Application Engineer

ESTECO North America is looking for an Application Engineer for its office located in Novi , Michigan. This is a Hybrid position with in-person engagement required for 3 days a week.

About the Job

• Deliver expert application support for ESTECO's core software platforms (modeFRONTIER, nDAI and VOLTA) to enterprise customers across dynamic industries, including Automotive, Aerospace, Hi-Tech, and Energy.
• Translate complex domain challenges into actionable solutions , developing and implementing advanced engineering optimization workflows utilizing ESTECO technology.
• Provide strategic guidance on state-of-the-art Multidisciplinary Design Optimization (MDO) strategies and Design Exploration methods.
• Champion the application of nDAI for Physics AI , advising customers on how to leverage machine learning and artificial intelligence to accelerate physics-based simulations and predictive design models.
• Drive CAE process automation by partnering with customers to seamlessly integrate third-party Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) tools into the modeFRONTIER ecosystem.

Customer Empowerment & Evangelism

• Design and lead technical training sessions and hands-on workshops that empower both new and existing customers to maximize their software utilization.
• Showcase product capabilities through compelling, tailored technical demonstrations for prospective clients.
• Capture and author impactful case studies that highlight customer success, ROI, and innovative use cases of ESTECO solutions.

Global Collaboration

• Collaborate cross-functionally with international technical and engineering teams across our Italian, German, and Indian offices to share best practices and drive product innovation.

The ideal candidate will have :

• 2-3 years of relevant experience
• Bachelor's or Master's in Mechanical/ Electrical / Aerospace Engineering
• Knowledge of AI/ML and Optimization techniques
• Proficiency in scripting with Python, JavaScript or similar programming languages
• Interest in problem solving
• Proactive attitude and willingness to learn

Perks and benefits :

• Medical, dental, vision and LTD Insurances
• Flex/Dependent Care Savings Accounts
• 401k
• Competitive salary
• Flexible working-hours
• Paid time off
• International experience
• Friendly work environment
• Internal and external training

About ESTECO

ESTECO was founded in 1999 and is a pioneer in numerical optimization solutions, specialized in research and development of multidisciplinary design optimization software technology.

Advanced simulation has become a standard resource for product development in today's business world. With the continuous demand for cost savings and shorter time to market, only the most sophisticated tools allow companies to stay competitive. In an increasingly complex design process, it is essential for engineers and R&D teams to adopt a multidisciplinary design approach, incorporating large numbers of variables, objectives, and iterations to obtain a full understanding of the overall design space and system performance.

ESTECO aims to decrease the tedium in engineering analysis and increase creativity by developing cutting-edge software that allows for simulation process integration, collaboration, optimization, machine learning and advanced data analysis.

Over 300 international organizations have entrusted ESTECO's software to design better and more efficient products across a wide spectrum of industrial sectors. In North America we have a wide variety of clients we work with like FORD, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, General Atomics, Schlumberger, Wilson Sports and many more.

About modeFRONTIER

modeFRONTIER is an integration platform for multi-objective and multidisciplinary optimization. It provides a seamless coupling with third party engineering tools, enables the automation of the design simulation process, and facilitates analytic decision making.

The software's powerful workflow allows the execution of complex chains of design processes, while innovative optimization and machine learning algorithms determine the best set of possible solutions combining opposing objectives, and post-processing tools allow the user to perform sophisticated statistical analysis, data visualization and decision making.

About VOLTA

VOLTA is a web-based distributed execution framework for managing collaborative design processes.

VOLTA extends the familiar modeFRONTIER desktop paradigm to a web-based collaborative environment and empowers design teams with a sharing platform for models, workflows, simulations, optimization data and results.

About nDAI

nDAI provides a robust data governance framework that gives engineering teams fine-grained control over how to train and use AI for engineering simulation design. Ensure full traceability of training data and version control of every trained model.