Application Engineer, CV/ML

About Lumafield: 

Founded in 2019, Lumafield has developed the world's first accessible X-Ray CT scanner for engineers. Our easy-to-use scanner and cloud-based software give engineers the ability to see their work clearly, inside and out, at an extremely affordable price.  

Engineers make million-dollar decisions every day, and they need tools that give them the greatest possible insight into their products. By offering unprecedented visibility into products, as well as AI-driven tools that highlight problems and generate quantitative data, Lumafield promises to revolutionize the way complex products are created, manufactured, and used across industries. 

We are an impact driven company obsessed with providing the best value to our customers keeping their needs at the center of our evolution. Our team today includes world-class researchers and industrial designers, PhDs, creators, founders of successful startups, and zero egos. We are backed by top venture capital funds like Kleiner Perkins, Lux Capital, DCVC, Spark Capital, and others.

The company is headquartered in Cambridge, MA and has an office in San Francisco, CA.

About the role:

Application engineers at Lumafield are experts in our industries and/or our product features. They work closely with the engineering, product, and research teams to understand what our products are capable of and communicate and configure those features successfully for customers. An Application Engineer begins by bringing a solid foundation in engineering and industry experience, then excels by diving head-first into our product portfolio and quickly becoming the internal Lumafield expert in their vertical. Forward-deployed engineers spend most of their time in our offices building their skills and mastering our products, but will also spend significant time on customer calls and at customer facilities to ensure that our customers can achieve their goals with our products.

If you love solving some of the hardest problems in manufacturing and product design, working with customers, and learning new skills and technologies, this role is for you!

• Specialize in understanding how to develop and deliver computer vision and machine learning solutions atop Lumafield’s products for our customers
• Consult regularly in pre-sales contexts to advise Account Executives and Application Engineers as to the scope and possibilities of Lumafield’s computer vision and machine learning solutions
• Work closely with product, engineering, and research teams to build expertise
• Quickly become the Lumafield expert and point person for Lumafield’s machin learning and computer vision solutions
• Own post-sales training, tuning and delivery of machine learning and computer vision solutions
• Ship new algorithms and updates to Lumafield’s Voyager software which extend or enhance our computer vision and machine learning capabilities
• Spend most of your time in our Lumafield San Francisco office (80% of time, on average) while also regularly traveling to customers to support their missions (20% of time, on average).

• Bring experience or passion for the specialization in this job posting
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field
• 2+ years of experience in a software development or technical pre-sales role
• Experience with common computer vision and machine learning algorithms/problems – segmentation, classification, object detection, anomaly detection, etc.
• Strong Python software development skills – OOP, git, unit testing + integration testing, deployment.
• Strong desire to learn more about adjacent engineering disciplines and drive to take advantage of this opportunity to build your skill

• 3D machine learning experience
• CT experience
• Metrology experience
• Software Development experience

Lumafield offers both competitive cash and equity compensation, as well as a health & wellness stipend, 401k, parental leave, flexible PTO, commuter benefits, company wide events and more!  

Lumafield is committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills, because the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. Do you feel like your skills don’t meet every single requirement listed? We encourage you to apply anyway – If you’re excited about our technology, the opportunity, and are eager to learn more we’d love to hear from you!  

In keeping with our beliefs and goals, no employee or applicant will face discrimination or harassment based on: race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, age, gender, marital domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, genetic information or veteran status. 

Reach out if you want to be a part of what we are building.

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