Founding Research Engineer

Adam; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 249,998; Full time

Job summary

An innovative AI company in San Francisco is seeking a Founding Research Engineer to join their team. You will focus on training AI models to interpret and generate CAD in 3D space, requiring creativity and deep technical expertise. Ideal candidates are proactive and have a strong background in machine learning. This full-time position is an excellent opportunity to redefine the future of design.

Qualifications

• Excited to push the boundaries of LLMs in 3D and CAD generation.
• Experience in training and serving state-of-the-art models.
• Ability to manage the full AI process from data collection to inference.

Responsibilities

• Train models that generate CAD from natural language.
• Design evaluations for geometric accuracy in 3D space.
• Create reinforcement learning environments for design tasks.

Skills

Exploration of LLMs

Model training and serving

Full AI stack ownership

ML contributions (papers, projects)

Problem ownership

Job description

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Base pay range

$160,000.00/yr - $249,998.00/yr

We’re building the founding research team at Adam.

At Adam, we’re tackling a frontier problem: training AI models to intelligently interpret and edit parametric CAD in 3D space. This demands creativity, deep technical ability, and novel thinking.

As Part Of The Founding Research Team, You May

• Train models that generate CAD from natural language
• Build effective vector representations of CAD features
• Design evals to measure geometric accuracy in 3D space
• Optimize inference for faster CAD edits
• Create RL environments to teach long-horizon agents to perform design tasks end-to-end
  
  

We Are Looking For People Who

• Are excited to explore and push the boundaries of LLMs, especially in the domain of 3D and CAD generation
• Have trained and served state-of-the-art models.
• Can own the full AI stack, from data collection to model training, evaluation, and inference
• Have a track record of original contributions in ML (first-author papers, open-source projects, or shipped systems)
• Operate with high agency and own problems end-to-end
  
  

At Adam, you will be given the autonomy to do some of the best work of your life and redefine how the physical world is built.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  Software Development

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