Lead Application Engineer - Nastran - Shanghai, China
Originally posted 8 October 2026 by the employer.
This role focuses on MSC Nastran solutions.
About the role
This role involves serving as the primary technical consultant for MSC Nastran solutions, providing both pre-sales and post-sales support throughout the customer lifecycle. The position focuses on customer technical engagement, solution validation, project implementation, user enablement, and troubleshooting across various industries.
What you'll do
- Engage with customers to understand structural simulation requirements and develop technical solutions using MSC Nastran.
- Deliver software demonstrations, Proof of Concept (POC) studies, benchmark evaluations, and technical presentations.
- Support customers in simulation projects involving structural strength, stiffness, modal analysis, vibration, fatigue, thermal stress, NVH, impact, and composite materials.
- Provide day-to-day technical support, including model setup, mesh generation, material definition, solver configuration, result interpretation, and troubleshooting.
- Conduct customer training, workshops, and best-practice sharing to enhance simulation capabilities.
- Collaborate with sales, R&D, and other CAE product teams to support customer success and multi-software simulation solutions.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's degree or above in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Engineering Mechanics, Vehicle Engineering, Materials Science, New Energy Engineering, or related disciplines.
- 15+ years of experience in CAE simulation, industrial software technical support, or engineering analysis.
- Solid understanding of finite element analysis (FEA) principles and simulation methodologies.
- Hands-on experience with MSC Nastran and structural simulation workflows.
- Familiarity with linear static, modal, buckling, nonlinear, optimization, topology optimization, and multiphysics simulations.
- Ability to independently perform model preparation, mesh generation, material definition, load and boundary condition setup, solver tuning, and results analysis.
Nice to have
- Experience with Patran or ANSA.
- Experience in automotive, battery, aerospace, composites, or semiconductor packaging simulation projects.
- Knowledge of Digimat, Marc, Dytran, or Fatigue CAE software solutions.
- Understanding of composite material modeling, PLM integration, simulation process automation, or Python/PCL scripting.
- Previous experience in customer-facing technical consulting, POC delivery, or pre-sales support.
Skills: MSC Nastran, technical consultant, pre-sales support, post-sales support, structural simulation
This role has been open 19 days — well below the 34-day median for Applications FAE roles.
Applications FAE · EDA Tools
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Open roles in category
124
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Median days open
34 d
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Median salary
$182k
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| Metric | Cadence Design Systems | All employers we track in this specialty (124 roles · 10 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 35 | 124 |
| Median days open | 28 d | 34 d (−6 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $182k |
Skills observed across this category: MSC Nastran, technical consultant, pre-sales support, post-sales support, structural simulation
Who's hiring in this category
- Synopsys · 63 open roles · median 33 d
- Cadence Design Systems (this employer) · 35 open roles · median 28 d
- Keysight Technologies · 9 open roles · median 61 d
- Renesas Electronics · 9 open roles · median 74 d
- Amazon · 2 open roles · median 16 d
- Arteris · 2 open roles · median 126 d
How we counted: 124 open Applications FAE (EDA Tools) roles from 10 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 27 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there. Figures refresh nightly.