Machine Learning Engineer

Layup Parts is seeking a Machine Learning Engineer in Huntington Beach, CA (onsite) to train custom models on internal manufacturing and design data.

Responsibilities

• Train, iterate, and improve custom ML models using Layup’s internal manufacturing and design datasets
• Develop models to estimate cost and predict design complexity or manufacturing difficulty from part geometry
• Create models that generate or support assisted generation of new designs using historical design data
• Build data pipelines that extract structured information (for example, specs, dimensions, and material callouts) from engineering documents and drawings
• Evaluate and select modeling approaches suited to geometric, spatial, and other structured data (not text-based/NLP-style problems)
• Partner with engineering and manufacturing teams to source, clean, and label internal datasets
• Own model performance end-to-end: data pipeline, training, evaluation, and deployment into internal tools
• Continuously identify opportunities to improve design, estimation, and manufacturing workflows with custom models

Requirements

• Experience training custom models beyond basic labeling or fine-tuning workflows
• At least advanced object detection experience; data classification experience is a strong plus
• Geometry-based modeling experience is highly preferred
• Experience working with large, parameter-rich datasets
• Strong fit for backgrounds focused on structured, spatial, or geometric data rather than natural language or LLM-centric work

Benefits

• Full Benefits Package: medical, dental, and vision coverage; short- and long-term disability insurance; company-paid life insurance
• Equity option grants
• 401k plan
• Paid Time Off: unlimited PTO plus 9 federal holidays

Bonus Points

• Experience training geometry-specific models
• CAD experience
• Manufacturing experience

Location and Salary

• Location: Huntington Beach, CA (onsite)
• Salary: USD 120,000 - 185,000 per year

ITAR Requirements

To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.