We Are Synopsys is the leader in engineering solutions from silicon to systems, enabling customers to rapidly innovate AI-powered products. We deliver industry-leading silicon design, IP, simulation and analysis solutions, and design services. We partner closely with our customers across a wide range of industries to maximize their R&D; capability and productivity, powering innovation today that ignites the ingenuity of tomorrow.

You Are You have spent years solving real thermal problems in power electronics, not just running simulations but actually understanding why an e-motor overheats at peak load or how a battery pack thermal runaway propagates. You know the difference between a model that converges and one that actually reflects physics, and you care about that difference because your work has to guide decisions that matter, not just generate colorful contour plots.

You are comfortable walking into a room with a customer's engineering team, looking at their inverter cooling challenge or fuel cell thermal stack design, and within an hour mapping out a simulation strategy that they trust. You do not need a perfect problem statement to get started. You ask the right questions, recognize what is missing, and build confidence through clarity and competence.

Mentoring comes naturally to you because you have been the junior engineer who needed guidance, and you remember what actually helped versus what sounded impressive but went nowhere. You think in workflows, not just tools. At Synopsys, you will work with customers solving the hardest thermal and power electronics problems in electrification, and what you build, demonstrate, and teach will directly shape how they engineer what is ahead.

What You'll Be Doing





Lead technical pre-sales engagements on strategic power electronics accounts across EMEA, running discovery sessions, product demos, benchmarks, and proof-of-concept evaluations that close deals

Execute detailed thermal simulations on customer applications including e-motors, battery packs, fuel cells, and inverters using Ansys Discovery, Ansys Fluent, Ansys Icepak, and coupled thermal-structural workflows in Ansys Mechanical

Translate customer thermal management and electronics cooling requirements into actionable simulation strategies, articulate the Synopsys value proposition, and map technical workflows to business outcomes

Mentor application engineers on the team, share power electronics best practices, and contribute to sales enablement content that drives pipeline and revenue growth

Partner with Synopsys product development teams to translate field feedback and customer requirements into new product features across the thermal portfolio

Test pre-release thermal software on real industrial problems, document findings, and provide structured feedback to engineering teams to improve product quality and capability

Collaborate with field and product marketing to create technical content including application briefs, webinars, and demos that generate leads and support the sales cycle





The Impact You Will Have

Accelerate adoption of Synopsys thermal simulation tools at the most strategic power electronics accounts in EMEA, directly contributing to revenue growth in the electrification market

Enable customers to solve critical thermal challenges faster and with higher confidence, reducing physical prototyping cycles and time to market for e-motors, batteries, fuel cells, and inverters

Shape the roadmap of Synopsys thermal products by channeling real-world customer needs and application challenges into engineering priorities that matter

Build technical credibility and long-term customer relationships that create competitive differentiation and expansion opportunities across accounts

Elevate the capability of the application engineering team through mentorship, knowledge sharing, and development of reusable workflows and best practices

Drive digital transformation initiatives at customer sites by demonstrating how upfront exploration tools and high-fidelity solvers integrate into modern product development processes

Strengthen Synopsys market position in power electronics and electrification by delivering technical wins that competitors cannot match

What You'll Need

BS in Mechanical, Aerospace, Electrical, Power, or Material Science Engineering with 4+ years of professional experience in engineering software, or MS with 2+ years, or PhD

Hands-on experience using multiple Ansys thermal products including Ansys Discovery, Ansys Fluent, and Ansys Icepak, plus thermal stress analysis in Ansys Mechanical, or equivalent commercial CAE, CFD, EDA, CAD, or PLM tools

Solid grounding in heat

📌 Thermal Application Engineer (Madrid)
🏢 Synopsys
📍 Madrid