Drimva

Vinci

Physics Applications - Software Engineer

$210K–$285K

Palo Alto HQ · Hybrid · Full-time · Posted Jun 10, 2026

Experience
8+ years of software development experience.
Education
STEM MSc or PhD preferred but not required.

About the job

Build and lead reusable production software libraries for a physics simulation engine, turning research prototypes into reliable customer-facing capabilities.

What you'll do

  • Design and implement software libraries and interfaces that accurately represent modeled physics.
  • Set and maintain standards for architecture, code quality, testing, and production scalability.
  • Own critical system components, lead technical initiatives, and mentor scientists and engineers.

What they ask for

  • 8+ years of high-quality software development experience, including significant production-grade systems design and development.
  • Experience with scientific computing or physics simulators (FEM, FEA, Molecular Dynamics, FDTD), or large-scale machine learning systems.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead technical initiatives in code health, modularity, and system correctness; expertise building robust, tested, maintainable software libraries and APIs.
  • Strong proficiency in modern software development practices, including system design, agentic coding, testing frameworks, and CI/CD; contributed to a production data processing system.

Nice to have

  • STEM MSc or PhD (preferred, not required).
  • Experience with core ML, data infrastructure, or numerical computing software; moving prototypes to production; or using simulation for design or data generation.

Pay

USD 210K – 285K base salary

Tools

FEM, FEA, Molecular Dynamics, FDTD, CI/CD, PyTorch, Numpy, Cuda

AI focus

Build and expand ML-based physics simulation capabilities, including transient modeling of interactions, deformation, and dynamics, while retaining solver-grade accuracy.

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First seen Oct 27, 2026 · Last verified Nov 4, 2026 (UTC)