Senior Computer Vision Data Scientist

About the Company

PhysicsX is a deep-tech company with roots in numerical physics and Formula One, dedicated to accelerating hardware innovation at the speed of software. We are building an AI-driven simulation software stack for engineering and manufacturing across advanced industries.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of physics-informed predictive maintenance systems for high-value industrial equipment
• Build pipelines that fuse periodic inspection imagery with equipment operating history and physics-based inputs
• Predict remaining component life to help operators reduce unplanned interventions
• Translate physical intuition into modeling decisions through collaboration with domain experts and customers
• Architect and ship reliable, scalable ML pipelines deployable within enterprise cloud environments

Requirements

• Deep expertise in fine-tuning pretrained vision encoders (ViT, DINOv3, ResNet-family)
• Strong command of gradient-based interpretability methods like Grad-CAM or integrated gradients
• Ability to build joint models combining visual features with tabular metadata and time-series data
• Hands-on experience with probabilistic or Bayesian output modeling and uncertainty quantification
• Experience managing messy, real-world industrial datasets
• PhD or equivalent research experience in computer vision or machine learning strongly preferred

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with physics-informed or hybrid ML approaches
• Domain experience in aerospace, energy, heavy industry, mining, or MRO

Benefits

• Equity options
• 5% 401(k) contribution
• Free team lunch 1x/week
• Private health insurance
• Enhanced parental leave (3 months full pay paternity, 6 months full pay maternity)
• 20 days of Annual Leave plus Public Holidays
• Personal development support
• Subsidized Gympass / Wellhub
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)