# Applied Research Scientist, Manufacturing

About the role: Lumafield has the world’s largest dataset of real manufactured products. Encoded into this dataset are deep representations of design and manufacturing rules. Automating manufacturing is a key pillar in Lumafield’s ultimate vision to transform all of design and manufacturing. As an Applied Research Scientist, Manufacturing, you will lead technical development of our manufacturing automation capabilities. This is a uniquely applied role: you will wear steel toed boots while writing code in manufacturing facilities. What you'll do: Lead technical development of methods to automate manufacturing processes like die casting, injection molding, CNC machining, and more. Design experiments, implement them, and iterate until you have a manufacturing process autonomous. Integrate robots, manufacturing equipment, and CT scanners in our SF manufacturing lab Interface with customers to define pilot programs. Travel to customer manufacturing sites all around the world. About you: Are excellent at prototyping and 0-1 problems. Have applied machine learning and optimization experience. Have strong instincts for experiment design and are deeply empirical. Are AI native and can

- **Id**: 3989892
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/lumafield-applied-research-scientist-manufacturing>
- **Role**: AI/ML
- **Role family**: AI/ML
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: San Francisco, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-09T18:01:55Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-09
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-11T10:36:46Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 1
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 1760
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Artificial Intelligence, Consumer Electronics, Manufacturing, Testing, Inspection & Certification

## Company

- **Id**: 18716
- **Name**: Lumafield
- **Domain**: lumafield.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/lumafield>
- **Size band**: 51-200
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Lever

## Salary

- **Min**: 210000
- **Max**: 230000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 230000

## Technologies

- **Machine Learning** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 1

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-09T23:03:11Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 1
- **Expected fill days**: 76
- **Reasons**: conf:4, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 230000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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