Normal Computing

Normal Computing

AI Engineering Lead

New York City · Staff+

Sponsorship not specified$10k-$100kDetected 21 days ago
Full-Stack DevelopmentCode ReviewMachine LearningLLMsAgentic AIMLOpsAccessibilityHardware DesignResearchLeadershipMentoring

About the role

  • This work sits at the intersection of applied AI, ML systems, agents, model evaluation, software engineering, and semiconductor domain complexity.
  • This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who has grown from strong individual contribution into technical leadership or management.
  • You should be comfortable moving between architecture, model behavior, evaluation, implementation tradeoffs, hiring, and team development.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and manage a team of AI engineers; hire, mentor, and develop strong engineers as the team scales.
  • Stay hands-on with architecture, implementation decisions, code review, debugging, evaluation, and system design; contribute directly to critical technical work when needed.
  • Build AI systems that operate against structured engineering workflows, formal specifications, and objective correctness signals.
  • Partner with product, engineering, research, and leadership to translate ambiguous goals into clear technical plans.
  • Team Leadership: Lead and manage a team of AI engineers; hire, mentor, and develop strong engineers as the team scales.
  • Hands-On Depth: Stay hands-on with architecture, implementation decisions, code review, debugging, evaluation, and system design; contribute directly to critical technical work when needed.
  • Structured AI Systems: Build AI systems that operate against structured engineering workflows, formal specifications, and objective correctness signals.
  • Cross-Functional Translation: Partner with product, engineering, research, and leadership to translate ambiguous goals into clear technical plans.
  • Experience applying agentic systems and AI to EDA, semiconductor workflows, circuits, hardware design, verification, or other advanced engineering domains
  • Track record of building and shipping meaningful AI systems in production or high-impact technical environments

Requirements

  • Strong ownership mindset and ability to operate in a small, high-caliber team

Compensation

  • $10k-$100k

Equal opportunity

  • Normal Computing is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
  • We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
  • All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected status.
  • Accessibility Accommodations

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