PhysicsX
Senior Forward Deployed Software Engineer
New York, United States · Senior
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About the role
- Your role, first and foremost, is to help our customers solve their most important problems.
- Note: This position may require access to information protected under U.S. export control laws and regulations, including the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR).
- Please note that any offer for employment may be conditioned on authorization to receive software or technology controlled under these U.S. export control laws and regulations without sponsorship for an export license.
Responsibilities
- This role deals with breadth across the full stack, having a solid foundation in software engineering, API design, and deploying applications to production is desired.
- Backend development: Build and maintain RESTful APIs (FastAPI) and microservices in Python to serve Large Physics Models to the end users.
- Build what actually matters
- Building meaningful technology is a marathon, not a sprint.
Nice to have
- Someone with a track record of solving hard problems is a must, a background in Mechanical Engineering or similar is a plus.
Compensation
- $150,000 - $250,000 depending on experience
Benefits
- 🚀 Equity options - share meaningfully in the company you're helping to build.
- 💰 5% contribution to 401(k) - build long-term security with a strong retirement plan.
Company info
- Re-architecting Engineering for the Age of Intelligence
- PhysicsX is the physics AI company for industrials. The company's mission is to accelerate hardware innovation by overhauling what industrial engineering and manufacturing look like today. PhysicsX is building a new simulation software stack to deliver deep physics AI enablement across the entire engineering lifecycle. The company partners with leading organisations in aerospace & defence, automotive, semiconductors, materials, and energy & renewables, supporting them on some of their most critical and complex challenges. PhysicsX is headquartered in the United Kingdom, with offices in London, New York, and Singapore and an expanding presence in the Bay Area.
- Note: We are currently recruiting for multiple positions, however please only apply for the role that best aligns with your skillset and career goals.
- The Role
- As a Senior Forward Deployed Software Engineer, this takes the form of building and deploying applications that utilize the power of our physics AI models to enable our customers to build better, faster, and cheaper.
- As a member of the delivery team, you'll work directly with customers, data scientists, and machine learning engineers to develop applications that change the way advanced engineering is done.
- We're looking for someone who can grasp advanced engineering concepts across multiple industries, fundamentally understand the problems that engineers face, and build tools to solve these problems.
- You'll also have the opportunity to travel to customer sites in North America, Europe, Asia, Oceania, for an average of 3-4 weeks per quarter, where you'll collaborate closely with customers to build solutions on-site.
- PhysicsX is the physics AI company for industrials.
- The company's mission is to accelerate hardware innovation by overhauling what industrial engineering and manufacturing look like today.
- PhysicsX is building a new simulation software stack to deliver deep physics AI enablement across the entire engineering lifecycle.
- The company partners with leading organisations in aerospace & defence, automotive, semiconductors, materials, and energy & renewables, supporting them on some of their most critical and complex challenges.
- PhysicsX is headquartered in the United Kingdom, with offices in London, New York, and Singapore and an expanding presence in the Bay Area.
Equal opportunity
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Visa & Work Authorization
- Please note that any offer for employment may be conditioned on authorization to receive software or technology controlled under these U.S. export control laws and regulations without sponsorship for an export license.
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