Senior CAD Backend Engineer - Mechanical/CAD Automation (CAD API Expertise)

Foundationllm; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Foundationllm, a MIT-born startup, is building an AI Engineering platform to connect CAD systems with cloud-native services. We seek a Senior CAD Backend Engineer to design backend integrations and automate design workflows using Python.

You will work with Siemens NX, CATIA, SolidWorks, or PTC APIs, design data models with Protobuf, and collaborate with product, research, and engineering teams to ship reliable backend software.

Qualifications

• BS in Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience designing and implementing backend services.
• 3+ years of experience with Siemens NX, CATIA, SolidWorks, or PTC APIs.
• 3+ years of experience writing Python.
• Deep understanding of cloud-native applications and infrastructure.
• Experience with Protobuf and 3D data.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain backend services and scripts using Python.
• Integrate our product with 3rd-Party design solutions, like Siemens NX, SolidWorks, CATIA, or PTC.
• Design, develop, and maintain data models using Protobuf.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product managers, engineers and researchers.
• Write clean, well-documented, fast, and maintainable code.

Skills

Python programming

Backend development

Cloud-native

3D data handling

Education

BS in Mechanical Engineering or Computer Science

Tools

Siemens NX

CATIA

SolidWorks

PTC APIs

Job description

We are a MIT-born, venture-backed Silicon Valley startup building a real-life 'Jarvis'—an AI Copilot for design and manufacturing. Our goal is to utilize advanced AI, physics simulation, and computer graphics to reduce costs and improve engineering productivity across all steps of the design and manufacturing process.

We're looking for a Senior CAD Backend Engineer to build backend integrations and automation for our AI Engineering platform. You'll connect CAD systems to cloud-native services, streamline mechanical design workflows and develop Python based backend features.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain backend services and scripts using Python.
• Integrate our product with 3rd-Party design solutions, like Siemens NX, SolidWorks, CATIA, or PTC.
• Design, develop, and maintain data models using Protobuf.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product managers, engineers and researchers.
• Write clean, well-documented, fast, and maintainable code.

What we're looking for

• BS in Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience designing and implementing backend services.
• 3+ years of experience with Siemens NX, CATIA, SolidWorks, or PTC’s APIs.
• 3+ years of experience writing Python.
• Deep understanding of cloud-native applications and infrastructure.
• Experience working with Protobuf.Experience working with 3D data.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Bonus Points

• Experience writing C++.
• Experience implementing gRPC-based APIs.
• Experience working with Docker.
• Experience working with Google Cloud.
• Experience setting up logging and monitoring.

Our tech stack

• Google Cloud
• Python, TypeScript
• Protobuf, gRPC
• Next.JS, React.JS
• GitHub Actions
• Docker, Kubernetes, Spinnaker
• PostgreSQL