Full-time | Hybrid (LA / Orange County) or Remote
The RoleWe're looking for a skilled and driven Finite Element Analysis & Structural Optimization Engineer to join our core engineering team.
The seniority level for this role is flexible. You'll work at the intersection of computational mechanics, simulation, optimization, and AI-native engineering workflows - helping build the core simulation and optimization infrastructure behind InfinitForm's platform.
This is a deeply technical, hands-on role focused on building high-performance systems for structural simulation and generative engineering. Your work will directly shape the algorithms and solvers powering a new generation of engineering software for the physical world.
You'll collaborate closely with researchers, computational engineers, geometry engineers, and product teams working on complex real-world problems across aerospace, automotive, defense, robotics, and industrial manufacturing.
What You'll DoSimulation & Solver Development- Design, implement, and optimize finite element analysis (FEA) solvers and structural simulation pipelines
- Develop high-performance simulation infrastructure for large-scale engineering optimization workflows
- Improve solver stability, accuracy, scalability, and runtime performance
- Build production-quality numerical software in C++ for scientific and engineering computation
- Contribute to GPU-accelerated simulation and optimization systems
Structural Optimization & Research- Develop structural optimization algorithms including topology, shape, and sizing optimization
- Work on sensitivity analysis, constraint handling, and optimization methodologies
- Explore new approaches to simulation-aware and manufacturability-aware optimization
- Contribute to research-oriented problem solving across engineering and computational geometry domains
- Help bridge optimization outputs into production-ready CAD workflows
Technical Collaboration- Collaborate closely with Product, Research, and Application Engineering teams
- Participate in technical architecture discussions, code reviews, and solver design decisions
- Document technical findings and communicate complex ideas clearly across the team
- Help shape the technical direction of InfinitForm's core engineering platform
What Success Looks Like- Meaningful improvements in optimization quality, manufacturability, and runtime performance
- Technical contributions that directly improve customer outcomes and platform capability
- Strong collaboration between simulation, geometry, and product engineering teams
What You'll Bring- MS or PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Physics, Computational Mechanics, Computer Science, or a related technical field, with a focus on FEA, structural optimization, numerical methods, simulation, or scientific computing
- Strong foundation in finite element analysis, solid mechanics, and numerical methods
- Deep understanding of structural optimization techniques including topology optimization and sensitivity analysis
- Strong C++ experience for scientific, numerical, or high-performance computing applications
- Strong mathematical and problem-solving skills
- Ability to work independently on complex technical systems
- Collaborative mindset and ability to communicate technical ideas clearly
- Curiosity and excitement for solving difficult engineering and computational problems
Nice to Have- Experience with GPU computing (CUDA, OpenCL, or similar)
- Familiarity with parallel computing or HPC environments
- Background in computational geometry, CAD/CAE systems, or generative design
- Experience with large-scale numerical optimization systems
- Published research or advanced academic background in computational mechanics, simulation, or optimization
- Experience working on production engineering software platforms
Why InfinitForm- Work on foundational technology shaping the future of engineering and manufacturing
- Solve genuinely difficult computational and optimization problems with real-world impact
- Work alongside a highly technical team including multiple PhDs across computational geometry, simulation, optimization, AI/ML, and advanced manufacturing
- Help define a new category at the intersection of AI and engineering
- Competitive compensation and meaningful equity
