Engineering Structures Jobs in Fremont, CA

Summary:

The main function of a CAE Engineer is to perform engineering analysis using computer-aided engineering tools to optimize product designs and manufacturing processes. This role involves collaborating with various engineering teams to ensure that products meet performance, durability, and safety standards.

Job Responsibilities:

Develop and analyze FEA models to evaluate the structural integrity and performance of components.

Optimize engine components, including cylinder head ports, combustion chambers, and cooling circuits.

Collaborate with design engineers to improve product designs and implement engineering changes.

Prepare detailed reports and present analysis results to project teams and senior management.

Use CAE tools to enhance manufacturing processes and reduce development time.

Ensure that designs comply with relevant safety and quality standards.

Skills:

Creativity, verbal and written communication skills and problem-solving ability.

Basic ability to utilize various forms of media, including print, electronic and film.

Basic knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings and models. Previous experience in CAE analysis, preferably in the automotive or aerospace industry.

Proficiency in CAE software (e.g., Abaqus, Hyper mesh).

Education/Experience:

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related field.

5-7 years experience required.

Job Title : Nuclear Engineer (Naval Reactors Engineer) Category / Component : Officer • Active Overview Design, regulate, and oversee the Navy's nuclear propulsion program, including reactor design, fleet operations, and eventual defueling and decommissioning of nuclear powered ships and submarines from Naval Reactors Headquarters and associated Department of Energy laboratories and shipyards.

Key Responsibilities Provide technical direction in areas such as reactor and fluid systems design, reactor physics, materials development, component design for steam generators, pumps, and valves, instrumentation and control for reactor and propulsion plants, testing and quality control, radiation shielding, and chemistry and radiological controls; review designs and analyses from laboratories, shipyards, and industry partners; coordinate with fleet units to ensure safe and reliable nuclear plant operation.

What to Expect Assume significant technical responsibility early in your career as part of a lean headquarters staff; work primarily in an analytical and oversight role rather than operating plants at sea; balance long term engineering projects with time sensitive fleet and shipyard issues; frequent coordination with senior civilian engineers, naval officers, and technical teams; high expectations for attention to detail, judgment, and written and oral communication.

Work Environment Work mainly at Naval Reactors Headquarters in the Washington, District of Columbia area with regular engagement with Department of Energy laboratories, nuclear training sites, shipyards, and nuclear powered ships and submarines; office based work that includes document reviews, technical meetings, inspections, and site visits rather than day to day shipboard watchstanding.

Pathways, Training & Advancement Officer commissioning through programs such as Officer Candidate School or the Nuclear Propulsion Officer Candidate program followed by a structured technical qualification program at Naval Reactors; rotational exposure to laboratories, prototypes, shipyards, and fleet support issues; progressive responsibility leading projects and becoming a subject matter expert, with opportunities for professional military education and advanced graduate study in technical fields.

Entry through the Nuclear Propulsion Officer Candidate program for qualified college students and recent graduates, or selection via Officer Candidate School for those who already hold qualifying degrees; all applicants must meet Nuclear Propulsion Program academic and technical screening standards in addition to general officer commissioning requirements.

Qualifications All Navy jobs require meeting general enlistment or commissioning standards, which typically include: Eligibility to serve in the United States Navy, which may involve United States citizenship or other legal residency and work status, depending on the program and current law and policy A high school diploma or equivalent for enlisted positions, and a bachelor's or qualifying professional degree for officer positions Meeting age limits that vary by program and are set in law and Navy policy.

Some communities have more restrictive age ranges Meeting medical, vision, and dental standards, including body composition and physical fitness requirements, with some jobs requiring more demanding standards Meeting character and conduct standards, including background screening Achieving required test scores for your program, such as the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery for enlisted roles or officer qualification tests for officer programs Eligibility for a security clearance when required for your rating or designator Additional qualifications can include specific skills, education, licensure, or experience that are unique to a job or community and will be reviewed with you by a recruiter.

Additional qualifications for this job may include: Completion of a rigorous technical degree in engineering, physics, mathematics, or a closely related field that includes strong backgrounds in calculus and physics; outstanding academic record, particularly in technical coursework; United States citizenship and eligibility for a high level security clearance; strong technical aptitude and comfort with detailed analytical work.

Education Education benefits are available through standard Navy programs such as Tuition Assistance, the Post-9/11 GI Bill, ACE-recommended college credit for Navy training, Navy COOL-funded certifications, USMAP apprenticeships, and other Navy College Program opportunities.

Specific options depend on the Sailor's status, training, and current Navy policy.

Pay, Benefits & Service Pay, benefits, and service commitments follow standard Navy Active and/or Reserve policies for this type of role, including basic pay, allowances when eligible, health coverage, and retirement options.

Exact entitlements, special pays, and service obligations depend on program, component, years of service, and current law and Navy guidance.

Incentives Incentives such as bonuses, special pays, and loan repayment may be available at times for specific ratings or communities, but they change frequently and cannot be guaranteed.

Applicants must confirm current incentives and eligibility with an official Navy recruiter or authoritative Navy source.

Notes and Disclaimers This description is a general overview of typical duties, training, and opportunities in this community.

It does not replace official Navy instructions, policies, or contracts and does not guarantee specific assignments, training, incentives, or outcomes.

Actual opportunities depend on Navy needs, individual performance, screening results, and current law and policy.

Job Title: Plastic Tooling Engineer

Location: Newark, CA

Employment Type: Full-Time

Job Overview

We are seeking an experienced plastic tooling engineer to support the development of high-quality automotive components. In this role, you will contribute to a world-class vehicle engineering team by providing expertise in plastic tooling and injection molding processes. You will work closely with design engineers and suppliers to ensure tooling feasibility, manufacturability, and cost efficiency from the Design for Manufacturing (DFM) phase through product launch.

Key Responsibilities

• Support vehicle engineering teams with plastic tooling and polymer expertise throughout product development.
• Collaborate with design engineers and suppliers to evaluate tooling feasibility, DFM, efficiency, and cost optimization.
• Review and approve mold concepts, mold designs, and flow simulation studies before tool kick-off.
• Ensure all tooling designs comply with company tooling standards and maintain detailed documentation of the review and approval process.
• Provide guidance on injection molding processes and tooling technologies to ensure product quality and manufacturing robustness.
• Conduct on-site supplier visits and tooling audits to assess tool quality and condition.
• Lead injection molding process optimization and tool validation activities.
• Support cross-functional teams and represent the tooling team in communications with suppliers and internal stakeholders.
• Participate in tool cost estimation, change cost evaluation, and process improvement initiatives.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in plastic injection molding and tooling design evaluation.
• Strong experience reviewing DFM for injection molded parts, including automotive Class-A surface components.
• Deep knowledge of injection molding tooling technologies such as:
• In-mold decoration (IMD) / in-mold labeling (IML)
• Overmolding
• Back-injection
• Foaming processes
• Vario-thermal processes
• Experience reviewing flow simulation results using tools such as Autodesk MoldFlow or similar software.
• Hands-on experience with plastic injection molding process setup and optimization.
• Experience with tooling cost estimation and tooling change evaluation.
• Strong documentation, analytical, and communication skills.
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally up to 25%.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in an automotive product development environment from concept to launch.
• Hands-on experience performing MoldFlow simulations, first tool trials, and tooling approvals.
• Experience with tool should-costing analysis and cost impact evaluation for design decisions.

The Role:

· Be a significant contributor to a world-class vehicle engineering team by supporting with plastics tool expertise and owning polymer-related aspects from part design for manufacturing (DFM) phase to product launch.

· Consultation with design engineers and suppliers throughout product development process, advising on process and tooling feasibility, DFM, efficiency and cost. The role ensures capability, robustness and cost-effectiveness of tool with sign-off.

· Evaluation of flow studies, mold concepts, and mold designs before tool approval and kick-off.

· Ensuring plastic tooling is compliant with Lucid Tool Standards, and documentation of review process.

· Support of internal non-engineering teams and representation of Lucid Tooling Team in communication with suppliers (incl. on-site visits).

· Leading on-site assessment of tool quality/condition, and driving injection molding process optimization.

Qualifications:

· B.S. in Engineering

· 5+ years’ experience, evaluating DFM and injection molding tool designs, including sign-off responsibility

· Excellent knowledge of injection tooling, including technologies such as in-mold decoration/labeling, foaming, overmolding, back-injection, vario-thermal processes

· Experience with DFM process for automotive A-surface parts

· Experience with flow simulation software (e.g. Autodesk MoldFlow), and ability to critically review simulation results

· Proven hands-on experience with plastic injection molding process, including process optimization

· Experience in tooling cost and tool change cost estimation

· Methodical approach to documentation

· Exemplary verbal and written communication skills

· Able to travel domestically and internationally up to 25% if needed

Advantageous:

· Worked in automotive development environment, ideally through complete product development process

· Hands-on experience with creation of MoldFlow studies, first tool trials, and tool approvals

· Experience with tool should costing to understand tool cost impact of part design choices

· Experience with other plastic manufacturing processes and their tooling (e.g. blow molding, thermal forming, vacuum forming, compression molding, slush molding)

· Experience auditing tool shops

Pay Rate: up to $76.50/hr on w2 (no C2C or 3rd parties)

Location: onsite in Hayward, CA

Helping our client find a Logistics Industrial Engineer (PFEP) to support logistics strategy and execution across its manufacturing footprint and distribution centers.

In this role, you'll design and optimize material flow processes with a focus on warehouse efficiency, inventory accuracy, and scalable operations. You'll play a critical part in supporting new product launches and ensuring logistics readiness across the organization.

Seeking a highly skilled and experienced Industrial Engineer to join our team. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in automotive logistics, warehouse design, and new product launches.

This role plays a key part in designing and executing logistics operations across our manufacturing footprint and distribution centers, with a focus on optimizing material flow and driving operational efficiency. Our team has a collaborative culture marked by openness and supportive risk-taking. You'll be part of a passionate team dedicated to making cities safer, smarter, and more sustainable.

Required skills

The ideal candidate brings strong experience in automotive or advanced manufacturing environments, with expertise in warehouse design, PFEP development, and material flow optimization.

As a Logistics Industrial Engineer (PFEP), you'll:

• Develop and maintain the Plan for Every Part (PFEP) database, ensuring accurate material attributes through cross-functional collaboration.
• Ensure SAP material master data aligns with PFEP planning and logistics requirements.
• Design warehouse and lineside layouts to optimize material flow, storage utilization, and operational performance.
• Partner with engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain teams to support new product launches, material readiness, and inventory planning.
• Identify and implement process improvements that reduce cost, improve efficiency, and enable scalable growth.
• Provide hands-on support to shop floor teams, offering training and problem-solving guidance to drive operational excellence.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering, Logistics, Supply Chain Management, or a related field.
• 4 to 6 years of experience in logistics, industrial engineering, or manufacturing operations.
• Familiarity with PFEP database development and maintenance.
• Proven experience in warehouse design, material flow analysis, and supporting new product launches.
• Experience working in ERP systems, ideally SAP.

Project Engineer

Location: Projects in Concord, Hayward & Chico, CA

Salary: $70,000 - $100,000 DOE

Overview

We are seeking a motivated Project Engineer to support both ground-up & rehab and multi-family residential & commercial projects across the Bay Area and Butte County regions. This role offers the opportunity to work with an established general contractor focused on delivering high-quality, community-driven developments including affordable housing and hotel facilities.

The Project Engineer will play a key role in coordinating project documentation, supporting field and office teams, and ensuring projects progress smoothly from preconstruction through closeout. This position is ideal for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment and is committed to professional growth within the construction industry.

Must Haves

• Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Architecture, or a related field
• Minimum 2–3 years of experience supporting construction projects for a general contractor
• Proven experience working on multi-family residential or similar vertical construction projects
• Strong understanding of construction documents, specifications, and submittal processes
• Proficiency with project management software platforms and Microsoft Office Suite
• Ability to effectively coordinate with project managers, superintendents, subcontractors, and design teams
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to interpret and track RFI, ASI, and change order workflows
• Commitment to maintaining project schedules, quality standards, and safety protocols
• Authorization to work in the United States

Nice to Haves

• Experience working on affordable housing developments or hotel construction projects
• Familiarity with construction management software such as Procore, Bluebeam, or similar platforms
• Exposure to preconstruction activities, estimating, or value-engineering processes
• Understanding of California building codes and local permitting requirements
• Experience in the Sacramento or other Northern California construction markets
• Ability to assist with BIM coordination or technology-driven project workflows
• OSHA 30 certification or similar safety training

Responsibilities

• Support the project team in planning, coordinating, and executing multi-family residential and hospitality construction projects
• Review, process, and track submittals, RFIs, change orders, and related project documentation
• Assist with project scheduling, ensuring tasks and milestones remain on track
• Coordinate closely with architects, engineers, consultants, and subcontractors to maintain project continuity
• Prepare meeting minutes, logs, reports, and other project documentation as required
• Assist with site walks, quality control checks, and verification of completed work
• Support procurement processes, including materials tracking and subcontractor onboarding
• Help monitor project budgets and cost events in collaboration with project management
• Ensure all work aligns with safety standards, project specifications, and quality expectations
• Contribute to problem-solving efforts, proactively identifying and resolving project issues
• Facilitate communication between field and office teams to ensure seamless project execution

Mechanical Engineer

We are an award-winning and innovative multi-disciplinary engineering consulting firm, has several openings for HVAC Engineers in our San Francisco CA. We work closely with architects and owners from around the world on large, complex projects with a focus on sustainability and energy performance of the built environment.

About the Job

Our Engineers work on high quality, high-profile, national and international projects. You will actively participate in the full project cycle, from the design phase through the final construction close-out. We offer excellent growth opportunities:

Many of our senior leaders started out as young engineers in our firm.

Responsibilities include

Design of air distribution systems

Design of hydronic systems

Specification writing

Scheduling and selecting major equipment

Automatic temperature controls system design and specification

Cooling/heating load calculations

Construction administration

Assist with Project Management

Attend client meetings

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical/HVAC Engineering
• 1-4 years experience designing mechanical systems for the built environment.
• Project experience submitted for consideration should include buildings on which you have actively participated in the project from the design phase through the final construction close-out.
• Experience of the design of HVAC systems and automatic temperature controls for a broad range of commercial systems.
• Strong working knowledge of building and energy codes
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with an emphasis on the ability to organize and present design information to clients.
• Special consideration will be given to those candidates who have successfully demonstrated innovative design experience specifically related to renewable energies and sustainable, high performing buildings.
• Revit experience is Highly preferred
• LEED AP is preferred

Full Benefits, 401K plan, Competitive salary, Vacation Package,

About DepthFirst AI

We believe that software is the foundation of modern civilization - yet vulnerabilities threaten its integrity, security, and resilience. We are on a mission to solve security.

DepthFirst is building intelligence to detect and remediate critical software vulnerabilities. We are training and scaling security AI agents to discover zero-days vulnerabilities, from large customer codebases to popular open source software.

Our founding team includes expertise in security and LLMs (with technical leaders from DeepMind, Databricks, Square, and Faire). We are looking for strong technically-minded people who are interested in working at the intersection of AI, Security and Infrastructure.

About this role:

We’re seeking an experienced Account Executive to lead the charge in building DepthFirst’s sales and account management team. This newly created role puts you at the helm of DepthFirst’s most strategic enterprise accounts—owning customer success, account expansion, and meaningful business outcomes.

You’ll partner directly with senior leaders in Security and Engineering and influence how leading global enterprises build their security systems in the age of AI, with your impact measured by strong Net Revenue Retention through renewals, retention, and targeted growth.

You’re excited about this role because you will…

• Manage and grow a portfolio of DepthFirst’s most strategic enterprise accounts across the globe.
• Develop and execute account strategies that drive long-term customer loyalty and unlock new business value.
• Build strong, multi-level relationships with C-suite executives and senior stakeholders.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Customer Success, Solutions Engineering, and Channel teams to identify and realize expansion opportunities.
• Help customers integrate security seamlessly into fast-moving, AI-driven development workflows.
• Provide strategic customer insights to Product Management to influence product direction and priorities.
• Drive measurable results through targeted, outcome-focused account growth plans.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of enterprise account management experience in technical SaaS - owning large, complex accounts.
• Proven success in driving outstanding Net Revenue Retention through renewals, retention, and strategic account growth.
• Skilled at engaging and influencing C-level executives within complex, matrixed organizations.
• Deep expertise in Cybersecurity, DevOps, DevSecOps, or enterprise software account leadership.
• Comfortable operating in high-growth, fast-paced environments, with a track record of building new strategies, functions, or approaches from the ground up.
• Strong collaborator with the ability to align cross-functional teams around customer outcomes.

What We Offer

• Competitive Salary with generous equity
• Health and Dental Insurance
• Office lunch (when working out of San Francisco office)

The Company

A rapidly growing data consultancy founded in 2023 by a former venture-backed biotech VC data/technology leadership team in San Francisco. The firm has already delivered 20+ engagements across tech, healthcare/biotech, finance, energy, real estate, and startups - building complex data platforms, products, and AI-driven systems.

The Role

A hands-on, senior individual contributor role for engineers who still love coding. You'll work in small teams (often 1–3 engineers) to design and build production-grade data platforms, pipelines, and products across industries.

What You'll Work On

• High-impact, fixed-scope builds (e.g., enterprise data marts, complex migrations)
• End-to-end data platform deployments (ETL, warehouses, BI across AWS/Azure/GCP)
• Partnering with startups to build data-intensive products from 0 → 1

What We're Looking For

Hands-on builder

• Actively writing production code today
• Not removed into management or purely architectural roles

Infrastructure ownership

• Personally deployed and operated production systems
• Cloud, CI/CD, scaling, monitoring, reliability

End-to-end ownership

• Taken products from idea → launch → ongoing operation
• Comfortable operating autonomously with stakeholders

True seniority (well beyond 5 years)

• Targeting engineers with meaningful depth and ownership
• Strong preference for backgrounds in smaller, high-ownership environments
• Experience wearing multiple hats (application + infrastructure + deployment)

Why Join

• High autonomy and real technical ownership
• Variety of industries and problems
• Small, elite engineering team
• Opportunity to shape a fast-scaling consultancy

Location: San Francisco (5 days a week on-site)

Salary: $190k-$250k + 10-20% bonus + equity + sign on bonus

Benefits: Full Health, Vision, Dental, Life Insurance, Commuter Benefits, Unlimited Time off, 401k matched.

About the Company

An early-stage AI research lab focused on interpretability, alignment, and reinforcement learning is hiring a Research Engineer. Founded by former frontier-model researchers, the team works directly on model internals and training dynamics to better understand how AI systems reason. The lab runs fast experimental research cycles, building custom tools to explore open-ended questions about model behavior.

About the Role

This role focuses on building the experimental tooling that enables interpretability research. You will develop systems that allow researchers to inspect, measure, and manipulate internal model representations. This is not a production ML or MLOps role — it's for engineers who enjoy building new experimental systems from scratch and working closely with researchers.

Responsibilities

• Build custom RL-style environments and experimental testbeds for interpretability research
• Develop tools for activation tracing and mechanistic interpretability
• Implement probes to detect latent concepts (e.g., deception, goals, uncertainty)
• Prototype activation-level steering methods beyond prompting or fine-tuning
• Collaborate with researchers to rapidly iterate on experiments and tooling

Qualifications

• Strong programming skills in Python
• Experience with ML frameworks such as PyTorch or JAX
• Experience working with deep learning models or LLMs
• Strong software engineering fundamentals and ability to build experimental ML systems

Preferred Skills

• Experience in mechanistic interpretability or alignment research
• Familiarity with reinforcement learning environments
• Background working with model internals, representations, or probing methods
• Research experience (PhD preferred but not required)

Pay range and compensation package

Competitive salary, equity, and benefits.