Python Job: Research Engineer Manager

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 Manager R&D (m/f/d) joins the optiSLang R&D team and takes the leadership of a small Scrum team. As such the Manager R&D will be challenged by various creative and abstract technologies and deliverables that are required for the future of the software optiSLang involving core and new technologies like remotable APIs, workflows, efficient data storage, cloud, license systems, computing frameworks, etc. This role isresponsible for planning, resource assignments and progress tracking of all activities performed by the members of the team. The Manager R&D will be responsible for line management and personal development of the team members, as well as the facilitation of the team's work. This includes interaction with other teams, negotiation of features and roadmaps with R&D and Product Management, proposing and planning of new features, proposing, and deciding on technologies, ensuring that the team delivers in requested time and quality. The R&D Manager uses expertise to develop strategic plans, refine requirements and provide technical leaderships.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Responsible for the on-time completion of the projects assigned to team while meeting the corporate quality standards
• Ensure that appropriate methods and procedures are followed
• Recruits, develops, and retains high performing talent
• Create a positive team culture that is aligned with the Ansys culture

• Oversee and manage a small Scrum team ("Foundation")

• Lead planning, architecture, or research at a project level
• Develop and employ best practices and maintain them through technical reviews and mentoring
• Perform and support complex bug verification, research, and understand the marketing requirements for products, including target environment, performance criteria and competitive challenges
• May work with strategic customers or proxies to assess needs and develop solutions
• Propose adequate technologies for current and future roadmaps, involving Python, remotable APIs, workflows, efficient data storage, cloud, license systems, computing frameworks, license systems, etc.
• Operate autonomously without direct supervision and function as a team leader and project manager or software architect for the "Foundation" Scrum team within the optiSLang R&D team
  

Minimum Education/Certification Requirements and Experience

• BS in Engineering, Computer Science, Technical Science or related field with 8 years' experience, MS with 6 years' experience, or PhD with 4 years' experience

• Significant commercial experience with cross-platform development (Linux+Windows), C++, Python
• Proven track record of successful product releases

• Excellent technical knowledge and commercial experience with Qt, Git, Scrum, Continuous Integration (Jenkins/ADO), Numerical Analysis (Eigen, MKL/Lapack, NumPy, TF, pyTorch), API generation, Remotable APIs, Framework design, database design, license protection, Software Design, UML, JSON, Network protocols

• Experience leading projects and delivering high-quality products in a large-scale commercial organization
  

Preferred Qualifications and Skills

• Ability to overcome obstacles and drive projects to completion
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to learn quickly and to collaborate with others in a geographically distributed team

• Ability to translate business needs into development plans
• Sharp and tenacious problem-solving skills
• Team player, responsible, and motivated
  

Remuneration

Salary according to collective bargaining agreement IT/ST2 of at least EUR 3,285.00 gross monthly. Depending on qualification and professional experience we aim for an overpayment.

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.