Senior CAE and AI Expert (AI)

Location: Hybrid in Lausanne or Cambridge; 3 days per week in the Lausanne office

Company

hirify.global provides an AI platform that accelerates engineering simulation from design changes to validated results.

What you will do

• Design and develop simulation workflows, validation benchmarks, and solution templates for automotive structural analysis and consumer electronics durability.
• Map design changes, automated meshing, solver configuration, job execution, and design optimisation onto the platform.
• Use ABAQUS, LS-Dyna, Radioss, Hypermesh, ANSA, and Simlab to deliver accurate, fast, and repeatable workflows.
• Write Python automation for data preprocessing, solution packaging, workflow integration, and reproducibility.
• Partner with Product and Engineering to validate platform capabilities and shape the product roadmap through real-world simulation use cases.
• Execute and refine complex simulations with HPC and Cloud resources, including GPU acceleration.

Requirements

• 5–8 years of hands-on FEA simulation experience in automotive or consumer electronics environments.
• Expertise with mechanical pre-solve-post tools such as ABAQUS, LS-Dyna, Radioss, Hypermesh, Simlab, ANSA, Meta, or d3plot.
• Strong knowledge of structural nonlinear simulation, including implicit and explicit solvers, contact formulations, material models, and failure criteria.
• Experience with automotive safety simulations or product durability testing, including crash, occupant safety, pedestrian safety, drop test, shock, or vibration.
• Experience across CAD preparation, meshing, solving, post-processing, and visualisation, plus Python scripting.
• Proficiency in written and spoken English is required. Ability to work independently and explain complex technical concepts clearly is also required.

Nice to have

• Experience with C++, Java, C#, OpenFOAM, FEniCSx, Gmsh, or ParaView.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted simulation acceleration, design optimisation, or parametric study automation.
• Experience with Git, modern development environments, and basic CI for validating templates and scripts.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive salary and benefits.
• Training budget supporting continuous education.
• Collaborative, multicultural environment with direct access to a high-standard engineering team.
• High-impact work influencing how engineering organisations use AI to design products.
• Access to substantial GPU and CPU resources through HPC and Cloud infrastructure.
• Flexible hours in a hybrid working model, with focus on output rather than schedules.