Release Manager & QA Engineer
About The Position
Vinci is building the intelligence layer for hardware engineering. For decades, physics has been one of the biggest constraints on how physical products get designed — not because engineers don't trust it, but because it's been too slow and too expensive to use continuously. Teams make hundreds of design decisions before they ever see high-fidelity physics; by the time the simulation arrives, the design is largely locked. We change that. Our Foundation Model for Physics makes deterministic physical reasoning available while a design is still evolving, so engineers can make better decisions before the cost of change compounds. Unlike general-purpose AI, our model learns physical behavior from first principles — not from human-generated text or images. Today, Vinci is deployed on production engineering programs at leading semiconductor companies — the hardest physics problems in modern electronics. Semiconductors are not the limit. They're the proof: our ambition includes everything downstream of the chip, from robots and vehicles to data centers and aircraft. We're growing fast, and hiring across the company. Joining now means arriving early enough to help shape how Vinci works, not just what it ships.
Requirements
- 6+ years of experience in software quality engineering with a mastery of designing comprehensive test plans.
- The ability to translate complex engineering requirements into structured, unambiguous test logic.
- Exceptional attention to detail and the analytical ability to perform rigorous risk evaluations.
- Direct experience managing deployments within a Linux/Debian environment using tools such as GitHub Actions, Docker, or Jenkins.
Nice To Haves
- Familiarity with CAD/CAE data formats (GDSII, OASIS, STEP, ECXML, IPC) or basic concepts in thermal/mechanical simulation.
- Background in testing high-performance computing applications or software that heavily utilizes GPU acceleration.
Responsibilities
- Act as the final gatekeeper for production deployments, managing versioning, coordinating "Go/No-Go" decisions, and overseeing deployment pipelines and customer installations.
- Collaborate with AI/ML experts, thermal/mechanical engineers, and software developers to translate complex technical updates into actionable insights and release notes for both technical and non-technical customers.
- Design and maintain end-to-end automation frameworks (using Python and Playwright) that validate both our web interface and our underlying physics-AI inference engines.
- Develop specialized testing strategies to compare Vinci’s AI-generated thermal and mechanical results against traditional FEA benchmarks, ensuring high-fidelity outputs.
- Champion Test-Driven Development across the engineering team.
- Orchestrate the ‘last mile’ of the delivery process to ensure seamless production releases.
Benefits
- Be part of a team defining the future of AI in hardware design.
- Work at the intersection of advanced AI, real-world engineering, and customer success.
- Collaborate with world-class engineers and researchers in a fast-moving startup environment.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
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