Founding ML Engineer

Photonium; New York (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Photonium is looking for a Founding Machine Learning Engineer to join their team in New York City. This full-time on-site position focuses on designing and implementing optical design agents, developing ML models to optimize outcomes.

The ideal candidate will have strong experience in building and deploying ML pipelines and an interest in optics and simulation tools. Collaborating closely with optical engineers, you will define data structures and enhance training data.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in building and deploying ML pipelines.
• Interest in optics, physics-based simulation, or generative design.
• Familiarity with CAD and simulation tools is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop models for generating and optimizing optical system layouts.
• Build workflows to interface with simulation tools and extract metrics.
• Collaborate with optical engineers to define data structures.

Skills

Building and deploying ML pipelines

Interest in optics

Familiarity with CAD

Tools

Simulation tools

Job description

Role Description

This is a full-time on-site role for a Founding Machine Learning Engineer located in NYC.

The Founding ML Engineer will be responsible for the design and implementation of our optical design agent. You’ll develop ML models that generate candidate configurations, interface with simulation or analysis tools to evaluate performance, and implement learning loops to improve design outcomes over time.

What You'll Do

• Develop models for generating and optimizing optical system layouts based on design goals and constraints.
• Build workflows to interface with simulation tools and extract performance metrics.
• Collaborate with optical engineers to define data structures and prepare training data.

What We're Looking For

• Strong experience in building and deploying ML pipelines.
• Interest in optics, physics-based simulation, or generative design.
• Familiarity with CAD, optics, and/or simulation tools is a plus.