Forward Deployment Leader (Physics AI)

Location: Remote, Brussels/Leuven, Belgium; moderate travel within continental Europe and infrequent travel to Palo Alto, USA

Compensation: €20–€45 based on experience

Company

hirify.global is building physics AI software that helps hardware designers and physics simulation engineers analyze and optimize complex hardware systems, including next-generation semiconductors.

What you will do

• Build, lead, and scale a high-performing European team of thermal engineers, including hiring, mentoring, and setting technical direction.
• Partner with Sales to lead technical discussions, scope proof-of-concept evaluations, and deliver product demonstrations to enterprise customers.
• Guide customer engineering teams through simulation setup, complex test cases, result interpretation, onboarding, deployment, and troubleshooting.
• Advise customers on thermal management systems, fluid flow, heat dissipation, thermal risk, component reliability, power density, and cooling efficiency.
• Translate customer feedback, pain points, and workflow bottlenecks into product and engineering improvements.
• Represent hirify.global at industry conferences and semiconductor events while tracking competitive technologies and market trends.

Requirements

• Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a closely related technical field.
• Expert-level experience with commercial simulation software such as Flotherm, Ansys Icepak/Fluent, or Simcenter STAR-CCM+, plus 15+ years of thermal management and cooling experience.
• Deep familiarity with semiconductor electronics packaging, advanced 2.5D/3D IC packaging, or foundry ecosystems.
• Customer-facing experience with strong engineering relationship-management and communication skills.
• Practical Python or C++ experience for workflow automation or simulation-data parsing.
• Previous managerial or technical leadership experience with the ability to scale and mentor engineering teams.

Nice to have

• Experience with structural mechanical simulations, FEA/stress, or electrical signal integrity and power integrity workflows.
• Experience commercializing EDA or CAE simulation tools for semiconductor and electronics enterprises.
• Technical pre-sales, application engineering, field applications engineering, or strategic technical sales experience.
• Experience with AI-assisted design or simulation tools and next-generation physics-based workflows.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote work with collaboration across Sales, Product, and Engineering.
• Moderate travel primarily within continental Europe, with infrequent intercontinental travel.
• Work at the intersection of AI models, fundamental physics, and hardware engineering.
• Fast-moving startup environment with engineers and researchers.