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Global Unlimited PTO

  • Design, build, and maintain the backend systems and computation engines behind Aurora's solar and electrical design workflows.
  • Advance simulation and optimization work across PV and battery storage system layout, component selection, and electrical configuration.
  • Partner with product managers, designers, research engineers, and fellow engineers to turn complex physical models into reliable, scalable software.

Aurora Solar is on a mission to create a future of solar for all through its award-winning software that helps solar professionals design, sell, and install residential and commercial solar arrays. The company has been recognized as one of the Best Remote Companies by BuiltIn.com and is a certified Green Business with the city of San Francisco.

US

  • Design, develop, and maintain geometry processing and simulation algorithms for engineering applications.
  • Build services for reading, processing, and writing 2D/3D engineering data, plus rendering modules and large-scale datasets.
  • Implement and optimize post-training workflows for machine learning models and develop domain-specific languages.

Foundation EGI is an MIT-born, venture-backed Silicon Valley startup building an AI Copilot for design and manufacturing. We are a remote-first team with a collaborative culture, offering equity, comprehensive benefits, and professional development opportunities.

$30–$60/hr
Global

  • Design realistic electrical engineering tasks based on electronics development, circuit analysis, and electrical systems design.
  • Create and validate electrical schematics, PCB layouts, and technical specifications for AI evaluation.
  • Review AI-generated designs for technical accuracy and establish reference solutions.

We create high-quality training and evaluation data for frontier AI models. We are a flexible, remote-first organization assembling a team of expert contractors to advance AI systems.

US

  • Participate in design discussions and own the numerical solutions and algorithms underlying GoldSim's simulation engine from theory to implementation.
  • Build and verify GoldSim models for QA, as examples, and in direct support of customers to validate new algorithms.
  • Document theoretical and practical aspects of numerical methods and collaborate with the engineering team to integrate capabilities.

Datacor is the leading provider of software solutions, including ERP, CRM, Asset Tracking, Simulation and Formulation, to the process manufacturing space. Its subsidiary GoldSim is a world leader in dynamic simulation software for water resources and complex engineering, serving a global customer base with a focus on innovation and quality.

Global

  • Design and deploy AI/ML models, including graph neural networks, transformers, generative models, and Bayesian optimization for molecular property prediction and design.
  • Apply computational chemistry methodologies such as molecular dynamics, quantum mechanical calculations, and structure-based modeling to support drug discovery.
  • Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to deploy scalable workflows in cloud and high-performance computing environments.

Marlabs is a global AI and digital solutions consulting firm delivering intelligent solutions across AI, data, analytics, and product engineering. Since 2000, we have partnered with large organizations worldwide, fostering an innovative team culture.

Global

  • Design, build, and maintain robotic platforms, including sensor integration, calibration, and actuator control.
  • Develop the robotics software stack for perception, state estimation, motion planning, and control, plus simulation environments.
  • Deploy and optimize learned models on hardware with attention to latency, safety, and reliability.

Metacognition builds intelligent systems capable of learning, remembering, and reasoning over time. It is an early-stage startup with a highly collaborative, fast-moving environment where employees have meaningful ownership.

US Unlimited PTO

  • Partner with Account Executives to lead technical engagements and deliver fast AI prototyping.
  • Design and implement Agentic AI solutions to automate complex industrial workflows.
  • Bridge field and product, translating deployment learnings into scalable best practices.

Cognite is an industrial AI company building AI and data solutions to solve complex industrial challenges. With an international presence and a culture of ownership and speed, we help drive digital transformation for global industry.

Europe

  • Own network solutioning for k0rdent AI, designing GPU cluster interconnects and multi-tenant isolation.
  • Publish reference architectures and run proofs of concept on real hardware with customers.
  • Research emerging AI networking technologies and help shape the product roadmap.

Mirantis is a Kubernetes-native AI infrastructure company helping organizations build and operate scalable, secure infrastructure for modern AI workloads. It is committed to open standards, technical excellence, and a distributed, collaborative team culture.