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Company

Ansys · 1 day ago

R&D Engineer II - Optics - Remote

Ann Arbor, MI

Full-time

Remote

Entry, Mid Level

2+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Perform moderately complex development activities that may require analysis in areas including optical engineering, user experience, software design, and solver research. The activities include identifying requirements, defining specifications, designing, testing, and documenting optical modeling software modules and subsystems.

Learn, understand, and implement best practices.

Performs moderately complex optics solver verification, release testing, and beta support for assigned products and solvers. Research problems discovered by Quality Assurance or Ansys Customer Excellence teams (product support). Specifies solutions and the path forward to resolution.

Identify, understand, and address the market requirements for a product, including target environment, performance criteria, and competitive issues.

Collaborate with other Ansys teams and engineers.

Clearly communicate results to geographically distributed multi-disciplinary teams and technical managers.

Qualification

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Optical SciencesOptical EngineeringOptical System DesignRay Tracing SoftwareC++C#MATLABPythonSoftware DevelopmentTechnical Project Management

Required

BS in Optical Sciences, Engineering, Physics, or related field with 2 years’ experience or MS.

2+ years of experience in optical system design and analysis using commercial ray tracing software such as Ansys Zemax OpticStudio, Code V, Ansys Speos, FRED, etc.

Working experience with programming with C++, C#, MATLAB, Python, or similar.

Preferred

Experience in software development is a plus.

Experience leading and reporting on projects from the concept phase until delivery.

Technical knowledge and experience with optical engineering, including optical modeling, design, fabrication, testing, and/or building of optical systems.

Excellent problem-solving skills.

Experience in a large-scale commercial software development environment is a plus.

Excellent writing and verbal communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to understand and communicate project overviews and in-depth details.

1+ years of technical project management experience.

Company

Ansys

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ANSYS develops engineering simulation software used to predict how product designs will behave and how manufacturing processes will operate.

Founded in 1970

Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, USA

5,001-10,000 employees

http://www.ansys.com

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