First Resonance

First Resonance

Senior AI Engineer

Los Angeles · Senior

Work authorization requiredDetected 151 days ago
AWSGCPAzureCloud PlatformsCI/CDMachine LearningData EngineeringData ScienceLLMsRAGComplianceOnboardingRoboticsHardware DesignResearchCommunicationCollaborationProblem SolvingMentoringPublic Speaking

About the role

  • We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer with a passion for AI to join us in our mission of bringing the ION Factory OS to next-generation hardware builders around the globe.
  • This role is based in Los Angeles, CA (HQ in El Segundo).
  • Ship customer-facing features that directly impact manufacturing workflows, including AI-driven functionality (e.g., generative procedure creation, anomaly detection, recommendations) and core product features not reliant on AI.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the design, implementation, and optimization of production-ready AI systems within the ION Factory OS.
  • Architect and maintain scalable software systems, including AI/ML pipelines and broader product infrastructure.
  • Design and implement AI features using retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) pipelines to deliver context-aware insights and recommendations.
  • Partner with data engineering to process and transform structured and unstructured manufacturing data into usable formats.
  • Are you excited by the opportunity to build AI-powered software that accelerates the development of eVTOLs, rockets, robots, and autonomous vehicles?
  • Proven track record of building and shipping customer-facing applications (AI and non-AI) that deliver measurable business value.

Requirements

  • 7+ years of professional software engineering experience, including 3+ years shipping AI/ML-powered products into production.
  • Expertise in data modeling, preprocessing, and model evaluation at scale.
  • Familiarity with generative AI models (LLMs, diffusion models, GANs) and their real-world applications.
  • Familiarity with modern data governance, privacy, and compliance standards (SOC2, GDPR, ITAR).
  • Hands-on experience with retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) for building AI systems that combine large language models with external knowledge sources.
  • Understanding of and/or experience with Model Context Protocol (MCP) or similar emerging standards for connecting AI systems with data and tools.
  • Experience building AI systems for real-time, low-latency, or edge deployments.
  • Customer-facing experience gathering requirements, presenting solutions, and demonstrating value.
  • Contributions to open-source projects or published research in applied AI/ML.
  • Experience mentoring engineers and contributing to engineering best practices.
  • Health Insurance; medical, vision, dental, & life insurance.
  • Paid Parental Leave.
  • Employee Stock Option Plan.
  • Team outings, group lunches, open office, happy hours.
  • Paid holidays, sick days.
  • Flexible Friday and PTO.

Skills

  • Ensure reliability, scalability, and maintainability of all systems in production, leveraging CI/CD and cloud-native workflows.
  • Experience architecting scalable systems on cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
  • Excellent problem-solving, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Company info

  • We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer with a passion for AI to join us in our mission of bringing the ION Factory OS to next-generation hardware builders around the globe. This role is based in Los Angeles, CA (HQ in El Segundo).
  • Collaborate with product managers and customers to translate real-world challenges into robust software solutions.
  • As part of our onboarding process, a new hire's Form I-9 information will be shared with the federal government to confirm they are authorized to work in the U.S.
  • We are a group of software, hardware, and manufacturing engineers that are bringing the best of modern UX and data science to an industry that has been overly rigid in its innovation.

Equal opportunity

  • equal opportunity employer dedicated to building an inclusive and diverse workforce.

Visa & Work Authorization

  • As part of our onboarding process, a new hire's Form I-9 information will be shared with the federal government to confirm they are authorized to work in the U.S.
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