Machine Learning Engineer (AI-Powered Hardware Design)
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San Francisco, CA · Posted November 1, 2026
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About the job
A small, quickly growing startup is creating AI tools that speed up how physical products are designed in CAD. It seeks a flexible ML engineer who is comfortable switching between research ideas and production code.
Your focus
Create, train and assess bespoke models and embeddings that power the design software
Own the data pipeline, from collecting and curating data to the training framework
Strengthen the machinery for training and testing, covering experiment logging, metrics and repeatability
Carry models from prototype into live use, then monitor and iterate on real-world results
Work with product and other teams to convert needs into ML features, and follow current research on LLMs and representation learning
About you
Four or more years as an ML engineer in industry, or comparable academic research (research-based Master’s or PhD)
Strong, clean Python with little need for hand-holding
Track record inventing custom models and embeddings, rather than relying on off-the-shelf tools
Hands-on LLM experience and fluency in PyTorch or a comparable deep learning library
Experience taking ML to production quality
Bonus: graph neural networks or transformers, cloud ML platforms, backend frameworks, or CAD and geometry exposure
On-site in the San Francisco Bay Area. H-1B transfers and TN visas can be supported; new H-1B sponsorship is not offered.