Applications Engineer Location: East Lansing, MI Posted: October 1, 2015
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Title: Applications Engineer Location: East Lansing, MI Posted: October 1, 2015 Job Description Red Cedar Technology (a CD‐adapco Company) has an immediate opening for an Applications Engineer position. This position requires an engineer to work very closely with Red Cedar Technology’s global sales team and its broad customer base for its multi‐disciplinary design exploration software HEEDS MDO. We are looking for a talented engineer with 3+ years of experience in CAE analysis. Primary responsibilities include: Pre‐sales demonstrations to HEEDS MDO prospects – working directly with the global HEEDS sales team to demonstrate the benefits of design exploration with HEEDS MDO and answer technical questions related to its usage Pre‐sales projects – helping to scope and work on potential client projects Post‐sales support– supporting customer issues and questions, along with raising customer awareness, to ensure successful utilization of design space exploration with HEEDS MDO Design exploration projects ‐ development of engineering case studies using HEEDS MDO and various CAE tools Research and Development assistance for optimization applications for various market segments HEEDS MDO Trainer – periodic teacher for the HEEDS MDO Introductory Training Course Occasional HEEDS software testing Qualifications At least three years of documented experience in the use of commercial finite element analysis or computational fluid dynamics (ANSYS Workbench, Abaqus, LS‐DYNA, or STAR‐CCM+ experience will be looked upon favorably) Experience in design optimization methodology will be looked upon favorably. Good inter‐personal skills – job requires daily customer interaction that will reflect strongly on company perception. Looking for someone who is outgoing, pleasant, and likes helping customers. Adaptive – ability to multi‐task and be proactive is a necessity for the job. Red Cedar Technology has a diverse, active customer base. The ability to quickly transition not only between tasks but concepts is a requirement. Self‐learner – Red Cedar Technology is a fast growing company and a lot of the job training will be informal and on the job training. Individual must be motivated to learn and quick to pick up new ideas and concepts along with having a strong retention capability. Travel willing – job will require a fair amount of global travel. Individual must be willing to make weeklong sales trips. Being gone for a week a month would not be uncommon within North America, Europe, or Asia. This job is performed in an office environment in East Lansing, MI and reports directly to our Technical Team Leader, responsible for pre and post‐sales support for our global HEEDS MDO customers. Candidates must be eligible to work in the United States. Please send a cover letter, resume, transcript (if a recent college graduate), and at least three references to: Red Cedar Technology Attn: Engineering Analyst 4572 S. Hagadorn Rd., Suite 3A East Lansing, MI 48823 Email: [email protected] About Red Cedar Technology Red Cedar Technology improves design processes for companies facing complex engineering challenges. Our software and consulting services provide engineers with the expertise and technology to reduce product development time and achieve significant productivity gains during the design process. Our work environment is informal and dynamic, and our people are self‐motivated and driven to succeed. We take pride in a culture based on our core values — unbridled innovation, uncompromising integrity, and quality in everything we do. Red Cedar Technology (www.redcedartech.com) is a wholly owned subsidiary of CD‐adapco (www.cd‐adapco.com) .