Principal Thermal-Mechanical Engineer-Munich, Germany

As a pivotal leader within our European Forward Deployment team, you will drive the adoption of Vinci's platform among the region's top engineering organizations. In this strategic role, you will build, mentor, and guide a high-performing team of thermal engineers dedicated to engaging prospective customers and demonstrating our software's transformative value.

• Build, lead, and scale a high-performing team of thermo-mechanical engineers, setting the technical direction, hiring, mentoring team members, and driving field execution across Europe.
• Collaborate closely with the sales team to lead technical discussions, scope proof-of-concept (PoC) evaluations, and deliver compelling product demonstrations to prospective enterprise customers.
• Guide customer engineering teams through the evaluation phase by overseeing simulation setup, running complex test cases, and interpreting results to explicitly prove Vinci's technical and business value.
• Own customer enablement through onboarding, deployment pipeline and account expansion, providing senior technical guidance, structured training sessions, and advanced troubleshooting.
• Provide product guidance and feedback, identify customer pain points and workflow bottlenecks, partnering directly with internal product and engineering teams to transform field feedback into critical new product features.
• Represent Vinci at major industry conferences and semiconductor events, engaging technically with key prospects and partners through technical presentations and live platform demonstrations.
• Maintain a strong understanding of competitive technologies, industry trends, and market positioning to communicate Vinci's differentiators effectively.

• Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a closely related technical field.
• Expert-level mastery of commercial simulation software (Asys, Abaqus, or equivalent), with 15+ years of hands-on experience in thermo-mechanical simulations— either as a practitioner running simulations or as a technical account manager for commercial physics simulation software.
• Deep familiarity with semiconductor electronics packaging, advanced packaging technologies (e.g., 2.5D/3D IC), or foundry ecosystems.
• Prior experience in dedicated customer-facing roles, with a strong ability to build trust and manage engineering client relationships.
• Practical programming experience using Python or C++ to automate workflows or parse simulation data.
• Proven track record of prior managerial or technical leadership experience, with the ability to scale, mentor, and drive execution across engineering teams.
• Elite interpersonal and communication skills, with a proven ability to distill complex physics and simulation results into clear, high-impact narratives for both deep technical panels and business-oriented executives.
• Familiarity with thermal solutions management and/or Electrical Signal Integrity and Power Integrity (SI/PI) workflows.
• Direct experience commercializing technical software—ideally electronic design automation (EDA) or CAE simulation tools—into major semiconductor and electronics enterprises.
• Prior experience explicitly within technical pre-sales, application engineering (FAE), or strategic technical sales environments.
• Ability to rapidly adopt and champion next-generation, physics-based workflows and AI-assisted design or simulation tools.

• Not just use AI; be part of a team actively redefining how next-generation silicon and hardware are architected.
• Work at the absolute convergence of state-of-the-art AI models, fundamental physics, and high-stakes enterprise
• Collaborate with world-class engineers and researchers in a fast-moving startup environment.