Pre-Sales Applications Engineer: Electrochemistry - Career Opportunities

Be a Part of Simulating Future Innovations and Ideas
Job Description
COMSOL is seeking an Applications Engineer with expertise in electrochemistry, batteries, or fuel cells to work with pre-sales support of users of the COMSOL® software.

As a successful applicant, you are expected to have a well-rounded education within an engineering or scientific discipline and some experience with understanding or simulating technical applications. On this basis, you will be expected to develop your technical proficiency in new areas of science and engineering as you help COMSOL’s users simulate their future innovations and ideas.

This is a work from office role, and the selected candidate is expected to work from COMSOL office in Bengaluru.

Responsibilities:
Pre-Sales Leads Qualification and Prospect Support
• Demonstrate the building of clear and understandable simulation examples for prospective customers primarily in the field of electrochemistry and chemical engineering.

• Support prospective customers on the modeling of their applications with COMSOL Multiphysics®.

• Demonstrate use of the COMSOL® software and summarize its features in web-based workshops and other marketing and sales events, along with customer meetings.

• A willingness and ability to travel for limited to extended periods of time to current and potential customers in order to run COMSOL sponsored events and activities all over India.

Pre-Sales Technical Support
• Support prospective customers on use of the COMSOL® software for their electrochemistry and chemical reaction engineering related applications, along with a variety of multiphysics applications involving other engineering and scientific disciplines.

• Initiate and participate in subsequent sales opportunities to existing customers or colleagues and other departments within existing accounts.

Training and Mentoring
• Develop your technical and simulation knowledge and abilities through working with sales and support cases both independently and in cooperation with other sales and applications engineers.

• Develop and mentor new applications engineers, technical account managers, and sales engineers on the COMSOL® software and its uses in certain application areas.

Minimum Qualifications
• A master’s or higher degree in a field requiring a significant component of expertise in theoretical electrochemistry, material science, material physics, physical chemistry, electrochemistry, battery, or corrosion engineering with six months or more experience in modeling based on numerical methods, such as FEM, FVM, BEM or similar, that has been gained as part of project work at a commercial company, government research facility, or university.

• An understanding and coursework experience within electrochemical reaction kinetics, corrosion reaction kinetics, or advanced chemical reaction kinetics principles and application of such principles.

• Excellent communication skills on the phone, in person, and in writing.

• Current eligibility to work in India.

Preferred Qualifications
• A doctoral degree in engineering with six months or more experience in modeling based on numerical methods, such as FEM, BEM, or similar, that have been gained as part of project work at a commercial company, government research facility, or university.

• Strong theoretical and practical knowledge of chemical and electrochemical phenomena, including reaction mechanisms, kinetics, and thermodynamics. Experience with electrochemical systems such as batteries, fuel cells and electrolyzers.

Personal growth
Supporting your success in your role as an Applications Engineer will be other simulation engineers and software developers who occupy the top echelons of their areas of expertise. You will see and participate, on a daily basis, in the development and operation of many and varied cutting-edge new technologies.

As an Applications Engineer in pre-sales, you will work with some of the most preeminent engineers and scientists in their respective fields who are simulating innovations and ideas for the future.

About COMSOL
COMSOL is the leading innovator of multiphysics software for research and development (R&D). Our products are continuously pushing the boundaries of computer-aided engineering (CAE), so that our customers can solve challenging science and engineering problems and develop better products, faster.

The COMSOL product family enables our end users to solve even the most sophisticated science and engineering problems, thanks to our intuitive and flexible user interface. We create the tools that drive new breakthroughs in physics and engineering, and we love what we do.

The COMSOL office in Bangalore is spacious, bright, and comfortable. Our kitchens are always stocked with fresh fruit, tea, and coffee. Employees enjoy a casual dress code and relaxed atmosphere. Our corporate culture is innovative, vibrant, and cutting-edge. We are committed to encouraging creativity through an exciting and challenging environment in which individuals excel and grow. Our talented employees and an active learning environment are the keys to our success.

We Offer
• Dynamic and engaging work duties that provide opportunities for self-development and professional growth.

• Exciting career opportunities and the opportunity to work with experts from many fields.

• Competitive benefits and compensation commensurate with skills and experience.