FDE Systems Engineer - Automotive
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 25, 2026. First seen by Alion on Sep 29, 2026.
ABOUT SYNTHBEE
SynthBee was founded to build safe, scalable, and reliable Collaborative Intelligence™ 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 SynthBee’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 SynthBee’s agentic systems produce designs that are physically viable.
- CAE Strategy Lead: Guide client stakeholders on how to integrate SynthBee’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 SynthBee’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 (SolidWorks, 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.
Preferred Qualifications
- 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 (Functional Safety) and ASPICE.
- PLM & Data Integrity: Experience managing complex BOMs and requirement architectures within PLM systems (Teamcenter, Windchill, or Enovia).
- Advanced NVH Expertise: Diagnose and resolve vehicle NVH issues by developing optimized FE structures, proposing manufacturing-feasible modifications to meet performance targets (NTF/VTF), and correlating simulations with physical test data.
- Mechanical & Product Design: Experience in full-lifecycle mechanical design, moving from conceptual sketches to production-ready, complex structural assemblies.
Not sure you check every box? Apply anyway. At SynthBee, we value unique perspectives, transferable skills, and a genuine growth mindset. If this work excites you and your experience aligns with the core responsibilities, we want to hear from you.
YOU SHOULD APPLY IF
You love solving problems that don't have textbook answers. You build as naturally as you think, and you want your work to matter-for people, for the planet, for the future of intelligence. You're creative, imaginative, and deeply ethical. You believe in decency and collaboration. You are not here to follow the crowd.
WORKING CONDITIONS
This is a full-time, in-person role at SynthBee HQ in Pembroke Pines, FL, Monday through Friday. The role requires extended periods of computer use, research, and code development. Our office is a dynamic, high-energy environment built for the kind of deep collaboration and creative problem-solving that thrives in person. Reasonable accommodations will be provided in accordance with the ADA. Please refer to the BeeKeeper's Guide for details.
OUR COMMITMENT TO YOU
SynthBee is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable federal, state, or local law. We offer competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, and generous paid time off.