Lead 3D Web Component Developer

Our Mission: Powering Innovation That Drives Human Advancement  

When visionary companies need to know how their world-changing ideas will perform, they close the gap between design and reality with Ansys simulation. For more than 50 years, Ansys software has enabled innovators across industries to push boundaries by using the predictive power of simulation. From sustainable transportation to advanced semiconductors, from satellite systems to life-saving medical devices, the next great leaps in human advancement will be powered by Ansys. 

Innovate With Ansys, Power Your Career.  

Job Summary

If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a 3D model must be worth a thousand pictures. With this in mind, ANSYS, Inc. is seeking a talented web developer to enhance our 3D viewer web component. This component is essential for enabling our customers to gain valuable insights from their models. Your work will be integral to multiple products, allowing you to impact an ever-growing community of innovative engineers and scientists. 

Job Responsibilites

• Maintains and expands a web component for 3D rendering of engineering data. 

• Develops new UI features and improves existing ones to enhance user experience. 

• Ensures seamless integration between the web component and the 3D rendering engine. 

• Collaborates with other teams to ensure smooth integration. 

• Leads planning, architecture, or research at a project level. 

• Coordinates product design and development activities requiring extensive analysis in areas such as user experience, software design and solver research. 

• Develops and employs best practices and maintains them through technical reviews and mentoring. 

• Performs complex bug verification, release testing and beta support across multiple products.  

• Research problems discovered by QA or product support and develops solutions, collaborating with the QA/support team. 

• May work with strategic customers or proxies to assess needs and develop solutions. 

• Operates without direct supervision and may function as a team leader, project manager, or software architect. 

• May be responsible for line management of a small technical team but primary duties are of an individual technical nature. 

Minimum Qualifications

• BS in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field with 8 years’ experience, MS with 6 years’ experience, or PhD with 4 years’ experience 

• Proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript 

• Strong understanding of HTML5 and CSS3 

• Experience with modern front-end frameworks (e.g. React, Vue.js, or Angular) 

• Familiarity with the W3C Web Components specifications and best practices for building interoperable and reusable components 

• Knowledge of performance optimization techniques for web applications 

• Experience with graphics, preferably 3D mesh-based visualization and computational mathematics 

• Proven track record of crafting robust and efficient code 

• Experience with version control systems and Agile development methodologies 

Preferred Qualifications and Skills 

• Experience with WebGL or Three.js for 3D rendering 

• Familiarity with rendering engines like pyvista or similar framework 

• Familiarity with VTK rendering technologies (VTK.js, VTK.WASM) 

• Familiarity with 3D model formats (e.g., glTF, OBJ, STL, USD) 

• Previous experience with data visualization or scientific computing applications 

• Previous experience with working with remote teams 

At Ansys, we know that changing the world takes vision, skill, and each other. We fuel new ideas, build relationships, and help each other realize our greatest potential. We are ONE Ansys. We operate on three key components: the commitments to our stakeholders, the behaviors of how we work together, and the actions of how we deliver results. Together as ONE Ansys, we are powering innovation that drives human advancement. 

Our Commitments: 

• Amaze with innovative products and solutions

• Make our customers incredibly successful

• Act with integrity

• Ensure employees thrive and shareholders prosper

Our Values: 

• Adaptability: Be open, welcome what's next

• Courage: Be courageous, move forward passionately

• Generosity: Be generous, share, listen, serve

• Authenticity: Be you, make us stronger

Our Actions: 

• We commit to audacious goals

• We work seamlessly as a team

• We demonstrate mastery

• We deliver outstanding results

INCLUSION IS AT OUR CORE 
We believe diverse thinking leads to better outcomes. We are committed to creating and nurturing a workplace that fuels this by welcoming people, no matter their background, identity, or experience, to a workplace where they are valued and where diversity, inclusion, equity, and belonging thrive. 

 
WELCOME WHAT’S NEXT IN YOUR CAREER AT ANSYS 

At Ansys, you will find yourself among the sharpest minds and most visionary leaders across the globe. Collectively we strive to change the world with innovative technology and transformational solutions. With a prestigious reputation in working with well-known, world-class companies, standards at Ansys are high — met by those willing to rise to the occasion and meet those challenges head on. Our team is passionate about pushing the limits of world-class simulation technology, empowering our customers to turn their design concepts into successful, innovative products faster and at a lower cost. 

At Ansys, it’s about the learning, the discovery, and the collaboration. It’s about the “what’s next” as much as the “mission accomplished.” And it’s about the melding of disciplined intellect with strategic direction and results that have, can, and do impact real people in real ways. All this is forged within a working environment built on respect, autonomy, and ethics. 
  

CREATING A PLACE WE’RE PROUD TO BE  
Ansys is an S&P 500 company and a member of the NASDAQ-100. We are proud to have been recognized for the following more recent awards, although our list goes on: Newsweek’s Most Loved Workplace globally and in the U.S., Gold Stevie Award Winner, America’s Most Responsible Companies, Fast Company World Changing Ideas, Great Place to Work Certified (Belgium, China, Greece, France, India, Japan, Korea, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, and U.K.). 

  
For more information, please visit us at www.ansys.com 
  

Ansys is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other protected characteristics. 
  
Ansys does not accept unsolicited referrals for vacancies, and any unsolicited referral will become the property of Ansys. Upon hire, no fee will be owed to the agency, person, or entity.