CAD/CAE Automation Software Engineer (Forward Deployed)

Neuralconcept
Lausanne +1 more
Hybrid

Who this role is best for

Best suited to engineers with a background in mechanical/industrial engineering and experience in PLM/CAD/CAE automation, working in a hybrid setting with significant on-site customer engagement.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with a background in mechanical/industrial engineering and a passion for automation and AI integration
    — “You are an engineer at heart who moved from mechanical/industrial engineering to PLM/CAD/CAE automation and software.
  • Individuals who enjoy solving complex integration challenges across engineering systems
    — “solving the strategic integration challenges across PLM, CAD, and simulation systems.
  • Those with a customer-oriented mindset and the ability to translate field needs into product features
    — “You communicate clearly with engineering teams and dig past the requested fix to identify the real problem worth solving.

Things to consider

  • The role involves up to 25% on-site travel, which may require flexibility in location and schedule.
    — “Meaningful time on-site with customers (up to a quarter of the time)
  • The position is based in Lausanne or Zurich, with a preference for Lausanne.
    — “Proximity to the customer compounds into a direct, deep impact on both their process and the product. Lausanne (preferred) or Zurich based.

How to stand out

  • Highlight specific examples of automating PLM/CAD systems and improving engineering workflows.
    — “Work directly with customers to understand their engineering workflows, constraints, and existing tools
  • Demonstrate experience in writing production-quality software for engineering automation.
    — “You write production-quality software, stay resourceful when the ground is ambiguous
  • Emphasize past work with simulation workflows or CAE automation, especially in HPC environments.
    — “Good knowledge of simulation workflows and data exchange (FEM, CFD, or CAE automation)
  • Showcase your ability to reverse-engineer APIs and create reusable integration patterns.
    — “scripting around a missing integration point, finding the path through when there's no official one
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · TeamLevel · Mid Level

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What success looks like

  • integrate NC's AI into customer workflows
  • contribute to NC's core product
Typical background
mechanical/industrial engineeringPLM/CAD/CAE automation

Skills & requirements

Required

Plm/cad/cae AutomationAPI ScriptingSoftware EngineeringCustomer InteractionProblem-solving

Preferred

CAE Or HPC ExperienceSimulation Workflows

Stack & domain

PLM And CAD Systems AutomationSoftware ProductionSimulation Workflows And Data ExchangeCAE Or HPC ExperienceCustomer-orientedCommunicationProblem-solvingEngineeringAutomationSoftware Development

About the role

Original posting from Neuralconcept via Ashby

ABOUT THE ROLE

You will work with our customers to bring NC’s AI into their engineering workflows, solving the strategic integration challenges across PLM, CAD, and simulation systems so they can design better products, faster. The work cuts both ways: a customer unblocked, and field experience built directly back into the product through features, tooling, and reusable integration patterns.

What you will do

  • Work directly with customers to understand their engineering workflows, constraints, and existing tools, translating that context into practical integration plans.
  • Connect NC to customer PLM, CAD, and simulation systems through APIs, scripts, and other automation mechanisms.
  • Automate engineering workflows and the associated data exchange, including where relevant the execution and monitoring of jobs across cloud or HPC environments.
  • Contribute to NC’s core product as a product engineer, turning field experience into features, tooling, and patterns that make future integrations faster.

Who you are

You are an engineer at heart who moved from mechanical/industrial engineering to PLM/CAD/CAE automation and software. You like understanding how engineering teams actually work, and finding practical ways to fix complex, manual workflows.

You are also a builder at heart. You get things working against rigid, poorly documented systems, reverse-engineering an API, scripting around a missing integration point, finding the path through when there's no official one. You write production-quality software, stay resourceful when the ground is ambiguous, and enjoy doing it side by side with customers.

  • Hands-on experience automating PLM and CAD systems through their APIs.
  • Experience writing software used in production or by other engineers.
  • Good knowledge of simulation workflows and data exchange (FEM, CFD, or CAE automation); deeper CAE or HPC experience is a strong plus.
  • Customer-oriented and motivated by on-site work. You communicate clearly with engineering teams and dig past the requested fix to identify the real problem worth solving.
  • Travel: Meaningful time on-site with customers (up to a quarter of the time), the rest hybrid with flexible hours. Proximity to the customer compounds into a direct, deep impact on both their process and the product. Lausanne (preferred) or Zurich based.

WHAT YOU GET

  • A world-class technology team that aims for excellence.
  • Competitive salary and rewarding opportunities as we scale.
  • A collaborative, multicultural environment where work is visible and recognized.
  • Professional growth alongside talented colleagues who share knowledge freely.
  • Global impact, helping customers shift to AI-assisted design.
  • Hybrid model (40% remote) and flexible hours.

WE'RE PROUD TO BE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER, AND WE'RE COMMITTED TO BUILDING A DIVERSE AND INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT WHERE YOU CAN THRIVE.

Source: Neuralconcept careers (Ashby)

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