At Augmenta, we are creating an Artificial Intelligence capable of automating the design of buildings - completely transforming the industry and empowering architects, engineers, contractors and developers. We're a global team, headquartered in Toronto, Canada with a team of brilliant, kind and collaborative scientists, engineers and designers, working at the bleeding edge of technology to tackle the immense challenges of the built environment. We are spread across Canada, the US, and Italy, making our workplace a remote-first and distributed environment.
The role We're looking for a Principal Applied Scientist to lead our Machine Learning research and advance the state of the art of Artificial Intelligence applied to the built environment. The ideal candidate will have experience with leading research in applications of AI in Architecture, Engineering, Construction or similar fields involving computer vision, graph learning, robotics, planning. You will work closely with the technical and product leadership to conduct AI research targeting problems in design automation for construction. This role reports to the VP of Engineering.
What you will do You'll be leading the effort to tackle extreme-scale problems by discovering and adopting using state-of-the-art Artificial Intelligence methods, including:
Develop generative systems to create and augment our synthetic data repositories for buildings and building systems
Research and experiment with foundation semantic models for buildings and their applications for generative design
Research and develop AI-assisted large-scale mathematical optimization and combinatorial search methods
Research and develop AI-assisted physics simulation models
Collaborate with our engineering team to bring research to full fruition in our generative platform
Aim to publish results of the research at world-class conferences to participate in the worldwide scientific community and establish Augmenta as the leader in Artificial Intelligence for the built environment
About you Visible records of research in the topics above, through a combination of publications and developed/deployed applications and/or prototypes
Experience leading a research agenda aligned with larger organization or company goals
Strong programming skills in Python, with experience in deep learning frameworks such as PyTorch, numpy, pandas, etc.
Strong familiarity with 2D and 3D geometry processing
Experience bringing a machine learning research concept through the full ML development cycle
Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently as well as in a team environment
Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced, innovative, interdisciplinary team environment
Nice to have These are the things you're likely to work on, so if you have any experience in the following, great! If you don't have experience in the following, we still encourage you to apply.
Prior experience with end-to-end research to application deployment and maintenance
PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, Physics or related field
Familiarity with Building Information Modeling and relative authoring environments (e.g. Autodesk Revit) and data formats (e.g. IFC)
Familiarity with fundamental Modeling & Simulation principles and methods
Mathematical optimization methods
Numerical methods for solving partial differential equations problems
Interactive 3D graphics and data visualization
Distributed computing
GPU acceleration of numerical algorithms using CUDA/OpenCL
Our Team and Perks We are an open, collaborative, and supportive culture including skill shares, design critiques, and a bi-weekly reading group
We believe that employees should be owners, which is why we provide stock option grants for full time employees
We believe in supporting the health and wellbeing of our team, which is why we offer a competitive health benefits package
We believe in balance and taking time to rest and recharge, which is why we offer 4 weeks vacation to all full-time employees plus an extra week off at the end of December.
As a remote-first team, we believe in the importance of having the right set up, which is why we offer a home office budget
Learning and development is critical to us, which is why we have a self-directed learning budget
Here's how to apply Please send your resume and a cover letter to ****** with "Principal Artificial Intelligence Scientist" in the subject line. Please also indicate where you saw this job posting.
Our Hiring Process Discover : You discover the opportunity and apply to the role
Talk : You take part in a 30-45 minute screening call with the Hiring Manager to chat about the role and the team.
Meet your team : You have a video call with a few other Augmenta team members.
Offer : You receive an offer to join Augmenta!
Accommodations and Accessibility Inclusion and equity are the cornerstones of how we recruit, hire, and develop talent. We encourage applications from all candidates, especially those who identify as members of the BIPOC community, LGBTQ++ community, women, caregivers, immigrants, and people living with disabilities. We encourage candidates to include any accommodations you require in your application. We look forward to hearing from you.
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