Lead R&D Engineer (Cloud Platform Developer)

2 Months ago • 4-8 Years • Devops

Job Summary

Job Description

The Lead R&D Engineer will lead the design and development of key components for the next-generation cloud simulation platform. This role involves developing strategic plans, refining requirements, and providing technical leadership to achieve development objectives. The Lead R&D Engineer will collaborate with senior engineers to deliver vetted designs and coordinate engineers to deliver production-grade software. Responsibilities include planning, architecture, and research at the project level, coordinating product design and development, developing and employing best practices, performing complex bug verification, and researching marketing requirements. The role also involves operating without direct supervision and may include team leadership or software architect responsibilities.
Must have:
  • BS in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field
  • Commercial experience in cloud-centric software design
  • Experience crafting robust and efficient code
Good to have:
  • Excellent technical knowledge of web/cloud development
  • Experience architecting and integrating complex software systems
  • Comprehensive experience with Java, Python, and/or Go
  • Experience with Cloud Service Providers like AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

Job Details

 Requisition #: 16049 

 

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 Lead R&D Engineer leads the design and development of key components comprising our next generation cloud simulation platform set to unlock a new breed of simulation opportunities 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.  The Lead R&D Engineer will collaborate with Principal+ engineers to deliver vetted designs and coordinate self and peer/junior engineers to deliver production-grade software.

 

Key Duties and Responsibilities

  • Leads planning, architecture, or research at a project level
  • 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
  • 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
  • Researches and understands the marketing requirements for products, including target environment, performance criteria and competitive issues. May work with strategic customers or proxies to assess needs and develop solutions
  • 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/Certification Requirements and Experience

  • BS in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field with 8 years’ experience, MS with 6 years’ experience, or PhD with 4 years’ experience
  • Significant commercial experience and proven production delivery in cloud-centric software design, microservice patterns, and development methodologies
  • Proven track record of crafting robust and efficient code

 

Preferred Qualifications and Skills

  • Excellent technical knowledge and commercial experience with web/cloud development, aspect oriented programming, software configuration management, scripting languages, data structures and algorithms
  • Proven experience architecting and integrating complex software systems
  • Comprehensive commercial experience with Java, Python and/or Go
  • Experience leading projects and delivering high-quality products in a large-scale commercial software development environment
  • Experience using industry-standard Project Tracking software, such as GitHub Projects, Atlassian Jira, and/or Microsoft ADO across multi-sprint, multi-team member software delivery.
  • Ability to translate business needs into development plans
  • Ability to overcome obstacles and drive projects to completion
  • Experience with one or more industry standard Cloud Service Providers, including AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud and their leading managed services
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
  • Ability to work collaboratively across teams and geographies, and to mentor junior developers

 

#LI-Remote

 

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: our commitments to stakeholders, our values that guide how we work together, and our actions to deliver results. 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

 

VALUES IN ACTION

Ansys is committed to powering the people who power human advancement. We believe in creating and nurturing a workplace that supports and welcomes people of all backgrounds; encouraging them to bring their talents and experience to a workplace where they are valued and can thrive.  

 

Our culture is grounded in our four core values of adaptability, courage, generosity, and authenticity. Through our behaviors and actions, these values foster higher team performance and greater innovation for our customers.  

 

We’re proud to offer programs, available to all employees, to further impact innovation and business outcomes, such as employee networks and learning communities that inform solutions for our globally minded customer base. 


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. Ready to feel inspired? Check out some of our recent customer stories, here and here.

 

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 (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.

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Stay safe from recruitment fraud! We are aware of scams targeting Ansys and other companies that involve individuals posing as employees to illegitimately conduct interviews and extend false employment offers and payments to gain access to candidates’ sensitive personal and financial information. All Ansys job applicants are required to apply for open roles on careers.ansys.com. While virtual interviews may be conducted as a part of our interview process, Ansys does not make job offers without a thorough interview process. Ansys also will never ask for an applicant’s social security number before they have accepted an offer or ask for payment from an applicant. Ansys assumes no liability for recruitment fraud. We advise that all job seekers take steps to educate themselves on fraudulent practices, so they do not become victims of scams. Learn more via the Federal Trade Commission. Ansys is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. At Ansys, we are committed to making our careers website accessible and usable for individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation to apply for or interview for Ansys jobs, please email talentacquisition@ansys.com.

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