Presales Simulation Engineer – CAE

Job Title

Presales Simulation Engineer CAE (MSC Hexagon)

Location - Bangalore, India

Experience - 23 Years

Job Description

We are looking for a Presales Simulation Engineer with 23 years of hands-on experience in CAE and simulation tools such as Hexagon MSC (MSC Nastran, MSC Adams, MSC Apex , Patran) CFD Cradle , Actran for acoustics etc..

The role focuses on technical presales support, customer engagement, product demonstrations, and proof-of-concept (POC) execution to support business growth.

The ideal candidate will act as a technical interface between customers, sales teams, and delivery teams, helping customers understand how simulation solutions can solve their engineering challenges.

Key Roles & Responsibilities

Support sales and business development teams with technical presales activities.

Understand customer engineering problems related to structural, dynamics, multibody, and multi-physics simulations.

Engage with customer technical teams to gather requirements and define solution scope.

Recommend appropriate MSC or equivalent CAE solutions based on customer needs. Prepare and deliver product demonstrations, technical presentations, and tool walkthroughs.

Develop POCs and sample simulation models to showcase tool capabilities.

Demonstrate workflows for static, modal, nonlinear, transient, and multibody simulations.

Support customers during tool evaluations and pilot projects.

Translate customer requirements into technical solution workflows.

Support preparation of technical content for proposals, RFQs, and RFPs.

Assist in defining scope, assumptions, and effort estimates for simulation solutions.

Coordinate with internal engineering teams for solution validation.

Provide guidance on solver selection, meshing strategies, material modeling, and boundary conditions.

Address customer queries related to accuracy, convergence, performance, and test correlation.

Clearly articulate technical differentiators between MSC tools and competing CAE solutions.

Prepare demo reports, POC summaries, and technical presentations.

Maintain standard demo models, datasets, and presales documentation.

Capture customer feedback and share insights with internal teams.

Stay updated on latest features and releases of CAE tools.

Required Skills & Qualifications

BE / BTech / ME / MTech in Mechanical / Aerospace / Automotive / Applied Mechanics or related field.

23 years of experience in CAE / Simulation.

Hands-on experience with Hexagon MSC tools MSC Patran, (Nastran), MSC Adams, Cradle (CFD), Actran.etc.

Strong understanding of FEA fundamentals, structural mechanics, and dynamics and CFD expertise.

Experience with meshing, boundary conditions, nonlinear/contact modelling.

Ability to explain technical concepts clearly to customers and non-technical stakeholders.

Good communication and presentation skills.

Willingness to work from Bangalore and interact with customers.