Senior Product Manager

ements
• Provide research and insights into ongoing market trends/needs and articulate the findings in the form of product requirements
• Play proactive role in product planning and design to ensure the product is differentiated from competitors in the marketplace
• Work closely with Development teams to create realistic development plans and schedules
• Create written product specifications and requirements
• Work closely with technical ACE (ANSYS Customer Excellence) teams to gain product feedback and assess competitive threats
• Maintain close relationships with customers to remain aware of their needs and perspectives
• Evaluate and prioritize requests for product changes, enhancements, etc.
• Participate in producing technical white papers, application notes, product positioning presentations, and webinars as part of the GTM strategy
• Engage and facilitate solutions in any Pre-Sales situation as appropriate
• Function as a specialist/expert during customer visits and technical events as appropriate
• Provide quality assurance testing and feedback on new product features and design flows as necessary
• Provide training to Customer Excellence and Account Teams as necessary
• Travel Requirement: 25% locally and internationally.

Minimum Education/Certification Requirements and Experience
• MS or Ph.D. in Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field, MS with 3 years' experience, or PhD with 1 years' experience
• Significant commercial experience with IC design, or support of EDA in the semiconductor field
• Ability to manage complex projects
• 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, PowerFET, 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
• Excellent communication skills, especially the ability to communicate business value of technical innovations

Preferred Qualifications and Skills
• Advanced degree in Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field, 8+ years of combined experience in engineering in semiconductor field, or technical sales
• Expert usage of Ansys Totem/Totem-SC, PathFinder/PathFinder-SC, RedHawk/RedHawk-SC and/or competitive products in the market
• Technical knowledge of circuit behavior, physical design, timing and noise analysis, or power noise analysis
• Experience leading projects and delivering high-quality support for 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, ESD reliability analysis
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work collaboratively across teams and geographies, and to mentor junior engineers
• Prior experience in product management role