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Requisition #: 14714

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 AI state of the art. With Ansys SimAI, users can train AI models using simulation results and then 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 faster innovation.

The Senior R&D Engineer – AI Product Owner is responsible for the coordination and success of software product development. In this role, the Senior R&D Engineer – AI Product Owner will support the team to tackle complex product issues, satisfy customer requirements, and accomplish development objectives. You will be part of a team that builds best-in-class AI products that facilitate workflows around numerical simulations.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Owns a part of the SimAI product roadmap, from sprint planning to release and measuring impact on users.

• Collects and researches user problems and specifies user-centric solutions.

• Design and interface with design team to solve UX & UI challenges.

• Coordinates agile rituals around software development, and user research.

• Works independently with minimal supervision and may take on some planning and mentoring responsibilities.

• Researches and understands the marketing requirements for an AI product, including target environment, performance criteria and competitive issues. May work with strategic customers or proxies to assess needs and solutions to develop.

• Performs complex bug verification, release testing and support for assigned products.

• Document and interface with documentation team to ease support efforts.

Minimum Education/Certification Requirements and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Engineering with 5 years of combined experience in engineering, computer aided engineering (CAE) simulations, pre-sales support, or a Masters with 3 years of experience.

• 2+ years of product ownership experience in agile software development, ideally in an AI or cloud-related product. Sharp skills in backlog management and priorization. Knowledgeable in measuring impact of a feature after it is delivered.

• Ability to navigate highly complex topics with great uncertainty.

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

• Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills.

Preferred Qualifications and Skills

• Experience delivering high-quality products in a large-scale commercial software development environment.

• Experience and understanding of the full end-to-end simulation process from geometry to solution post-processing.

• Understanding of customer requirements and tools used in this domain.

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

• Ability to work collaboratively in a geographically distributed team.

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.