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With the launch of the CDFAM Careers page, we are introducing a new series of interviews with featured companies shaping the future of computational design, engineering, and AI.
These conversations highlight how leading organizations approach culture, technology, and talent, while offering insight into the kinds of opportunities available in this rapidly evolving field.
To begin the series, we spoke with PhysicsX, a company whose foundations in Formula One and numerical physics now drive advances in AI-driven simulation for some of the world’s most demanding industries.
The following interview opens our new series with featured companies on the CDFAM Careers platform. PhysicsX provides a clear example of how deep technical roots, cultural focus, and ambitious hiring plans intersect in computational design today. Their perspective highlights both the urgency and opportunity that define this space.
We invite you to read their insights below, and if you’re considering your next step, explore the positions they currently have available.
Check out their open roles on the CDFAM Careers page.
PhysicsX has its foundations in numerical physics and Formula One. How do these roots influence not only your scientific approach, but also the culture you are building as a company?
Our Formula One and numerical physics roots drive how we think and how we move. In F1, everything is an engineering problem—and speed matters. That mindset is in our DNA.
We put uncertainty quantification at the core of our research, because real engineering tools must stand up to the unknowns of the real world. We relentlessly strip bottlenecks out of workflows, from accelerating compute to automating low-value tasks, so engineers can focus only on the highest-value problems. And we never separate “data science” from “engineering”—they have to be fused end-to-end to deliver breakthroughs.
The culture this creates is one of urgency, rigor, and purpose: solve the problem, remove the friction, and move fast enough to make an impact.
At CDFAM, that spirit is what connects us: computational design at the limits of speed and precision, and the drive to turn ambitious methods into real engineering outcomes.
You are currently hiring across research, product, and engineering roles such as Research Scientist, Machine Learning Software Engineer (Libraries), Product Manager (Engineering Applications), and Senior Backend Engineer. How do these positions fit into your broader mission?
We’re not building pieces of technology in isolation—we’re building a system that solves the whole problem for our customers. That’s why every role we’re hiring matters.
Engineers bring the domain knowledge to frame the problem correctly.
Research scientists and data scientists push the frontier of modeling physics with AI.
Software and ML engineers ensure those models are reliable, scalable, and integrated into smooth workflows.
Product managers make sure all of this connects back to creating real value for customers in their daily work.
None of these roles is optional—they’re all essential to the mission. Our impact comes from the combination, from a team where every discipline pushes the others higher.
That’s why being here at CDFAM is so exciting—this community understands that impact only happens when every role in the chain pulls together.
Much of your work responds directly to demand from advanced industries including aerospace, energy, and automotive. What kinds of expertise or perspectives from industry are you most eager to bring into the team?
Our work is shaped by the most demanding industries in the world—aerospace, semiconductors, materials, energy, and automotive. These are industries where complexity can be overwhelming, and the pressure to innovate is relentless. That’s why we want people who’ve lived those challenges firsthand.
Engineers who know the grind of design cycles, manufacturing experts who understand process variability, technical leaders who’ve fought to get new technology adopted into production.
Those perspectives are gold—they sharpen our tools, keep us grounded in reality, and make sure what we build doesn’t just work in theory, but delivers in the toughest environments.
CDFAM brings together exactly this kind of expertise—the lived experience that turns cutting-edge computation into solutions the world can trust.
Beyond hard technical skills, what qualities do you look for in a person who will thrive at PhysicsX?
Technical brilliance is essential, but it’s not enough.
We look for people who are relentlessly curious, bold enough to take on problems that look impossible, and pragmatic enough to deliver real outcomes.
People who thrive in ambiguity, move fast, and collaborate across disciplines with energy and respect.
The people who succeed at PhysicsX are builders at heart—they lean into complexity without getting lost in it, they care deeply about impact, and they know success only comes when diverse expertise comes together.
That combination—curiosity, urgency, and collaboration—is what makes someone thrive here. At CDFAM, we see those same qualities—the mix of ambition and practicality that takes computational design from idea to impact.
Given that AI-driven simulation is still at an early stage in the history of engineering, how do you see PhysicsX and the people who join now growing as the field develops?
AI-driven simulation is still at the very beginning of its story—and that’s exactly why now is the moment to join.
This is the ground floor of a transformation in engineering. We’ve already partnered with Siemens, Microsoft, NVIDIA, and Amazon, and the opportunities ahead are only accelerating.
People who join PhysicsX today will help define how the field itself evolves: shaping standards, inventing new methods, building the workflows that will be used across industries.
They won’t just adapt to the future—they’ll create it. And as the field grows, so will they: learning across domains, driving breakthroughs, and taking on leadership in a space that is just now being written.
That’s why events like CDFAM matter—this is the forum where the future gets written, and we want the people who will write it with us.
Finally, if you had one message to potential applicants, why should they consider applying to PhysicsX?
Join us to build beyond human imagination.
At PhysicsX, we’re breaking through the limits of human-driven innovation and creating the tools that will define the next era of engineering. This is where the most ambitious problems in aerospace, energy, semiconductors, and beyond are being redefined.
If you want to be part of a team that moves fast, that combines rigor with imagination, and that is building technology with the potential to reshape industries—you belong here.
This isn’t just another job. It’s the chance to do the most important work of your career. And there’s no better place than CDFAM to extend that invitation—this is where the people who want to change the future of engineering come together.
Explore the open positions at PhysicsX on the CDFAM Careers Board and revisit our earlier interview with Nico Haag from his presentation at CDFAM Amsterdam for deeper insight into their approach and vision.
To connect directly with the Mark Huntington who will be presenting on behalf of the PhysicsX team, and to engage with other experts advancing AI, ML, and engineering, join us at CDFAM NYC, October 29–30.
