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Co-Founder, CTO, Physical AI for Process Industries

Zurich💼 Full-time💰 $36,000–$36,000🗓 2026-05-12 → 2026-09-26

Core

Building a physical AI platform combining physics-based models, live sensor data, and machine learning to optimize process plant operations in real-time for industries like food & beverage, chemicals, and pharmaceuticals.

Role type

Co-Founder & CTO (Applied AI/ML)

Builds

A unified platform layer for real-time process plant optimization, starting with energy/water/chemicals/downtime reduction pilots.

Domain

Climate tech / Industrial AI / Process Industries

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Physics-informed ML, time-series analysis, reinforcement learning, agentic systems, sensor data curation, plant-graph contextualisation, industrial data stack integration (OPC UA/SCADA/MES/ERP), safety constraints management, human-in-the-loop workflows

Preferred skills

Experience in process industries, deployment of ML in messy real-world environments, entrepreneurial mindset, ability to build engineering teams

Technologies

Physics-based models, machine learning pipelines, AI agents, automation workflows

Responsibilities

Define technical vision and architecture, build MVP from ground up, deploy ML products in industrial environments, shape platform models and operator-facing apps, build and lead engineering team

Seniority

Co-Founder, full ownership of technical direction and execution

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