CAD Integrations Backend Engineer for AI‑Driven Design

Foundation EGI; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Foundation EGI is seeking an experienced software engineer to connect CAD platforms with cloud-native AI services and build backend APIs for engineering workflows. You will translate CAD models into machine-readable data, and design systems for managing assemblies, parts, configurations and engineering metadata.

The role combines software engineering with CAD automation and backend architecture, requiring collaboration with researchers and product teams to advance AI-driven engineering

Qualifications

• BS/MS in Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 5+ years of experience building and maintaining backend services and production software.
• Strong Python engineering skills with experience writing clean, scalable, and maintainable code.
• Experience developing software integrations using commercial CAD APIs, such as Siemens NX Open, CATIA, SOLIDWORKS API, Creo Toolkit, Autodesk Inventor API, or similar engineering platforms.
• Experience building cloud‑native applications, backend APIs, and data models (including Protobuf).
• Experience working with 3D engineering data, CAD models, assemblies, and related engineering file formats.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to collaborate across engineering, research, and product teams.
• You've built software using at least one commercial CAD API: Siemens NX Open, CATIA, SOLIDWORKS API, Creo Toolkit, Autodesk Inventor API.

Responsibilities

• Translate CAD models into machine-readable engineering data.
• Connect Siemens NX, CATIA, SOLIDWORKS and other CAD platforms with cloud-native AI services.
• Build scalable APIs that allow engineering applications to exchange geometry and metadata.
• Develop Python services that automate complex engineering workflows.
• Design backend systems that manage CAD assemblies, parts, configurations and engineering metadata.
• Partner with researchers building next-generation Engineering AI.

Skills

Python engineering

Backend services

CAD API integrations

Cloud-native applications

3D engineering data

Communication skills

C++

Education

BS/MS in Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field

Tools

Siemens NX Open

CATIA

SOLIDWORKS API

Creo Toolkit

Autodesk Inventor API

Docker

GCP

Protobuf

gRPC

Job description

Foundation EGI is seeking an experienced software engineer to connect CAD platforms with cloud-native AI services and build backend APIs for engineering workflows. You will translate CAD models into machine-readable data, and design systems for managing assemblies, parts, configurations and engineering metadata.

The role combines software engineering with CAD automation and backend architecture, requiring collaboration with researchers and product teams to advance AI-driven engineering