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title: 'CAD/PLM Automation Software Engineer (Forward Deployed) at Neural Concept'
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# CAD/PLM Automation Software Engineer (Forward Deployed) at Neural Concept

- **Company:** Neural Concept
- **Location:** Lausanne, Switzerland
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-08-07
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-09
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/neuralconcept/7475e20a-c1d8-430c-abf6-3f505454ef4c

## Job description

## ABOUT THE ROLE

You will work with our customers to bring NC’s AI into their engineering workflows, solving the strategic integration challenges across PLM, CAD, and simulation systems so they can design better products, faster. The work cuts both ways: a customer unblocked, and field experience built directly back into the product through features, tooling, and reusable integration patterns.

## What you will do

- Work directly with customers to understand their engineering workflows, constraints, and existing tools, translating that context into practical integration plans.
- Connect NC to customer PLM, CAD, and simulation systems through APIs, scripts, and other automation mechanisms.
- Automate engineering workflows and the associated data exchange, including where relevant the execution and monitoring of jobs across cloud or HPC environments.
- Contribute to NC’s core product as a product engineer, turning field experience into features, tooling, and patterns that make future integrations faster.

## Who you are

You are an engineer at heart who moved from mechanical/industrial engineering to PLM/CAD/CAE automation and software. You like understanding how engineering teams actually work, and finding practical ways to fix complex, manual workflows.

You are also a builder at heart. You get things working against rigid, poorly documented systems, reverse-engineering an API, scripting around a missing integration point, finding the path through when there's no official one. You write production-quality software, stay resourceful when the ground is ambiguous, and enjoy doing it side by side with customers.

- Hands-on experience automating PLM and CAD systems through their APIs.
- Experience writing software used in production or by other engineers.
- Good knowledge of simulation workflows and data exchange (FEM, CFD, or CAE automation); deeper CAE or HPC experience is a strong plus.
- Customer-oriented and motivated by on-site work. You communicate clearly with engineering teams and dig past the requested fix to identify the real problem worth solving.
- Travel: Meaningful time on-site with customers (up to a quarter of the time), the rest hybrid with flexible hours. Proximity to the customer compounds into a direct, deep impact on both their process and the product. Lausanne (preferred) or Zurich based.

## WHAT YOU GET

- A world-class technology team that aims for excellence.
- Competitive salary and rewarding opportunities as we scale.
- A collaborative, multicultural environment where work is visible and recognized.
- Professional growth alongside talented colleagues who share knowledge freely.
- Global impact, helping customers shift to AI-assisted design.
- Hybrid model (40% remote) and flexible hours.

WE'RE PROUD TO BE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER, AND WE'RE COMMITTED TO BUILDING A DIVERSE AND INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT WHERE YOU CAN THRIVE.

## About Neural Concept

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Neural Concept builds an AI-first engineering platform that embeds physics-aware intelligence into design and simulation workflows, enabling faster and more efficient product development.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series C)
- **Headquarters**: Lausanne, Switzerland
- **Founded**: 2018
- **Founders**: Dr. Pierre Baqué (CEO), Dr. Jonathan Donier (Chief Scientific Officer), Théophile Allard (CTO), Pascal Fua (Co-Founder), François Fleuret (Co-Founder)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: AI-powered engineering software for product design and simulation.
- **Target customers**: B2B – global OEMs and tier-1 suppliers in automotive, aerospace, energy, consumer electronics, semiconductors, and defense.
- **Mission**: “Revolutionize how customers design their products by speeding up R&D cycles, augmenting product performance and solving next engineering challenges.” [neuralconcept.com](https://www.neuralconcept.com/who-we-are)

## Products & Services
- **[Neural Concept Platform]**: A SaaS platform that integrates with existing CAD (CATIA, SolidWorks, NX) and simulation tools (StarCCM+, Fluent, Abaqus, Ansys) to provide real-time AI-driven insights for aerodynamics, thermal management, structural mechanics, electromagnetics, crash, manufacturing, and more. [neuralconcept.com](https://www.neuralconcept.com/)

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (most recent Series C amount: $100M, raised ~6 months ago) [cbinsights.com](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/neural-concept)
- **Key Metric**: Total funding of $137.4M (14 rounds) and annual revenue of $10M (as per LinkedIn estimates). [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/neuralconcept)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Goldman Sachs, Forestay Capital, D. E. Shaw Group, Aster, and others. [cbinsights.com](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/neural-concept)
- **Growth Signals**: 80% YoY headcount growth (94 employees), 433% YoY increase in job postings (32 active roles), expanding into 10 countries including USA, UK, Germany, India, South Korea. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/neuralconcept)

## Competitive Advantages
- **Physics-aware AI** that understands engineering constraints, not just generic machine learning.
- **Deep integration** with major CAD/CAE tools (CATIA, SolidWorks, NX, Ansys, etc.), embedding directly into existing workflows.
- **Trusted by 50% of world’s leading OEMs** (e.g., Subaru, Eaton, Visa Cash App RB Formula One Team). [neuralconcept.com](https://www.neuralconcept.com/)

## Strategic Focus
- **Scale globally** – offices in Switzerland, Germany, USA, South Korea, and growing presence in UK, India, UAE.
- **Deepen AI capabilities** across all physics domains (aerodynamics, thermal, e-motor, durability, manufacturing, crash).
- **Expand customer base** beyond automotive into aerospace, energy, and defense.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Values of passion, excellence, respect, transparency, and creativity. [neuralconcept.com](https://www.neuralconcept.com/who-we-are)
- **Work model**: On-site assessment day required; offices in Lausanne (HQ), Munich, New York, and Asia-Pacific. Remote/hybrid policy not explicitly stated but likely flexible for some roles.
- **Engineering culture**: Deep technical challenges at the intersection of AI and engineering; team includes alumni from EPFL, ETH Zürich, and ex-employees from Altair, Siemens, and McKinsey.
- **Growth opportunity**: Rapidly scaling company (80% headcount growth) with clear career progression and exposure to world-class engineering teams.
- **Hiring process**: Culture interview → technical interviews (code challenge/home project) → on-site assessment day → offer. [neuralconcept.com/careers](https://www.neuralconcept.com/careers)

## Sources
1. [neuralconcept.com](https://www.neuralconcept.com/) – Official website
2. [neuralconcept.com/who-we-are](https://www.neuralconcept.com/who-we-are) – Team and mission
3. [neuralconcept.com/careers](https://www.neuralconcept.com/careers) – Hiring process and culture
4. [linkedin.com/company/neuralconcept](https://www.linkedin.com/company/neuralconcept) – LinkedIn company page
5. [cbinsights.com/company/neural-concept](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/neural-concept) – Funding and investor details

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