Lead R&D Engineer

 Requisition #: 16145 

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

Seeking an outstanding candidate to join the R&D team responsible for the ANSYS circuit and simulation products focusing on thermal Reduced Order Modeling (ROM) techniques applied to electronics cooling and boundary condition independent (BCI) compact thermal modeling (CTM). We welcome applicants with a strong background in thermal integrity applications and simulation, with an emphasis on physics-aware machine learning (ML) algorithms, techniques and their adoption in the context of non-invasive physics-based surrogate modeling.  The successful candidate will have a solid background in scientific software development, the ability to develop novel solution approaches, and experience in the application of scientific principles to analyzing problems. 

The preferred candidate will join a group of talented individuals working from our Waltham, Ma office with the remote work as an option. The Lead R&D Engineer leads the design and development of software products and supporting systems. In this role, the Lead R&D Engineer will use expertise to develop strategic plans, refine requirements and provide technical leadership in achieving development objectives. 

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Leads planning, architecture, or research at a project level.
• Employs best software practices and helps to maintain them through technical reviews and mentoring, also participating in planning and architecture.
• Performs complex software development activities that may require extensive analysis in areas including user experience, software design, solver research and implementations of new solver algorithms in C++ and Python.
• Develops and employs best practices and maintains them through technical reviews and mentoring.
• Performs complex bug verification, release testing and beta support across multiple products.  Research problems discovered by QA or product support and develops solutions, collaborating with the QA/support team.
• Coordinates product design and development activities requiring extensive analysis in areas such as user experience, software design and solver research. Acts as a technical reference within a group or product.
• Operates without direct supervision and may function as a team leader, project manager, or software architect.
• May be responsible for line management of a small technical team but primary duties are of an individual technical nature.

Minimum Education and Experience

• BS in Engineering, Computer science, Physics, or related field with at least 8 years’ experience, MS with 6 years’ experience, or PhD with 4 years’ experience.  
• Demonstrated experience with modern C++ and Agile development.  
• Demonstrated experience with Python code development.
• Significant commercial experience with software design and development methodologies.
• Proven track record of crafting robust and efficient code.

Preferred Qualifications and Skills

• Excellent technical knowledge and commercial experience with state-of-the-art linear macromodeling, ROM and state-space fitting algorithms 
• Commercial experience with thermal integrity applications
• Demonstrated experience with machine learning algorithms and techniques with GitHub code development
• Expertise in numerical analysis 
• Experience with software configuration management, data structures and algorithms 
• Passion for crafting robust and efficient code 
• Experience delivering high-quality products in a large-scale commercial software development environment 
• Understanding of customer requirements and tools used in this domain 
• Good communication and interpersonal skills 
• 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.