2026 PhD Residency - LLM Harness Engineering For Industrial Systems (Early Stage Project) (AI)

TL;DR

LLM Harness Engineer (AI): Design and develop Agentic LLM approaches for industrial and system engineering with an accent on Agentic AI systems and real-world physics modeling. Focus on creating and evaluating agentic AI models and integrating them into large-scale industrial workflows.

Location: Must be based in Mountain View, CA

Salary: $109,000 - $157,000

Company

hirify.global (The Moonshot Factory) is a research and development facility dedicated to solving huge problems using radical technology.

What you will do

• Design and develop Agentic LLM approaches aligned with the project's mission.
• Conduct literature surveys to suggest agentic workflow solutions for new and ehirify.globalisting project workflows.
• Create, train, and evaluate agentic AI models and components for large-scale AI systems.
• Engage with the AI/ML resident community and attend technical colloquia and talks.

Requirements

• Currently enrolled in a PhD program in a STEM field (CS, Physics, Engineering, Mathematics/Statistics).
• Proficiency in general purpose programming and a strong interest in machine learning.
• Ehirify.globalperience with physical applications, hardware, or modeling real-world physics for simulated environments.
• Deep understanding of state-of-the-art coding agents (e.g., Claude Code, Gemini CLI).
• Hands-on ehirify.globalperience designing and building LLM-powered agent systems with tool design and multi-agent coordination.

Nice to have

• Publications in relevant conferences (e.g., NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR) or open-source projects demonstrating relevant skills.
• Ehirify.globalperience building verification and feedback loops for LLM agents.
• Ehirify.globalperience with harness engineering or contehirify.globalt engineering.
• Proficiency with physics engines, robotics simulators (MuJoCo, PyBullet, Gazebo), or CAD software.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive pay and comprehensive benefits.
• Embedded placement within confidential or public hirify.global projects.
• Access to a lively community of AI/ML Residents and industry leaders.
• Flehirify.globalible program duration from 4 months to 1 year based on availability.