Senior CAD Backend Engineer Mechanical CAD Automation
Role Overview
This senior role involves building backend integrations and automation for an AI-powered engineering platform, connecting CAD systems like CATIA and Siemens NX to cloud-native services. You'll design and maintain Python-based backend services, Protobuf data models, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to streamline mechanical design workflows, directly impacting engineering productivity.
Perks & Benefits
As a venture-backed Silicon Valley startup, you'll work on cutting-edge AI technology with a mission to revolutionize design and manufacturing. The role offers the opportunity to shape backend architecture in a fast-paced, collaborative environment with a modern cloud-native tech stack. While remote setup is not explicitly stated, the description implies flexibility, and typical perks include equity, competitive compensation, and growth opportunities in a high-impact startup.
Full 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 with strong CATIA experience 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. CATIA background is a must.
\nResponsibilities Design, develop, and maintain backend services and scripts using Python. Integrate our product with 3rd-Party design solutions, like Siemens NX, 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, 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 and maintaining CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions. 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 \nPlease mention the word **SATISFIED** and tag RODIuMTY1LjE3MC45Ng== when applying to show you read the job post completely (#RODIuMTY1LjE3MC45Ng==). This is a beta feature to avoid spam applicants. Companies can search these words to find applicants that read this and see they're human.