FDE Systems Engineer - Automotive HQ

Synth Bee was founded to build safe, scalable, and reliable Collaborative Intelligence TM to amplify human innovation. We apply our novel computing intelligence platform to complex, mission-critical systems across healthcare, defense, aerospace, automotive, robotics, security, climate, and more for customers who demand reliability, transparency, and ethics above all.

ABOUT THE ROLE

As an FDE Systems Engineer - Automotive focused in CAD Design, you will act as the primary link between Synth Bee’s agentic technologies and the rigorous geometric and engineering standards of our Industrial and Heavy Machinery partners.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Physical Grounding of AI: Provide the domain expertise to ensure Synth Bee’s agentic systems produce designs that are physically viable.
• CAE Strategy Lead: Guide client stakeholders on how to integrate Synth Bee’s output into their existing simulation pipelines, ensuring mesh integrity and structural worthiness.
• Design for Manufacturability (DfM) Oversight: Review generated geometry to ensure compatibility with machining tool-paths, mold draft angles, or sheet metal bend radii.
• Cross-Functional Translation: Act as the "translator" between Synth Bee’s Software/ML teams and the client’s mechanical engineering, design, and product teams.
• Root Cause Analysis: Utilize engineering fundamentals to troubleshoot system-level failures in the field, bridging the gap between digital predictions and physical hardware outcomes

Soft Skills: High tolerance for ambiguity, exceptional problem-solving abilities, and the communication skills required to articulate technical trade-offs to non-technical business leaders.

WHAT YOU'LL BRING

• Simulation-to-Physical Correlation: Proven track record of validating digital twin/CAE models against physical test data. You know why a simulation fails to match reality and how to tune the model accordingly.
• CAD Tooling & Design Familiarity: Technical proficiency in industry-standard CAD platforms (Solid Works,
  CATIA
  , CREO, NX) to facilitate the seamless transfer of geometric data between design tools, to guide client-side design adjustments and partner with Forward Deployed Engineers to ensure compatibility with the deployment of agentic software systems.
• Technical Customer Liaison: Experience acting as the technical "face" of a project, communicating complex mechanical trade-offs to both executive stakeholders and software developers.
• Requirements Engineering: Ability to elicit and define "testable" mechanical requirements, ensuring that design intent is preserved from the initial PRD through to the final V&V (Verification & Validation) report.
• Deep Manufacturing Literacy: Hands-on experience designing for and simulating at least two of the following:
  High-speed machining, Sheet Metal (stamping/pressing), Injection Molding, or Additive Manufacturing. Understanding of how different variables affect part performance.
• Client-Specific Verification & Validation: Participated in the development and execution of V&V strategies to ensure the final product is verified against technical specs and validated for the client's use. Familiar with generating the rigorous testing documentation required to definitively prove client requirements have been satisfied.

• Software Literacy: Understanding of Software Engineering fundamentals (Git, Python, Java, Go, Typescript) and how ML models interface with agentic software systems.
• Automotive Regulatory & Quality Familiarity: Hands-on experience working within stringent automotive Quality Management Systems (like IATF 16949) and safety standards enforced by agencies like NHTSA (FMVSS) or UNECE. Working knowledge of applying overarching frameworks alongside domain-specific standards like ISO 26262…