultimately boost innovation.

The Senior Product Specialist has a deep understanding of how the SimAI product works, including the adjacent AI technology. He/She will help and advice internal and external users on new applications, extensive usage and type of deployment of SimAI.

The Senior Product Specialist will gather user feedback, create quick PoCs based on the SimAI technology, and ease the development of new technology/features/workflows in the product, aligned with team members and team strategy.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Develop competence in one or more SimAI products and be recognized as an expert, both internally and externally.

• Motivate others towards a common goal. Boast desire to get involved. Instill confidence in others.

• Work with Customers & Application Engineers to understand emerging needs / requirements and create product specifications.

• Check new product features & ensure they meet requirements and quality control.

• Provide expertise to application engineers and customers in deploying advanced solutions, provide guidance, implement scripts for integrated workflows.

• Develop new and non-standard product workflows that extend the SimAI platform capabilities and can ultimately be turned into features.

• Early tester and advocate of unreleased and alpha features, in order to loop rapid feedback back to the product development team before the release.

• Learn and adapt to change, establish priorities, handle various tasks simultaneously, while working under pressure or in critical situations.

• Perform product presentations and demonstrations, internally and externally, addressing both entry-level and expert-level audience.

• Evangelize AI capabilities while remaining knowledgeable and realistic with the audience’s expectations.

• Answer undocumented product-related questions in a polite and prompt manner while triggering documentation requests when appropriate.

• Make helpful product recommendations and suggestions to increase revenue or market share.

Minimum Education/Certification Requirements and Experience

• Master’s degree in Computer Science or Engineering with 5 years of combined experience in Machine Learning, engineering, computer aided engineering (CAE) simulations.

• Working experience as an application engineer in AI (preferred) or in CAE products.

• Outstanding verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills.

• Proficient in programming languages, specifically Python

• Commercial experience with deep learning frameworks like PyTorch, TensorFlow, Keras or MXNet

• Strong understanding of linear algebra, calculus, probability and statistics to apply deep learning algorithms

Preferred Qualifications and Skills

• Commercial experience with AI specific software design, including extensive knowledge of state-of-the-art in AI/ML, model architecture design, model training, model testing and production.

• Problem-Solving strong analytical and problem-solving skills to diagnose, identify and solve complex technical workflows.

• Understanding of customer requirements and tools used in this domain

• Ability to navigate highly complex topics with great uncertainty.

• Experience with full end-to-end simulation process from geometry design to solution, to post-processing.

• Awareness of industry trends towards automation and making simulation more accessible, requiring workflows that are fast, accurate, and easy-to-use.

• Familiar or willing to learn how to bring cutting edge R&D innovations into productized workflows and features.

• Tools and Software proficiency with scripting, cloud technology and product tools, such as ticketing systems (e.g., Shortcut, Jira), Python, Docker, etc…

• International collaboration ability to learn quickly and to collaborate with others in a geographically distributed team

• Passion for crafting robust and efficient code

• Experience delivering high-quality support for large-scale commercial software

At Ansys, we know that changing the world takes vision, skill, and each other. We fuel new ideas, build relationships, and help each other realize our greatest potential. We are ONE Ansys. We operate on three key components: the commitments to our stakeholders, the behaviors of how we work together, and the actions of how we deliver results. Together as ONE Ansys, we are powering innovation that drives human advancement.

Our Commitments:

• Amaze with innovative products and solutions
• Make our customers incredibly successful
• Act with integrity
• Ensure employees thrive and shareholders prosper

Our Values:

• Adaptability: Be open, welcome what’s next
• Courage: Be courageous, move forward passionately
• Generosity: Be generous, share, listen, serve
• Authenticity: Be you, make us stronger

Our Actions:

• We commit to audacious goals
• We work seamlessly as a team
• We demonstrate mastery
• We deliver outstanding results

INCLUSION IS AT OUR CORE
We believe diverse thinking leads to better outcomes. We are committed to creating and nurturing a workplace that fuels this by welcoming people, no matter their background, identity, or experience, to a workplace where they are valued and where diversity, inclusion, equity, and belonging thrive.

WELCOME WHAT’S NEXT IN YOUR CAREER AT ANSYS

At Ansys, you will find yourself among the sharpest minds and most visionary leaders across the globe. Collectively we strive to change the world with innovative technology and transformational solutions. With a prestigious reputation in working with well-known, world-class companies, standards at Ansys are high – met by those willing to rise to the occasion and meet those challenges head on. Our team is passionate about pushing the limits of world-class simulation technology, empowering our customers to turn their design concepts into successful, innovative products faster and at a lower cost.

At Ansys, it’s about the learning, the discovery, and the collaboration. It’s about the “what’s next” as much as the “mission accomplished.” And it’s about the melding of disciplined intellect with strategic direction and results that have, can, and do impact real people in real ways. All this is forged within a working environment built on respect, autonomy, and ethics.

CREATING A PLACE WE’RE PROUD TO BE
Ansys is an S&P 500 company and a member of the NASDAQ-100. We are proud to have been recognized for the following more recent awards, although our list goes on: Newsweek’s Most Loved Workplace globally and in the U.S., Gold Stevie Award Winner, America’s Most Responsible Companies, Fast Company World Changing Ideas, Great Place to Work Certified (Belgium, China, Greece, France, India, Japan, Korea, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, and U.K.).

For more information, please visit us at www.ansys.com

Ansys is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other protected characteristics.

Ansys does not accept unsolicited referrals for vacancies, and any unsolicited referral will become the property of Ansys. Upon hire, no fee will be owed to the agency, person, or entity.