Application Engineer - CFD (Ansys Fluent, Rocky, FreeFlow)

Job title: Application Engineer - CFD (Ansys Fluent, Rocky, FreeFlow)

About the Role You will serve as an Application Engineer focused on CFD and multiphase flow, partnering with sales and customers to translate engineering challenges into practical simulation workflows using Ansys Fluent, Rocky, and FreeFlow. You will balance technical depth with customer-facing communication to ensure solutions are usable within customers' workflows.

What You'll Do

• Support Account Managers and sales teams through technical discovery, demonstrations, evaluations, and proof-of-concept work that helps customers understand how Ansys Fluent, Rocky, and FreeFlow solve their specific engineering challenges
• Lead customer-facing technical sessions to uncover application requirements, workflow constraints, and success criteria that shape how we position and configure simulation solutions
• Prepare and deliver demonstrations and benchmarks using Ansys Fluent for multiphase CFD applications, while building practical capability in DEM workflows with Ansys Rocky and SPH with Ansys FreeFlow
• Work directly with customer CAD and geometry, performing clean-up, mesh generation, simulation setup, and results interpretation across industries including oil and gas, energy, mining, industrial equipment, and healthcare
• Collaborate with Product and Development teams to share structured customer feedback, application gaps, and field insights that inform product roadmaps and improve usability for real-world deployment
• Develop internal enablement content, best-practice workflows, and knowledge-sharing material that helps scale technical expertise across the Application Engineering and sales organizations
• Deliver occasional professional services, customer training sessions, and workshops to support adoption and help customers become self-sufficient with Ansys simulation tools

What We're Looking For

• Bachelor's or master's in mechanical engineering, Chemical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related field
• At least 2 years of professional experience in an engineering software environment if you have a bachelor’s degree, or relevant hands-on experience with an MS
• Strong foundation in Computational Fluid Dynamics with practical experience using Ansys Fluent or similar commercial CFD tools to solve real engineering problems
• Hands-on experience with multiphase flow simulation, including model setup, solver configuration, results interpretation, and translating findings into engineering recommendations
• Demonstrated ability to prepare geometry for simulation, including CAD cleanup and mesh generation using tools that integrate with CFD workflows
• Advanced or fluent English for customer-facing engagements and collaboration with global teams across sales, product, and development organizations
• Knowledge of Discrete Element Method (DEM) or Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) using Ansys Rocky, Ansys FreeFlow, or similar tools is a strong plus, as is experience with Python or C++ for automation and workflow customization
• You can walk into a customer meeting, listen to a problem described in their terms, and walk out with a clear technical plan that maps to simulation capabilities without overselling or underdelivering
• You manage multiple technical activities at once, customer evaluations, internal testing, feedback loops with product teams, and you do not lose track of what matters most in each one
• You are comfortable saying "I do not know yet, but here is how I will find out" when a customer asks about a capability outside your current expertise, and then you take ownership to obtain the answer.