{"id":1953699,"url":"https://alion.io/job/bentley-systems-infrastructure-engineering-software-company-applied-ai-engineer-engineering-simulation-design-exploration","title":"Applied AI Engineer - Engineering Simulation & Design Exploration","company":{"id":47116,"name":"Bentley Systems","domain":"bentley.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/bentley-systems-infrastructure-engineering-software-company","size_band":"5000+","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Workday","truth_index":null},"role":"AI/ML","role_family":"AI/ML","seniority":null,"employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"hybrid","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Quebec, Canada"],"countries":["CA"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":72000,"max_usd":153000,"period":"year","method":"role_country_seniority_unknown","sample_n":206},"experience_years_min":null,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"HPC","optional":false},{"name":"JAX","optional":false},{"name":"Machine Learning","optional":false},{"name":"Python","optional":false},{"name":"PyTorch","optional":false},{"name":"Digital Twin","optional":true}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-10-01T00:00:00Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-10-01","last_verified_at":"2026-10-25T07:33:30Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":24,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":24},"description":"Location: Quebec (Hybrid) - 3 days a week in office\nAbout the Role\nEngineering simulation is undergoing a structural shift. What used to be a slow, solver-driven process is becoming a fast, exploration-driven workflow, enabled by surrogate models, physics-informed AI, and GPU-accelerated methods.\nThis changes not just how simulations run, but how engineers design-moving from evaluating a few options to exploring entire design spaces.\nWe are looking for a hands-on Applied AI Engineer to experiment with these emerging technologies. Your role is to try new tools, test them, benchmark them, integrate them into prototypes, determine what actually works in practice, and give an informed decision on its viability in Bentley’s products. The goal is to develop a clear understanding of where these approaches can realistically transform engineering workflows-and where they cannot.\nThis is an experimental role. You will spend most of your time building and testing prototypes, not writing reports or maintaining production systems.\nWhat You Will Do\nKeep track of new technologies in the field\nEvaluate emerging simulation and AI tools through hands-on prototyping\nBuild and benchmark surrogate models against traditional FEM/CFD workflows\nTest robustness, limitations, and failure modes of new approaches\nPrototype hybrid pipelines (e.g., surrogate + high-fidelity validation)\nExplore how these approaches can integrate into real engineering workflows\nReport to stakeholders with clear recommendations\nWhat We Are Looking For\nRequirements:\nStrong programming ability (Python required)\nExperience with PyTorch, JAX, or similar ML frameworks\nSolid understanding of numerical simulation:FEM, CFD, or multiphysics modeling\n\nFamiliarity with:Deep learning, surrogate modeling, reduced-order models, or optimization workflows\nGood communication skills and collaborative mindset\n\nHighly Valued\nExperience building experimental or research prototypes\nUnderstanding of design space exploration (DOE, parameter studies, combinatorial optimization)\nExposure to physics-informed ML or scientific machine learning\nExperience working with GPU or high-performance computing environments\nExperience working with machine learning for physics simulations\nHands-on experience developing Multiphysics simulation code\nMindset\nHands-on, experimental, and comfortable working with incomplete tools\nCurious but skeptical-focuses on what works, not what is claimed\nNaturally tests limits and edge cases, not just happy paths\nThinks in terms of workflows and iteration loops, not isolated tools\nAble to quickly move from idea → prototype → insight\nGood business acumen; able to understand what brings value to Bentley\nWhat Success Looks Like\nYou build prototypes that demonstrate new ways to accelerate design workflows\nYou identify where AI-based approaches are genuinely useful-and where they fail\nYou provide clear, evidence-based insights grounded in experiments, not assumptions\nLieu : Québec (hybride)\nÀ propos du rôle\nLa simulation en ingénierie subit actuellement un changement structurel. Ce qui était auparavant un processus lent, axé sur les solveurs, devient un flux de travail rapide et axé sur l’exploration, rendu possible par les modèles de substitution (surrogate models), l’IA guidée par la physique (physics-informed AI) et les méthodes accélérées par processeur graphique (GPU).\nCette évolution change non seulement la façon d'exécuter les simulations, mais aussi la manière dont les ingénieurs conçoivent les projets, passant de l’évaluation limitée de quelques options à l’exploration de l’ensemble des espaces de conception.\nNous sommes à la recherche d’un(e) ingénieur(e) en IA appliquée pratique (hands-on ) pour expérimenter ces technologies émergentes. Votre rôle consistera à essayer de nouveaux outils, à les tester, à les comparer (benchmarking), à les intégrer à des prototypes, à déterminer ce qui fonctionne en pratique et à prendre une décision éclairée quant à leur viabilité dans les produits de Bentley. L’objectif est de développer une compréhension claire de l’endroit où ces approches peuvent concrètement transformer les flux de travail en ingénierie - et de l’endroit où elles ne le peuvent pas.\nIl s’agit d’un rôle à forte composante expérimentale. Vous passerez la majeure partie de votre temps à concevoir et à tester des prototypes, et non à rédiger des rapports ou à assurer la maintenance de systèmes de production.\nCe que vous ferez\nAssurer une veille technologique sur les nouveautés dans le domaine.\nÉvaluer les outils émergents de simulation et d’IA par le biais du prototypage pratique.\nConcevoir et comparer des modèles de substitution par rapport aux flux de travail traditionnels de FEM (méthode des éléments finis) et de CFD (dynamique des fluides numérique).\nTester la robustesse, les limites et les modes de défaillance des nouvelles approches.\nPrototyper des pipelines hybrides (p. ex., modèle de substitution + validation haute fidélité).\nExplorer comment intégrer ces approches dans de flux de travail d’ingénierie concrets.\nPrésenter des recommandations claires aux parties prenantes.\nCe que nous recherchons\nExigences\nFortes compétences en programmation (Python requis).\nExpérience avec PyTorch, JAX ou d’autres frameworks d’apprentissage automatique similaires.\nSolide compréhension de la simulation numérique :Modélisation par FEM, CFD ou modélisation multiphysique.\n\nConnaissance pratique de :L’apprentissage profond (deep learning), de la modélisation de substitution, des modèles d’ordre réduit ou des flux de travail d’optimisation.\n\nBonnes compétences en communication et esprit de collaboration.\nAtouts majeurs\nExpérience dans la création de prototypes expérimentaux ou de recherche.\nCompréhension de l’exploration de l’espace de conception (plans d’expériences [DOE], études paramétriques, optimisation combinatoire).\nExposition à l’apprentissage automatique guidé par la physique (physics-informed ML) ou à l’apprentissage automatique scientifique (scientific ML).\nExpérience de travail avec des environnements GPU ou calcul haute performance (HPC).\nExpérience dans l’application de l’apprentissage automatique aux simulations physiques.\nExpérience pratique du développement de codes de simulation multiphysique.\nMentalité\nApproche pratique, expérimentale et aisance à travailler avec des outils de développement incomplets.\nCuriosité teintée de scepticisme - vous vous concentrez sur ce qui fonctionne réellement, et non sur les promesses marketing.\nPropension naturelle à tester les limites et les cas particuliers (edge cases), et non seulement les scénarios idéaux.\nRéflexion axée sur les flux de travail et les boucles d’itération, plutôt que sur des outils isolés.\nCapacité à passer rapidement d’une idée → un prototype → des apprentissages concrets.\nBon sens des affaires; capacité à comprendre ce qui apporte de la valeur à Bentley.\nÀ quoi ressemble le succès dans ce rôle\nVous concevez des prototypes qui démontrent de nouvelles façons d’accélérer les flux de travail de conception.\nVous identifiez les domaines dans lesquels les approches basées sur l’IA sont véritablement utiles - et ceux où elles échouent.\nVous fournissez des perspectives claires et factuelles, basées sur des expériences concrètes et non sur des hypothèses.\n\nThis is a Hybrid role.\nWhat We Offer:\nStep into a collaborative work environment where ideas flourish, and teamwork propels us forward towards shared success.\nAn attractive salary and benefits package.\nBentley Impact Day: take a day off from work to volunteer with an organization of your choice.\nCelebrate milestone achievements and moments that matter through our colleague recognition award programs and our Bentley Achievers platform.\nA commitment to inclusion, belonging and colleague wellbeing through global initiatives and resource groups.\nBe part of a company committed to making a real difference by advancing the world’s infrastructure for better quality of life, where your contributions help build a more sustainable, connected, and resilient world. Discover our latest user success stories for an insight into our global impact.\n Who We Are:\nBentley Systems (Nasdaq: BSY) is the infrastructure engineering software company. We provide innovative software to advance the world’s infrastructure - sustaining both the global economy and environment. Our industry-leading software solutions are used by professionals, and organizations of every size, for the design, construction, and operations of roads and bridges, rail and transit, water and wastewater, public works and utilities, buildings and campuses, mining, and industrial facilities. Our offerings, powered by the iTwin Platform for infrastructure digital twins, include MicroStation and Bentley Open applications for modeling and simulation, Seequent’s software for geoprofessionals, and Bentley Infrastructure Cloud encompassing ProjectWise for project delivery, SYNCHRO for construction management, and AssetWise for asset operations. 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