Lead Aerospace Applications Engineer - STK & ODTK

You will work as a Lead Aerospace Applications Engineer - STK & ODTK at Synopsys, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.

You have spent years working at the intersection of aerospace engineering and customer success, and you have learned that the best technical solution means nothing if it does not fit how your customer actually works.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical engagements with aerospace and defence customers from discovery through deployment, understanding their mission workflows, engineering challenges, and business priorities, then translating those into solutions using Ansys DME software like STK and ODTK
• Work directly with customers to configure, deploy, and optimize Digital Mission Engineering solutions across their design and engineering workflows, ensuring the tools integrate into how they actually work
• Engage with Director and C-level stakeholders to articulate technical value propositions, demonstrate solution impact, and align our capabilities with their strategic initiatives
• Gather, document, and analyze metrics that prove the technical and business impact of your engagements, building the case for expanded adoption and long-term partnership
• Collaborate with product development teams to translate customer requirements and field feedback into actionable product roadmap input, ensuring future releases solve real customer problems
• Mentor junior application engineers on technical depth, customer engagement, and solution delivery, helping them grow into trusted advisors for their accounts
• Support field and digital marketing efforts by authoring technical papers, delivering conference presentations, and leading webinars on aerospace simulation and Digital Mission Engineering topics

The Impact You Will Have

• Accelerate aerospace and defence customers' adoption of Digital Mission Engineering solutions, reducing their time from concept to mission-ready systems
• Drive measurable business growth by positioning and closing complex technical opportunities within strategic accounts across the region
• Shape the future direction of Synopsys simulation products by feeding high-quality customer insights and requirements back to product teams
• Improve customer outcomes and engineering productivity by delivering solutions that fit their workflows, not just their specifications
• Strengthen the technical capability of the applications engineering team through active mentoring, knowledge sharing, and best practice development
• Expand Synopsys' presence and credibility in the aerospace and defence community through thought leadership, technical content, and customer success stories
• Enable customers to solve mission-critical challenges in satellite design, trajectory optimization, radar analysis, and complex aerospace systems that were previously out of reach

Requirements

• Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD in Aerospace, Astronautical, Mechanical, or Electrical Engineering, with 10+ years (BS), 6+ years (MS), or 3+ years (PhD) of professional experience
• Hands-on experience using Ansys DME software, specifically STK and ODTK, in real customer or engineering contexts, not just training environments
• Working knowledge of multiphysics simulation tools across structural, fluid dynamics, electromagnetics, or thermal domains, and how they integrate into aerospace workflows
• Proficiency in object-oriented programming with Python, MATLAB, C#, or Java, enough to script solutions, automate workflows, and support customer integrations
• Demonstrated understanding of aerospace engineering practices and product development lifecycles, with experience building and deploying simulation-based solutions into customer engineering workflows
• Track record of delivering measurable customer outcomes and contributing to revenue growth within the aerospace and defence industry
• Ability to travel up to 30% of the time for customer engagements, conferences, and team collaboration