Senior Applications Engineer - Model Based Design
- Job: 36202-BHAM
- Team: Advanced Support
- Location: US-MA-Natick
- Salary Range: $119,200 - $184,700
Job Summary
Apply your expertise in embedded software development and model-based design (MBD) to shape the future of Simulink and Embedded Coder. Collaborate closely with product development teams and customers to enable complex, high-impact usage of MathWorks’ tools.
This role is ideal for engineers who enjoy deep technical problem-solving, nuanced challenges, and are excited to leverage new tools such as Generative AI to amplify their impact.
Responsibilities
In this role, you will:
- Influence the direction of MathWorks’ model-based design products by bringing a user-informed perspective, including insight on emerging AI-enabled development capabilities.
- Help customers succeed with advanced embedded software applications by resolving complex technical issues, including deep, strategic engagements.
- Leverage Generative AI as part of your engineering toolkit, including
- Accelerating root-cause analysis and debugging
- Creating MATLAB scripts, tools, or Simulink models to explore or demonstrate product behavior
- Innovating with agentic or workflow-oriented AI techniques to improve how complex issues are understood and resolved
- Collaborate closely with product development teams, synthesizing customer needs into actionable product improvements.
- Contribute to a global community of technical experts, sharing best practices and helping to shape how MathWorks supports and advances modern engineering workflows.
Keys to your success will be:
- Strong experience with embedded software development
- Deep expertise with Simulink and Embedded Coder
- A passion for creative, structured problem solving in complex technical systems
- The ability to identify emerging and systemic customer needs
- Curiosity and openness to adopting Generative AI and AI‑assisted tools as part of everyday work
Minimum Qualifications
- A bachelor's degree and 6 years of professional work experience (or a master's degree and 3 years of professional work experience, or a PhD degree, or equivalent experience) is required.
Additional Qualifications
- Knowledge of C/C++ for developing embedded applications
- Familiarity with the development process in automotive or aerospace industries
- Excellent communication skills (effectively articulate ideas and provide feedback)
- Excellent problem-solving skills
- Effective collaborator in cross functional environment
- Familiarity with coding standards (eg MISRA C), platforms (eg AUTOSAR), and/or certification requirements (eg DO-178) are a plus
Why MathWorks?
It's the chance to collaborate with bright, passionate people. It's the opportunity to accelerate the pace of discovery, innovation, and learning in engineering and science. And it’s a commitment to doing the right thing—for each individual, our customers, and the local community. We cultivate an enjoyable, participatory, and rational environment that champions individual growth, encourages initiative, values collaboration, shares success, and rewards excellence.
MathWorks develops MATLAB and Simulink, the leading technical computing software used by engineers and scientists. The company employs more than 6,500 people in 16 countries, with headquarters in Natick, Massachusetts, USA. MathWorks is privately held and has been profitable every year since its founding in 1984.
YOU + MathWorks = Unlimited Possibilities
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