Technical Staff Lead

AIC; El Segundo (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Unlimited PTO

Relocation assistance

Equity

Job summary

AIC is seeking an on-site software engineer to embed with design partners and manufacturers across their operations in El Segundo. You will own the software stack—from data models and ETL to backend/frontend code and hardware integrations—and drive adoption through trust and hands-on collaboration.

Ideal candidates have 2+ years in a fast production environment, product/design experience, and strong communication. Relocation support and equity are part of the package.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of software engineering in a fast, collaborative production environment.
• Product and design experience is required.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience with data-intensive applications and data workflows.

Responsibilities

• Embed on-site with design partners and manufacturers for extended periods.
• Build trust across the organization from GM to technicians.
• Understand partner shop dynamics and constraints.
• Translate observations into concrete requirements and own software delivery on-site and at HQ.
• Write production code across the full stack and coordinate on-site and HQ teams.

Skills

Software engineering

Product and design experience

Data-intensive apps

Data modeling

ETL

APIs

Frontend

Algorithms

Hardware integration

ML pipelines

Education

Graduate education in CS/Stats/Mathematics/Applied Physics/Electrical/Mechanical Eng

Tools

ETL tools

APIs

Data modeling tools

Job description

Physical AI will decide the balance of power for the next century. It runs on components built by Original Component Manufacturers at the base of America's most critical supply chains. The bottleneck isn’t workforce, it’s workflow, which AIC solves by deploying our software operating system to unlock trapped capacity in the companies we acquire by empowering the talented operators who have built those enterprises.

• Please note this is an onsite role. It will be based out of our El Segundo office 5x a week.

What You'll Do

• Embed on-site with design partners and manufacturers for meaningful stretches of the year — their floor is your second office.
• Build trust across the full vertical, from the GM to the technician running the station. Software and hardware deployed without this trust doesn't get adopted.
• Develop genuine understanding of how each partner's shop works and why — the history, constraints, people, and physics of what moves through it.
• Translate unstructured observation into concrete requirements, then build, ship, and maintain the software yourself and through the other technical staff you coordinate on-site and at HQ.
• Write production code across the full stack — data model, ETL, backend, frontend, algorithms, hardware integrations, ML pipelines, analyses, and infrastructure. Everyone wears all the hats at various points in time.
• Run the process-engineering side of deployment — sequencing software changes with operational changes so the two evolve in lockstep, including the cultural work: training, change management, work instructions, quiet one-on-ones with skeptics.
• Own outcomes, not deliverables. Success is measured in operational maturity and financial outcomes gained by the partner, not features shipped.

Who You Are

• 2+ years of experience software engineering in a fast and collaborative production environment
• Product and design experience
• Strong communication/stakeholder management skills
• Knowledge and intuition for designing and implementing data intensive applications
• Experience with data modeling, ETL, system and API design, frontend, algorithms, hardware integration, data science, applied math, operations research, statistics, machine learning, devops, or infrastructure
• Hard-tech, robotics, and manufacturing background is a big plus

What We Have

• Medical, Dental, Vision benefits
• Unlimited PTO Policy
• $180-$250k + equity
• Relocation assistance

Nice to Have

• Graduate education in computer science, statistics, applied mathematics, applied physics, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, or a related field
• Track record leading technical projects, especially in a customer-facing role
• Previous startup experience