Research Engineer
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.
Our marketing program addresses both technical audiences made up of mechanical and manufacturing engineers, and broader popular audiences; our scans have repeatedly made it to the front pages of Reddit and Hacker News, been featured by YouTube stars, and even earned more than a million views on TikTok.
The company is headquartered in Cambridge, MA and has an office in San Francisco, CA.
About the role:
As a core contributor to our engineering team, your goal is to improve system performance to give customers better data, more quickly, easily, and cheaply. You will work on a team to design and conduct experiments and simulations into customer-facing features that deliver tangible value. By partnering with our product team, you will use the data from your experiments to recommend design or operational improvements to hardware and software features and systems.
Engineering at Lumafield works in and between multiple disciplines. Lumafield's product is a complex hardware-software system. Systems-thinking and the ability to evaluate a problem and the possible solutions from multiple perspectives is essential.
- Work on the core technology enabling Lumafield to deliver its novel CT scanners
- Design, execute, and refine experiments and simulations to validate new concepts, and improve current and future products
- Analyze test data to characterize performance and troubleshoot bottlenecks
- Build working prototypes and products for new hardware and software features that make a difference for engineering teams
- Convert scientific understanding into shipping features for customers
- Have an engineering or physics degree
- Exhibit insatiable curiosity for how things work
- Have a passion for solving technical puzzles; able to troubleshoot and get to the bottom of complex issues in hardware, software and sometimes a stubborn mix of both
- Motivated by moving fast, shipping, and getting feedback
- Can quickly learn and apply information in a new field of study
- Are organized and document your work clearly
- Strong team collaboration, communication and interpersonal skills
- Can handle large data sets with scientific computing in Python, MATLAB, C++, etc.
- A portfolio, blog, or github we can review
- Have conducted research, either experimental, modeling/simulation, or both
- Experience with image processing, signal processing, or frequency-domain analysis
- Prior startup experience
This role will be located in Lumafield’s Boston office. You may be required to travel occasionally to Lumafield’s San Francisco office, depending on local, state and federal regulations and recommendations pertaining to COVID-19.
Lumafield offers both competitive cash and equity compensation, as well as health and wellness, 401k, parental, vacation, commuter benefits, 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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Join Lumafield as a Research Engineer in Boston, MA, and become an integral part of a team that's revolutionizing the way engineers visualize their work. At Lumafield, we pioneered the world's first accessible X-Ray CT scanner, empowering engineers to make informed, million-dollar decisions with unprecedented insight into their products. As a Research Engineer, you'll focus on enhancing system performance to provide our customers with rich, actionable data swiftly and affordably. Collaborating closely with our product team, you'll design and conduct experiments and simulations to inform design and operational improvements for our cutting-edge hardware and software. Your role will require a deep understanding of systems-thinking, allowing you to tackle complex problems that involve both hardware and software paradigms. If you have a degree in engineering or physics, a passion for problem-solving, and are excited about turning scientific findings into consumer-ready features, Lumafield is the place for you. You'll contribute to our culture of innovation and excellence, supported by a team of experts across disciplines. With room for creativity and a chance to make a real impact, this position not only offers a competitive compensation package that includes equity options but also a vibrant work environment where your curiosity and skills will flourish. So if you're ready to dive into an exciting challenge and help shape the future of engineering solutions, join us at Lumafield and be part of something groundbreaking!
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