Open Roles in Computational Design, AI & Machine Learning for Design, Engineering & Architecture
JUNE 2026 - CDFAM Computational Design Symposium
The CDFAM job board has added another 30+ roles in the last two weeks.
The latest roles span defense contractors, new space, autonomous maritime systems, humanoid robotics, eVTOL aircraft, engineering software and academic research.
Presenting at CD/DC Washington, and Hiring
Several companies on the CD/DC Washington speaker roster are still actively hiring. If you want to understand what they are building and who they are looking for, come hear them present.
Vinci4D — 14 roles across GPU solver architecture, CFD, geometry/meshing, thermal-mechanical simulation, and foundation model infrastructure.
PhysicsX — Head of People Partnership as they scale their AI simulation platform.
Arena Physica — Research Scientist, Machine Learning and Member of Technical Staff – Agentic Reasoning & Core Capabilities. Building electromagnetic superintelligence for hardware verification.
Neural Concept — ML for CAX Application Engineer, Application Engineer, and Tech Lead, Vertical Solutions.
nTop — Field Solutions Engineer and Senior Manager, Aerospace & Defense Business Development.
Celedon — Agentic Systems Engineer, Full-Stack Software Engineer, and two summer internships.
InfinitForm — Software Engineer, FEA & Structural Optimization and Product & Content Marketing Manager.
Boston Dynamics — Seven Atlas roles across reinforcement learning, perception, agentic systems, structures, and manufacturing.
Thornton Tomasetti — Computational Mechanics (FEA) Engineer, Washington DC. Advanced FEA for defense, infrastructure, and energy clients.
Browse all at cdfam.com/careers →
Defense and Aerospace
Shield AI have five roles posted, a clear signal of scale-up across V-BAT and Hivemind programs. Principal Aerostructures Design Engineer, Engineering Manager Structural Design, Power Electronics Thermal Engineer, Principal Engineer AI Infrastructure, and Senior Engineer Mission Systems – Avionics & Sensor Integration.
Lockheed Martin now has three computational designer roles live simultaneously including two Houdini-based procedural modeling positions and a fully remote agentic systems engineering role. Plus the Advanced Factory & Design Lead at Sikorsky, additive manufacturing development, and thermal simulation engineering.
Draper — Sr. Electromagnetic Design Engineer, Cambridge MA. Precision inertial instruments for guidance applications ranging from ballistic missiles to miniature guided munitions.
Anduril, Northrop Grumman, and other defense roles from May remain open. View all →
New Space
SpaceX — Harnessing Design Engineer, Starlink. Electro-mechanical wire harness design in NX for the world’s largest satellite constellation.
Stoke Space — Senior Structures Design Engineer for 100% reusable rockets.
Lanteris Space Systems — Sr. Structures Design Engineer. Spacecraft structures for a company with 60 years of mission systems heritage.
Robotics, Autonomy, and Physical AI
McKinsey — Specialist, Robotics and Physical AI. Multi-physics simulation, digital twins, and physics-informed ML applied to industrial client challenges. An unusual entry for a consulting firm.
ABB Robotics — AI Adoption Lead for R&D, global role. Leading AI integration into engineering workflows across all global R&D sites as SoftBank consumes ABB Robotics.
Saronic Technologies — Industrial Designer, Austin TX. Applying premium product design standards to next-generation autonomous maritime systems — Rhino, KeyShot, CMF.
Also still open: Apptronik, Agility Robotics, Physical Intelligence, and General Motors robotics roles.
Advanced Manufacturing
Fabri — Software Engineer, Generalist. Building the software stack for a digital foundry combining additive manufacturing and precision metal casting. Early-stage, well-capitalized, onsite Boston.
VulcanForms — Additive Manufacturing Technician and Additive Manufacturing Specialist, Devens MA. Hands-on LPBF operation supporting applications development and production.
Industrial and Product Design
Meta — Industrial Designer, XR Hardware, Redmond WA. Category-defining consumer electronics and wearables. 10+ years experience expected.
Joby Aviation — Senior Industrial Designer. Cabin interiors, CMF, and Class-A surfacing for an eVTOL aircraft approaching FAA certification.
Research and Academic
Politecnico di Milano — PhD Scholarship, Physics-Informed Generative AI for Architected Materials. Generative deep learning and multi-physics inverse design of metamaterials. Joint with AI4I.
TU Delft — PhD Position, Textile-Form Weaving Design Methods. Digital design-fabrication workflows for zero-waste woven garments. Part of the INTERWeuVEN Horizon Europe project. Deadline June 29.
The people hiring for these roles are the same people who show up at CDFAM.
If you want to understand what they are actually building and who they are looking for, CDFAM Washington is where that conversation happens , not through a job description filtered by HR, but directly with the engineers and leaders doing the work.
Register for CD/DC Washington →
