# Applications Engineer, Aerospace & Defense

**Company**: Synopsys
**Location**: Huntsville, AL
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: mid
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $94,400-$141,600
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology
**Ticker**: SNPS
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2303478

**Apply**: https://careers.synopsys.com/job/united-states/applications-engineer-aerospace-and-defense/44408/103259314912?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply
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## Description

You will join Synopsys, the leader in engineering solutions from silicon to systems, enabling customers to rapidly innovate AI-powered products. As an Applications Engineer in the Aerospace & Defense sector, you will work with defense and aerospace customers solving real mission-critical problems.

Your main responsibilities will include:

- Developing deep product expertise in Digital Mission Engineering tools including STK, ODTK, and related Ansys systems and platform products

- Working onsite with aerospace and defense customers in Huntsville and surrounding areas to implement software best practices, troubleshoot real-world mission scenarios, and integrate tools into their engineering workflows

- Designing and developing custom automation scripts, user interfaces, and integration code in Python, C#, Java, or MATLAB to support specific customer use cases and mission requirements

- Leading technical discovery sessions, product demonstrations, and evaluation projects throughout the sales cycle, translating customer engineering requirements into clear Ansys value propositions

- Collaborating with Ansys product development teams to translate field feedback and customer requirements into product enhancements, and testing new releases against real industrial problems

- Delivering consulting services, technical training classes, and workshops to help customers maximize their use of DME software

- Partnering with Account Managers to strategize on growth opportunities within key government and defense accounts, supporting both renewal business and new adoption initiatives

The impact you will have includes:

- Enabling aerospace and defense customers to solve mission-critical engineering problems faster and with higher confidence using Digital Mission Engineering workflows

- Driving adoption and expansion of Ansys DME software within strategic government accounts, directly contributing to regional sales growth and customer success metrics

- Building reusable automation frameworks and integration solutions that become reference implementations for other customers and internal teams

- Influencing product roadmap decisions by bringing real customer requirements and use cases directly to Ansys engineering teams

- Reducing time-to-value for customers by designing deployment strategies that fit their existing processes rather than forcing them to change everything at once

- Strengthening customer relationships and retention by becoming a trusted technical advisor who understands their mission and constraints

- Contributing to the broader aerospace and defense engineering community through conference presentations, technical papers, and thought leadership

To succeed in this role, you will need:

- A Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, or a related technical field

- 1+ years of professional experience in an engineering software environment, customer-facing technical role, or aerospace/defense engineering position

- Hands-on programming experience in one or more of the following: Python, C, C++, C#, Java, or MATLAB

- Demonstrated ability to learn complex technical software and explain it clearly to engineers, managers, and executives

- Willingness and ability to travel domestically up to 30% of the time, primarily within the Huntsville region and surrounding defense installations

- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to write a clear technical summary and present to a room without reading slides

- Experience with mission simulation, systems engineering tools, MBSE, or process integration software is a strong plus, familiarity with STK, AFSIM, ModelCenter, or Cameo is even better

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## Skills

### Required
- Python
- C#
- Java
- MATLAB
- Digital Mission Engineering
- STK
- ODTK
- Ansys

### Nice to have
- mission simulation
- systems engineering tools
- MBSE
- process integration software
- AFSIM
- ModelCenter
- Cameo

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