SUMMARY

AGI, an Ansys company, is seeking a Principal R&D Engineer to lead the design and development of user interfaces. In this role, the Principal R&D Engineer will act as a technical reference on AGI’s flagship product, Systems Tool Kit, working closely with customers, partners, application engineers and development teams to define and deploy major new flows, methods, and capabilities.

This position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship.

KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Leads the planning, architecture or research across multiple projects or disciplines
• 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 across groups or products
• Defines, develops, and employs best practices and maintains them through technical reviews and mentoring
• Performs highly complex bug verification, release testing, and beta support across multiple products. Coordinates the QA or product support teams on problems discovered and develops solutions
• Researches and understands the marketing requirements for products, including target environment, performance criteria and competitive issues. Works with strategic customers or proxies to assess needs and develop solutions
• Operates without direct supervision and functions as a high-level 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 QUALIFICATIONS

• BS in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field with 12 years’ experience, MS with 10 years’ experience, or PhD with 8 years’ experience
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