Senior Staff Consulting Engineer, Electromagnetics, Power & Systems
Focus on multiphysics workflows and automation with tools like Ansys Maxwell, Motor-CAD, Twin Builder, Q3D, and HFSS.
Originally posted 11 November 2026 by the employer.
About the role
As a Senior Staff Consulting Engineer, Electromagnetics, Power & Systems, you will lead customer-facing consulting engagements from scoping through delivery, owning the technical strategy and execution of simulation workflows.
What you'll do
- Lead customer-facing consulting engagements from scoping through delivery, owning the technical strategy and execution of simulation workflows.
- Develop Statements of Work and services proposals that address customer needs with a clear strategy and well-defined technical scope.
- Lead workshops and technical sessions with customer engineering teams to identify workflow gaps, establish best practices, and define future-state simulation workflows.
- Troubleshoot complex technical issues across multiphysics simulation environments to resolve blockers affecting customer timelines and tool adoption.
- Partner with Sales, Product, and Marketing teams to translate customer feedback into actionable product insights and service offerings.
- Mentor junior consultants and develop repeatable methodologies, frameworks, and enablement materials that scale across the consulting organization.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Engineering Physics, or a related technical discipline.
- 4+ years of hands-on experience in engineering simulation, process optimization, or technical consulting, working directly with customers or internal engineering teams.
- Expertise in one or more of the following: electric machines, power electronics, system-level simulation, or EMC/EMI analysis.
- Strong understanding of electromagnetic theory, circuit and control fundamentals, and multiphysics coupling (thermal and structural).
- Hands-on proficiency with Ansys Maxwell, Motor-CAD, Twin Builder / Simplorer, Q3D, HFSS, or equivalent tools.
- Experience automating workflows using Python, product APIs, and general-purpose Python libraries.
- Willingness to occasionally travel for customer engagements, workshops, and on-site consulting delivery.
Skills: electromagnetics, simulation, Ansys Maxwell, power electronics, Python
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First seen in our index 0 days ago, well below the 42-day median for Applications FAE roles.
Applications FAE · EDA Tools
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Open roles in category
129
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Median days since first seen
42 d
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Category median salary (all employers)
$182k
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| Metric | Synopsys | All employers we track in this specialty (129 roles · 10 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 65 | 129 |
| Median days since first seen | 36 d | 42 d (+6 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | n/a | $182k |
Skills observed across this category: electromagnetics, simulation, Ansys Maxwell, power electronics, Python
Who's hiring in this category
- Synopsys (this employer) · 67 open roles · median 37 d
- Cadence Design Systems · 38 open roles · median 35 d
- Keysight Technologies · 10 open roles · median 68 d
- Renesas Electronics · 6 open roles · median 90 d
- AMD · 2 open roles · median 52 d
- ASML · 2 open roles · median 39 d
How we counted: 129 open Applications FAE (EDA Tools) roles from 10 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 12 Nov 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there. Days are counted from when our index first saw each posting, not from the employer's original posting date.