Senior Staff Engineer – Fluids

What Makes This Role Great

You’ll apply your expertise in thermal simulation to support customers across diverse industries.
You’ll work directly with account managers, enabling successful software adoption and business growth.
You’ll have opportunities to lead training, consulting engagements, and technical support activities.
You’ll solve meaningful engineering problems while helping customers optimize designs, innovate, and succeed.
You’ll join a collaborative engineering team that values curiosity, professional development, and continuous improvement.

What You’ll Do

Deliver Expert Pre-Sales Support

Partner with account managers to evaluate customer needs and recommend appropriate simulation tools for thermal simulations.
Deliver software demonstrations and technical presentations across a wide range of thermal simulation topics.
Support the sales cycle by answering technical questions and helping customers understand thermal simulation product capabilities.

Provide Technical Training

Teach ANSYS training courses at client sites, online, and in SimuTech offices across the U.S. and Canada.
Deliver high-quality instruction that helps users gain deep proficiency with Thermal Desktop, Icepak, Fluent, and other Ansys tools.

Provide Consulting Services

Work with customers to understand their analysis requirements and expectations.
Develop project scopes, cost estimates, and schedules for consulting opportunities.
Perform the full analysis workflow: geometry setup, material definition, meshing, solving, and post-processing.
Propose alternative design solutions based on results and engineering judgment.
Prepare technical reports and documentation that clearly communicate findings and recommendations.

Deliver Technical Support

Provide technical assistance to ANSYS users through phone, email, and in-person interactions.
Troubleshoot issues related to simulation workflows, modeling approaches, solver behavior, and best practices.

What You’ll Bring

Education & Experience

Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or related field required; Master’s degree preferred.
Documented experience with thermal simulation tools such as Ansys Fluent, Thermal Desktop, or Icepak.
Prior industry experience and/or publications demonstrating relevant expertise in at least one of these CFD domains: heat transfer, combustion, multiphase flow, fluid structure interaction.
Must be authorized to work permanently in the United States or Canada.
For Canadian candidates only: eligible and willing to apply for a professional engineering license within 2 years of starting.

Skills

Strong theoretical background in fluid mechanics, heat transfer, and numerical methods backed up by experience with real-world applications.
Ability to support pre-sales discussions and drive software and services sales through technical expertise.
Excellent English-based written and verbal communication skills.
Professional appearance and strong presentation skills.
Ability to work independently and collaboratively within engineering and sales teams.
Strong problem-solving, analytical, and creative thinking skills.
Ability to obtain ANSYS certifications to expand technical proficiency.
Experienced with Microsoft Office and CRM platforms (Salesforce preferred).