Remote FEA Simulation Lead – ANSYS Expert

Rand Worldwide; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Travel up to 10%

Job summary

Rand Simulation, a premier ANSYS partner, seeks a senior FEA simulation specialist to lead complex structural analyses using ANSYS tools. This fully remote role involves collaborating with clients to scope projects, run detailed simulations, and propose design improvements.

You will mentor teams, contribute to training, and support revenue goals. Ideal candidates have 4+ years in mechanical/structural engineering with strong ANSYS/LS-Dyna experience, and comfort working with clients in a

Qualifications

• Four years plus mechanical or structural engineering/design experience.
• Four years plus FEA/structural analysis experience with ANSYS Mechanical.
• LS-Dyna experience strongly desired.
• Ansys Motion, Adams, or similar Multibody Dynamics experience strongly desired.
• nCode or other specialized fatigue code experience strongly desired.
• Experience with multiple structural analysis methods (rigid body dynamics, transient analyses, nonlinear static/transient, modal, linear dynamics, etc.)
• Experience with multiphysics, fatigue, and explicit dynamics strongly desired.
• Experience with MAPDL and/or Python coding strongly desired.
• Knowledge of underlying FEA principles such as linear algebra, PDEs.
• Travel up to 10%.

Responsibilities

• Lead on specific consulting projects with responsibility of running simulations for clients.
• Lead design review meetings, interpret results and suggest design modifications.
• Stay up to date with ANSYS platforms and expand knowledge through trainings.
• Interface with RandSim sales to provide technical guidance and credibility.
• Analyze prospect and customer needs to ensure application fit and demonstrate solutions.
• Articulate ANSYS value proposition around consulting services.
• Collaborate with marketing to generate content related to initiatives.
• Occasionally provide ANSYS training, mentoring, and support.

Skills

FEA/structural analysis

Client-facing consulting

MAPDL/Python coding

Problem solving

Communication skills

Education

M.S./B.S./B.A. in Mechanical Engineering or related

Tools

ANSYS Mechanical

LS-Dyna

Ansys Motion

Adams

nCode

Altair

FEMAP/NX

MSC/PATRAN

Autodesk Nastran

COMSOL

Abaqus

Job description

Rand Simulation, a premier ANSYS partner, seeks a senior FEA simulation specialist to lead complex structural analyses using ANSYS tools. This fully remote role involves collaborating with clients to scope projects, run detailed simulations, and propose design improvements.

You will mentor teams, contribute to training, and support revenue goals. Ideal candidates have 4+ years in mechanical/structural engineering with strong ANSYS/LS-Dyna experience, and comfort working with clients in a