--- title: 'Research and Development Intern, PhD Track at Tractian' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/research-and-development-intern-phd-track-tractian-atlanta-znccc9wk0tgg' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-10-13' --- # Research and Development Intern, PhD Track at Tractian - **Company:** Tractian - **Location:** Atlanta, GA - **Employment:** internship - **Work type:** onsite - **Posted:** 2026-10-01 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-13 - **Apply:** https://jobs.gem.com/tractian-technologies-inc-/am9icG9zdDr0lDl5_dyxgnvtdFZkmS9J ## Job description ## Why Join Us Tractian combines hardware, software and AI to help industrial teams detect equipment problems early and prevent costly downtime. Our technology supports more than 3,761 plants and monitors over 370,000 industrial assets. As a Y Combinator company, we’ve been recognized on the Forbes AI 50, named a G2 Leader and ranked No. 24 on Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500 in North America. Join us to help build technology that keeps industry running. Research and Development at Tractian Research and Development turns open technical questions into tested approaches. This track combines quantitative research, programming and experimentation to explore problems relevant to Tractian’s products and business. ## What You Will Do Own a focused research problem with guidance from an engineering mentor. Define the question, implement a baseline and compare alternative approaches. Use the results to explain what works, what remains uncertain and what the team should investigate next. ## Responsibilities - Review relevant research and translate an open problem into testable hypotheses. - Implement models and experiments in Python, documenting data, assumptions and methods. - Compare approaches against meaningful baselines; assess generalization, failure cases and computational cost. - Deliver reproducible code and a concise technical report explaining the findings, limitations and recommended next steps. ## Requirements - Currently pursuing a PhD in Physics, Computer Science, Machine Learning, Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Statistics or a related quantitative field. - Strong Python programming skills and foundations in mathematical modeling, statistics and experimental design. - Research experience developing or evaluating computational methods through code and experiments. - Ability to investigate unfamiliar problems independently, question assumptions and communicate what the evidence supports. - Experience with predictive modeling, optimization, scientific computing or time-series analysis. Helpful Experience Familiarity with tools such as NumPy, JAX or PyTorch is useful. Papers, research software and technical projects are welcome; publications are not required. ## What You Will Gain Experience applying doctoral research skills to a practical technical problem, with mentorship on experimentation, implementation and communicating findings that inform engineering decisions. ## About Tractian ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Tractian is an industrial operating system company that combines AI-driven hardware, software, and sensor technology to predict machine failures, eliminate production downtime, and boost operational efficiency for factories worldwide. - **Entity Type**: Private (Series C, $120M raised as of December 2024) - **Headquarters**: Atlanta, Georgia, United States (with a significant hub and co-origin office in São Paulo, Brazil) - **Founded**: 2019 - **Founders**: Igor Marinelli (CEO and Founder) ## Core Business - **Primary industries**: Industrial IoT, Predictive Maintenance, Asset Condition Monitoring, Artificial Intelligence, Manufacturing Software - **Target customers**: B2B, Enterprise, Industrial operators (manufacturing plants, shop floors, maintenance teams) - **Mission**: To eliminate production downtime and elevate human potential in factories worldwide — bridging the gap between humans and machines by making maintenance and reliability a streamlined, cost-efficient advantage. ## Products & Services - **Tractian Asset Condition Monitoring Platform**: An end-to-end software solution that tracks, prioritizes, and acts on machine health data, providing clear priorities, reduced downtime, and higher uptime. - **Industrial-Grade Sensors**: Hardware devices built for accuracy and high-fidelity data collection on machine vibration, temperature, and other condition metrics. - **Industrial Copilot (AI)**: A GPT-based, specialized AI assistant that generates specific, actionable insights tailored to industrial environments, avoiding the context and accuracy issues of generic large language models. - **Assisted Maintenance**: A category pioneered by Tractian, using AI to identify problems on machines and suggest preventive actions, supporting maintenance professionals in real time. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed (private company); raised $120M in Series C in December 2024. - **Key Metric**: Total funding across 7+ rounds includes a $120M Series C (Dec 2024), a BRL 230M Series B (Aug 2023), and earlier seed rounds; annual revenue not publicly available (reported as $5M by a third-party aggregator, but considered a low estimate not confirmed by the company). - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Investor names not fully listed in public sources, but the Series C round included 4 investors and the Series B had 8 investors; the company has raised from multiple funds across its history. - **Growth Signals**: - Headcount grew 51.4% YoY to 405 employees (with 287 net-new hires) - Ranked #24 Fastest-Growing Company in North America - 126 active job openings at time of research - 110,000+ LinkedIn followers, growing 20.1% yearly - Customers' operations generate over 5% of global industrial GDP - Clients see 6–12x ROI, with an average of $6,000 saved per monitored machine annually ## Competitive Advantages - **Only end-to-end platform** in the market that combines hardware sensors, software, and AI to prevent machine failures and protect production. - **Specialized AI for industry**: Unlike generic LLMs, Tractian’s Industrial Copilot is trained/contextualized for industrial environments, providing precise, accurate, and actionable insights. - **First-mover category leadership**: Pioneered the "Assisted Maintenance" category and is recognized as a leader in IoT and Asset Management. - **Deep industry expertise**: Built by and staffed with people who understand shop-floor challenges, ensuring the product is practical and adopted by frontline workers. ## Strategic Focus - Scaling its position as the **Industrial Copilot** — moving beyond predictive maintenance to a broader AI-driven operational copilot that drives direct ROI. - Expanding global footprint across North America, South America, and Europe (with existing offices in Atlanta, São Paulo, Germany, and Spain). - Growing engineering, data, and go-to-market teams to accelerate product development and market penetration. - Continuing to digitize the largely undigitized industrial sector, enabling AI-driven optimization for manufacturing plants of all sizes. ## Why Work Here - **Meaningful work**: Directly empower the industrial and frontline workers who keep the global economy moving. - **High-growth environment**: 51%+ yearly headcount growth and strong external recognition make this a fast-moving, high-visibility place to build a career. - **Engineering culture**: Hardware developers, data scientists, and software engineers build cutting-edge technology from scratch on complex, hard-to-solve problems. - **Values ("Blue Caps")**: Customer obsession, transparency, ownership, demanding-and-supportive leadership, and uncompromising quality. - **Flexibility**: Work types include Remote, Hybrid, and On-site roles, depending on position and location. - **Compensation & culture**: Employee reviews show a 4.0/5.0 overall rating, with strong marks for compensation (4.5) and career development (4.1). - **Open technical roles**: Actively hiring for Analytics Engineer, Senior Data Engineer, Senior Frontend Software Engineer, and more. ## Sources 1. [tractian.com/en/about](https://tractian.com/en/about) 2. [tractian.com/en](https://tractian.com/en) 3. [careers.tractian.com](https://careers.tractian.com/) 4. [linkedin.com/company/tractian](https://www.linkedin.com/company/tractian) 5. 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