Thermo-Mechanical Engineer, AI-Driven Hardware Design

Vinci; Palo Alto (CA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Vinci is seeking a Technical Sales Engineer to drive adoption of our Physics AI platform in hardware design. You will build thermo-mechanical models from customer designs to validate Vinci’s software and demonstrate its value in real-world electronics applications.

The role is hybrid with 3 days/week in our Palo Alto office and moderate travel within the United States. You will collaborate with customer teams and internal sales, product, and engineering groups to deliver demonstrations and

Qualifications

• Degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or related engineering field.
• 3+ years of hands-on mechanical analysis for warpage, stress and reliability using commercial softwares such as Ansys, Abaqus, LS-Dyna.
• Experience in Customer-facing roles
• Strong problem-solving mindset and ability to quickly learn new tools and workflows
• Strong ability to communicate complex results clearly to a mixed audience (technical + business)

Responsibilities

• Engage with customer engineering teams during the evaluation phase by supporting simulation setup, running test cases, and interpreting results to demonstrate Vinci’s value.
• Collaborate with the sales team to deliver product demonstrations, conduct proof-of-concept evaluations, and participate in in-depth technical discussions with prospective customers.
• Support customer onboarding and deployments by providing technical guidance, training, and troubleshooting throughout the deployment and production phases.
• Identify customer pain points and workflow challenges, and collaborate with the product and engineering teams to improve product capabilities and overall customer experience.
• Deliver technical training sessions and workshops to enable customer teams to effectively adopt and scale Vinci within their engineering workflows.
• Represent Vinci at industry conferences and semiconductor events by delivering live product demonstrations, managing booth activities, and engaging technically with prospective customers and partners.
• Maintain a strong understanding of competitive technologies, industry trends, and market positioning to effectively communicate Vinci’s differentiators.

Skills

Mechanical analysis

Warpage analysis

Stress analysis

Reliability analysis

Customer-facing

Communication

Problem solving

Education

Degree in Mechanical or related engineering

Tools

Ansys

Abaqus

LS-Dyna

Job description

Vinci is seeking a Technical Sales Engineer to drive adoption of our Physics AI platform in hardware design. You will build thermo-mechanical models from customer designs to validate Vinci’s software and demonstrate its value in real-world electronics applications.

The role is hybrid with 3 days/week in our Palo Alto office and moderate travel within the United States. You will collaborate with customer teams and internal sales, product, and engineering groups to deliver demonstrations and