Senior Financial Modeling Applications Engineer, MathWorks, Natick, MA
Job #: 6078-RH
% Travel: 25% to 50%
Job Summary
The primary responsibility of this position is to assist sales personnel in
managing the technical aspects of the sales process directed primarily at
customers who's primary business involves financial and insurance
applications. The Applications Engineer is responsible for
demonstrating his/her knowledge during sales meetings, conference calls, through
the delivery of public seminars, and in the development of complex product
demonstrations.
Responsibilities
1. Providing technical pre-sales support and guidance to The
MathWorks North American Sales Organization. Working as a team, the Applications
Engineer assists the salesperson in understanding and synthesizing customer
requirements, then explaining the features and capabilities of our products
relative to the customer's specific needs.
2. Preparing and delivering product presentations to
customers and prospects. These are delivered during customer meetings and
marketing seminars. These “product–centric” sessions include, but are not
limited to, live demonstrations of MATLAB, the MATLAB Compiler, advanced
mathematical toolboxes and related products.
3. Developing demonstration programs, application examples,
and simulations. These are generally used to clearly demonstrate how the
capabilities of The MathWorks software address the concerns of our
customers. These demonstrations may be used for sales visits,
marketing seminars, or telephone/web customer support.
4. Analyzing users’ problems to recommend and demonstrate
the best computational approach. Occasionally, customers who are preparing to
acquire software require guidance on how to use evaluation products. This
requires assisting customers with the use of MATLAB programs directed at solving
specific problems. An Applications Engineer with a broad understanding across
engineering disciplines is viewed as having exceptional value as The MathWorks
customers span a broad range of industries, disciplines, and
Applications.
Qualifications
This candidate should possess an advanced Engineering, Math,
or Science degree and have significant experience in developing technical
computing applications. Very strong knowledge of (and enthusiasm
for!) MATLAB is essential; experience with a broad set of MathWorks products is
a plus. Experience programming with traditional programming
languages (such as C, C++, Visual Basic, .NET, JAVA, C#, ASP, COM) is a
plus. Experience with quantitative financial modeling and analysis
techniques is also a plus,
The candidate should have a demonstrated ability to perform
computational analysis, modeling, and simulation tasks and be able to discuss
how our products are used to solve engineering and business problems.
A qualified candidate will be able to effectively communicate his/her
passion for The MathWorks software to our customers. Candidates
should be interested in working directly with customers to help them understand
how to apply our products to their problems.
Travel is generally throughout North
Americaspecific to various seminars, customer visits, etc. Though
far less frequent, some international travel is expected. The candidate should
expect to travel about 30-40% of the time with trips generally no longer than
four days.
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