Application Engineer

Transforming the Future with the Convergence of Simulation and Data

Application Engineer

Do you like a challenge, are you a complex thinker who likes to solve problems? If so, then you might be the new Altairian we are searching for. At Altair, your curiosity matters. We pride ourselves on a business culture that enables open, creative thinking, and we deeply value our employees and their contributions towards our clients' success, as well as our own.

Job Summary:

What You Will Do:

• The Application Engineer will be working with the US Regions sales team, with the goal of effectively solving customer problems using best-in-class Altair solutions. This will include traveling to customer locations, communicating best practices with customers and exchanging ideas with the software development teams.

What You Will Need:

• Act as the primary point of contact for several key accounts in the Midwest US, for all technical activities including pre-sales, technical support and consulting.
• Work with sales managers to identify and prioritize strategic long-term and short-term technical activities in support of Account growth plans.
• Achieve long-term relationships with key technical people at these accounts and maintain a deep working knowledge of customer’s goals, key business initiatives, technical challenges and CAE infrastructure.
• Promote advanced simulation solutions & identify opportunities at these accounts to solve engineering problems through solution sets, automations and consulting available within the Altair Suite.
• Identify threats at these accounts requiring defense against competition, custom solutions and additional training.
• Penetrate new markets by running POCs and architecting new technical solutions in new domains.
• Review account technical support activities to ensure appropriate follow-up, recognize usage trends and training needs.

Basics:

• Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field.
• 2-5 years experience using commercial finite element analysis solutions.
• Experience with structural simulation solutions.
• Exposure to other simulation areas like fluid dynamics, multi-body analysis etc. is a plus.
• Proficiency in PowerPoint, Excel, Word, Outlook.
• Aptitude for solving engineering problems.

Preferred:

• Experience in Application Support, Technical Pre-Sales and Consulting.
• Masters degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field.
• Experience with Altair's simulation solutions and/or ANSYS/Dassault etc.
• Experience with Multiphysics simulation.
• Experience with Data Analytics.

How You Will Be Successful:

• Envision the Future
• Communicate Honestly and Broadly
• Seek Technology and Business “Firsts”
• Embrace Diversity and Take Risks

What We Offer:

• Competitive Salary
• Comprehensive Benefit Package
• Outstanding Work/Life Balance
• Flex Time
• Employee Stock Purchase Program
• 401(k) with matching contributions
• Unlimited vacation and Unlimited sick days
• Paid holidays
• Paid Time Off for Community Service
• Collaborative environment
• Charitable Matching Program

Why Work with Us:

Altair is a global technology company providing software and cloud solutions in the areas of product development, high-performance computing (HPC) and artificial intelligence (AI). Altair enables organizations in nearly every industry to compete more effectively in a connected world, while creating a more sustainable future. With more than 3,000 engineers, scientists, and creative thinkers in 25 countries, we help solve our customer’s toughest challenges and deliver unparalleled service, helping the innovators innovate, drive better decisions, and turn today’s problems into tomorrow’s opportunities.

Our vision is to transform customer decision making with data analytics, simulation, and high-performance computing and artificial intelligence (AI).

For more than 30 years, we have been helping our customers integrate electronics and controls with mechanical design to expand product value, develop AI, simulation, and data-driven digital twins to drive better decisions, and deliver advanced HPC and cloud solutions to support unlimited idea exploration.

Ready to go? #ONLYFORWARD

At our core we are explorers; adventurers; pioneers. We are the brains behind some of the world’s most revolutionary innovations and are not only comfortable in new and uncharted waters, we dive in headfirst. We are the original trailblazers that make the impossible possible, discovering new solutions to our customer’s toughest challenges.

Altair is an equal opportunity employer. Our backgrounds are diverse, and every member of our global team is critical to our success. Altair's history demonstrates a belief that empowering each individual authentic voice reinforces a culture that thrives because of the uniqueness among our team.