Application Engineer - CAE (Welding, Heat Treatment & Manufacturing Si

Role Overview:

We are looking for a 4-5 years experienced CAE Application Engineer with expertise in manufacturing simulation solutions, particularly Keysight Weld, Heat Treatment, SYSWELD, PAM-STAMP, and VA One. The role involves a combination of pre-sales technical consulting and post-sales implementation, training, and customer support across automotive, aerospace, defence, heavy engineering, and manufacturing industries.

The ideal candidate should have strong simulation fundamentals, customer-facing experience, and the ability to demonstrate and deploy advanced manufacturing simulation workflows.

Key Responsibilities

Pre-Sales Responsibilities

• Understand customer engineering challenges and propose suitable simulation solutions.
• Deliver technical presentations, software demonstrations, and workflow discussions.
• Conduct Proof of Concepts (POCs) and benchmark studies.
• Support the sales team during technical evaluations and customer meetings.
• Prepare technical proposals, solution architecture documents, and response documents for RFIs/RFPs/Tenders.
• Work closely with OEMs, Tier-1 suppliers, Defence, Aerospace, and Manufacturing customers.

Post-Sales Responsibilities

• Install, configure, and validate software environments.
• Deliver customer onboarding, product training, and workflow workshops.
• Provide application support and troubleshooting for customer projects.
• Guide customers in model setup, solver execution, result interpretation, and best practices.
• Coordinate with global technical support teams for issue resolution.
• Develop technical documentation, example models, and application notes.

Required Technical Skills:

Expected Expertise

Keysight Weld / SYSWELD

• Welding process simulation
• Distortion prediction
• Residual stress analysis
• Phase transformation
• Metallurgical analysis

Heat Treatment Simulation

• Quenching
• Tempering
• Carburizing
• Induction hardening
• Cooling analysis
• Hardness prediction
• Microstructure evolution

PAM-STAMP

• Sheet metal forming
• Deep drawing
• Springback
• Thinning
• Wrinkling
• Blank optimization
• Die compensation

VA One (Optional)

• Vibro-acoustic simulation
• Airborne and structure-borne noise
• SEA/FEM/BEM fundamentals
• NVH analysis

FEA Fundamentals

• Meshing
• Material modelling
• Contacts
• Nonlinear analysis
• Thermal-mechanical coupling

Preferred Qualifications

• B.E./B.Tech or M.Tech in Mechanical Engineering, Production Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or Aerospace Engineering.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing processes including welding, stamping, heat treatment, and structural dynamics.
• Experience working on commercial CAE software in customer projects.
• Knowledge of finite element methods and manufacturing simulation workflows.

Desired Skills

• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Customer interaction and stakeholder management.
• Technical problem-solving and analytical thinking.
• Ability to conduct technical trainings independently.
• Experience in Defence, Aerospace, Automotive, or Heavy Engineering domains preferred.
• Willingness to travel for customer meetings, trainings, and onsite support across India.

Tools & Technologies

Mandatory

• Keysight Weld / SYSWELD
• PAM-STAMP
• VA One

Preferred

• AutoForm
• Hexagon MSC (FTI Forming Suite / Simufact Forming)
• Hexagon MSC Simufact Welding
• Altair Inspire Form
• Altair Inspire Weld

Additional Advantage:

• Windows/Linux environment knowledge
• HPC job execution knowledge