Photonium Verified
Artificial Intelligence, Deep Tech, Optical Computing, Photonics
Founding ML Engineer
New York, New York, United StatesOnsiteFull Time$150,000–$200,000 /yrPosted 2 months agoHidden Gem · YC Startup
Role summary
Photonium is seeking a Founding Machine Learning Engineer for its on-site role in NYC. This position focuses on designing and implementing an optical design agent, developing ML models for generating and optimizing optical system layouts, and building workflows to interface with simulation tools. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in ML pipelines and an interest in optics, physics-based simulation, or generative design. Collaboration with optical engineers is key to defining data structures and preparing training data.
**Company Description**
Photonium builds next-generation design software for optical systems. Manually designing optical hardware is a costly bottleneck for fields like quantum computing, life sciences, LiDAR, and advanced manufacturing. We develop intuitive tools and intelligent automation to help engineers design optical systems faster and cheaper. Photonium is backed by Y Combinator (X25) and part of the NVIDIA inception program.
**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.
Photonium builds next-generation design software for optical systems. Manually designing optical hardware is a costly bottleneck for fields like quantum computing, life sciences, LiDAR, and advanced manufacturing. We develop intuitive tools and intelligent automation to help engineers design optical systems faster and cheaper. Photonium is backed by Y Combinator (X25) and part of the NVIDIA inception program.
**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.
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