Computational Designer - OPT Industries

Great opportunity to work in an early stage startup looking to change the world of digital manufacturing. OPT Industries is a rapid growing MIT spinoff company that focuses on building the next generation of additive manufacturing technology. If you’re a computational designer and are interested, apply here or read on for more details:

We design and manufacture highly customizable functional materials. As we are growing the team that delivers the top solutions for the industry, we are looking for highly motivated individuals to join the computational design team to create 3D-printed functional materials across scales and applications. The current team is an interdisciplinary crew with diverse background in mechanical engineering, material science, computer science, and industrial design.

We are looking for talented designers who enjoy to work at the intersection of computational design, bio-inspired materials and digital fabrication.

The Job:

1. Conceptualize and design next-generation of high-performance materials and products;

2. Research and hands-on experiment to create better understanding of material behaviors.

3. Create computational tools to tackle complex geometric problems and create innovative and high-performance structures.

Skills and Qualification:

1. Master/Bachelor degree in design or engineering discipline.

2. Expert in 3D modelling and parametric modelling.

3. Experience and design skills in working with different materials/structure.

4. Effective communication, comfortable working collaboratively on projects.

5. Proficiency in programming language(such as C#, Python, JavaScript) is a plus