Job Description

Build the 3D perception that gives AI agents real spatial intelligence.

How do AI systems truly see and reason about 3D geometry? This Applied Scientist role puts you at the centre of that challenge — developing models that bridge the physical world and intelligent reasoning systems.

You’ll join a well-funded startup building AI agents for advanced design and engineering workflows — across manufacturing, aerospace, and medtech. Your work will enable agents to understand CAD data, meshes, and point clouds deeply enough to plan, analyse, and make autonomous decisions.

This is a rare opportunity to establish the 3D foundation within the research team. You’ll define evaluation strategies, model objectives, and technical direction — building models that become the perception backbone for intelligent agents.

What you’ll do:
• Develop models that learn transferable 3D representations across CAD, mesh, and point cloud data
• Handle messy, lossy, real-world data — not just clean synthetic geometry
• Scale training across segmentation, classification, correspondence, and eventually generation
• Design robust evaluation pipelines for continuous performance monitoring
• Work toward a unified 3D foundation model supporting both discriminative and generative tasks

You’ll bring:
• Deep expertise in 3D computer vision (PhD or equivalent experience)
• Strong knowledge of modern 3D architectures (PointNet++, MeshCNN, Gaussian Splatting, Diffusion, VLMs)
• Proven ability training large-scale models in PyTorch
• Strong applied research instincts — turning papers into working systems
• Experience with multimodal or vision-language models

Bonus points:
• Background with CAD data or industrial design workflows
• Experience in robotics, autonomous driving, or AR/VR 3D perception
• Familiarity with SLAM, pose estimation, or differentiable rendering

You’ll join a small, research-driven team with full autonomy and major compute access — free to explore foundational methods while delivering practical impact.

Compensation & location:
• Base salary: $200K–$300K (negotiable by level)
• Up to 20% bonus + stock
• Full medical, dental, and vision coverage
• 401k (3% match) and 20+ vacation days

Based in the SF Bay Area (currently remote, moving hybrid soon).
Applicants must hold valid US work authorisation (US Citizen or Green Card).

If you’re excited about building the 3D understanding that will power the next generation of intelligent agents — we’d love to hear from you.
All applicants will receive a response.