Lead Product Specialist

Ansys is the global leader in engineering simulation, helping the world's most innovative companies deliver radically better products to their customers. By offering the best and broadest portfolio of engineering simulation software, Ansys helps companies solve the most complex design challenges and engineer products limited only by imagination.

Summary / Role Purpose

The Lead Product Specialist will working closely with Application Engineers and product developers to drive product development for the Totem and PathFinder family and provide expert help in deployment of complex advanced features. The Lead Product Specialist uses advanced technical and problem-solving skills to tackle complex issues, ensure product quality, shape direction of new product features.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Define complete requirement specification for a complex feature within the tool
• Collaborate with world-wide team of field application engineers to converge on requirement specifications representing multiple customers
• Work independently and as a member of a team and motivate others
• Regional subject matter expert in at least one product area
• Develop training/educational material for customers
• Be a mentor for junior levels
• Provide neat, accurate, and thorough work in a timely manner
• Complete assignments without specific directions, recognize problems, and apply or suggest viable solutions

Minimum Education/Certification Requirements and Experience

• BS in Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field with 8 years' experience, MS with 6 years’ experience, or PhD with 3 years’ experience
• Significant commercial experience with IC design, or support of EDA
• Excellent technical knowledge and significant commercial experience with EDA/CAD software tools particularly on custom layout, STA, Extraction-SPEF/DSPF and Spice  enabling IC design, Analog Mixed Signal circuit design, RFIC design, PMIC, and conceptual knowledge of a specific domain (e.g. power integrity, signal integrity, ESD etc.)
• Proven track record of crafting robust and efficient code
• Solid TCL, Python programming skills

Preferred Qualifications and Skills

• Technical knowledge of circuit behavior, physical design, timing and noise analysis, or power noise analysis
• Experience leading projects and delivering high-quality support for a large-scale commercial software
• Ability to translate business needs into development plans
• Ability to overcome obstacles and drive projects to completion
• Technical knowledge and experience with power modeling of ICs, IR drop analysis, thermal analysis, advanced process technology
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work collaboratively across teams and geographies, and to mentor junior engineers 

CULTURE AND VALUES
Culture and values are incredibly important to Ansys. They inform us of who we are, of how we act. Values aren't posters hanging on a wall or about trite or glib slogans. They aren't about rules and regulations. They can't just be handed down the organization. They are shared beliefs – guideposts that we all follow when we're facing a challenge or a decision. Our values tell us how we live our lives; how we approach our jobs. Our values are crucial for fostering a culture of winning for our company:

• Customer focus
• Results and Accountability
• Innovation
• Transparency and Integrity
• Mastery
• Inclusiveness
• Sense of urgency
• Collaboration and Teamwork

 WORKING AT ANSYS
At Ansys, you will find yourself among the sharpest minds and most visionary of leaders, collectively aiming to change the world with innovative technology and remarkable solutions.  With the prestigious reputation in servicing 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.  Because 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”.  It’s about the melding of disciplined intellect with strategic direction and results that have, can and will impact real people in real ways, forged within a working environment built on respect, autonomy and ethics.
 
At Ansys, you will find yourself among those eager to drive the world towards the next best thing with hands planted firmly on the wheel.
Our team is passionate about pushing the limits of world-class simulation technology so our customers can turn their design concepts into successful, innovative products faster and at lower cost.  As a measure of our success in attaining these goals, Ansys has been recognized as one of the world's most innovative companies by prestigious publications such as Bloomberg Businessweek and FORTUNE magazines.
 
Ansys is an S&P 500 company and a component of the NASDAQ-100.
 
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.