The driving force behind our success has always been the people of AspenTech What drives us is our aspiration our desire and ambition to keep pushing the envelope overcoming any hurdle challenging the status quo to continually find a better way You will experience these qualities of passion pride and aspiration in many ways from a rich set of career development programs to support of community service projects to social events that foster fun and relationship building across our global community The Role As an Associate Applications Engineer you will offer your expertise to design implement and optimize solutions tailored to client requirements Your role involves analyzing customer needs configuring software systems providing technical support and collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless product integration and performance Solid problem-solving skills excellent communication and a deep understanding of engineering principles and industry standards are essential to excel in this role Your ImpactImplement software solutions for customer-specific needs with guidance Most often this will be a program to interface with another system or a program which provides a feature not available in our standard software packages Able to assess and understand complex design documents detailing the proposed solution to meet the proposed requirements Able to follow instructions aiming development of software according to design documents with support either from lead custom application engineers or project engineers Participate in code reviews following the instructions to ensure completeness accuracy and quality Document and share knowledge and good practices What You ll NeedBachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering Computer Engineering Systems Engineering or related fields 0-2 years relevant work experience or relevant personal projects Knowledge in computer programming C and or Python preferred Strong analytical independent problem solving and troubleshooting skills Ability and flexibility to travel to domestic and international customer sites Ability to work independently effectively manage time and prioritize strategically Knowledgeable about electric power generation transmission and distribution Expertise in any of the following areas electric utility operations control systems automation client server applications APIs web services network communications operating systems algorithms SQL and other database technologies Familiar using Git for software development or willing to learn LI-RR1