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Founding Engineer

USA💼 Full-time💰 $150,000–$220,000🗓 2026-09-20 → 2026-09-25

Core

Design and implement architecture integrating AI agents with CAD, CAE, PLM tools, and historical engineering data to deploy production AI workflows into live customer programs.

Role type

Founding Engineer (AI/ML Systems)

Builds

Production AI workflows, evaluation and training loops using simulations and real-world feedback, scalable platform features for engineering programs.

Domain

Industrial software, simulation, CAD, CAE, physical-world AI, frontier/applied AI

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

Python, backend/ML systems engineering, AI production deployment, evaluation suite building for LLM workflows, physics-informed reinforcement learning, cross-functional communication

Preferred skills

Experience in industrial software, simulation, CAD, CAE, EDA domains, ability to select among retrieval, fine-tuning, and traditional software approaches

Technologies

Python, LLMs, reinforcement learning, CAD, CAE, PLM tools

Responsibilities

Design and implement architecture integrating AI agents with engineering tools; Own end-to-end software delivery including testing and on-call operations; Build evaluation and training loops using simulations and real-world feedback; Collaborate with customer-site engineers to identify failure points; Influence the product roadmap and build reliable, scalable features; Scale the platform across multiple operating companies and mentor a small team

Seniority

Founding, hands-on IC with team mentorship

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