Senior CAE Simulation Leader & Engineering Manager

Cadence Design Systems

United States

Remote

USD 220,000 - 320,000

Full time

7 days ago
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Job summary

Cadence Design Systems seeks a development leader to manage pre-processing and post-processing teams for Apex, driving model setup, solver integration, visualization, and workflow automation. You will translate customer needs into engineering plans, guide architecture decisions, and mentor engineers across distributed teams to ensure high-quality releases.

The role emphasizes leadership in CAE software domains, collaboration with product management and QA, and modernization initiatives including

Qualifications

  • 20+ years in software engineering in CAE/CAD engineering simulation.
  • Proven leadership of pre/post-processing product areas for simulation software.
  • Strong CAE preprocessing workflows and solver deck prep experience.
  • Experience with MSC Apex, Patran, Adams, ANSA, HyperMesh, or similar CAE tools.

Responsibilities

  • Lead pre-processing and post-processing teams for Apex in China.
  • Drive technical execution and delivery aligned with roadmap and milestones.
  • Provide leadership for CAE model preparation, visualization, and report workflows.
  • Mentor engineers and promote cross-team collaboration.
  • Define architectures for scalable, high-performance CAE software components.

Skills

C++
Python
Leadership
CAE knowledge
Mentoring
AI tooling

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CAD/Mechanical Eng.

Tools

MSC Apex
Patran
Adams
ANSA
HyperMesh
SimLab
Abaqus/CAE
ANSYS Mechanical
LS-PrePost

Job description

Cadence Design Systems seeks a development leader to manage pre-processing and post-processing teams for Apex, driving model setup, solver integration, visualization, and workflow automation. You will translate customer needs into engineering plans, guide architecture decisions, and mentor engineers across distributed teams to ensure high-quality releases.

The role emphasizes leadership in CAE software domains, collaboration with product management and QA, and modernization initiatives including

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