15 Sep 2026
Job Information
- Organisation/Company: MuRayTech GmbH
- Research Field: Physics » Computational physics; Physics » Applied physics; Engineering » Simulation engineering; Physics » Other; Computer science » Other; Mathematics » Other
Offer Description
The role
As Founding AI/ML Engineer, you'll own AI/ML strategy and execution across the company. That spans detector data, accelerator control, and internal tooling. You will:
- Build the AI/ML team. Hands-on at first. Hire and structure it as scope grows.
- Set the strategy for density reconstruction from muon detector hit data. Build the simulation chain and training infrastructure to develop and validate the models.
- Develop autonomous LPA operation and control. Build systems that optimise their own working point.
- Build AI/ML at MuRay from the ground up, across the company and the product.
What you'll bring
- A track record of building ML teams. You've grown an ML team from a small base before, at a startup or research lab. You're ready to be hands-on again before the team here exists.
- Depth in ill-posed inverse problems. Physics or medical imaging reconstruction experience. The judgment to know when classical methods break down and simulation-based, probabilistic methods are the better answer.
- ML control of real hardware. Hands-on experience with Bayesian optimization, reinforcement learning, or similar methods. Applied to a physical system with a slow or costly feedback loop.
- End-to-end pipeline experience. You've taken physics simulation output through to a trained, deployed model. You've handled the sim-to-real gap.
- Physics fluency and pragmatic engineering judgment. Comfort at the ML/physics interface. A bias toward infrastructure that fits a small team, not a hyperscaler.
- Communication people trust. You translate cleanly between ML, physics, and business audiences. You prioritise validated, defensible results over impressive demos.
How we work
- Skunkworks approach: We work in small teams with full ownership. We keep it simple, stupid.
- Move fast: a shiny prototype means we spent too long on it. We build to learn. We polish later.
- Disagree together, commit together: we debate and challenge, regardless of title. Then we deliver the decision as one team. We win as a team. We pivot as a team.
- Courage: we always make the call. A mistake isn't a failure: it's proof we're improving. Either way, we own the outcome.
- Honesty and transparency: we share what's really happening, good or bad. That lets everyone make the right call. We stay open. We stay honest.
What we offer
- Impact: you'll shape MuRay's technical direction. You'll help build the next generation of non-destructive testing methods.
- Autonomy: this is a founding role. You build the team, infrastructure, and tooling from the ground up.
- Network: research collaborators include DESY, DLR, CERN, and Imperial College London. Commercial partners include Siemens Energy, Airbus, Caelora, and ZAL.
- Infrastructure: you have access to LUMI. You also have access to an H200 GPU cluster in Hamburg.
- Ownership: an equity plan gives you a meaningful stake in the company.
- Compensation: a salary that reflects your contribution to MuRay's growth.
- Relocation: we support your move. If you're relocating from outside the EU, we help with the paperwork.
Where to apply
Website: https://muraytech.jobs.personio.com/job/2783601#apply
Requirements
- Research Field: Physics » Other
- Education Level: PhD or equivalent
- Languages: ENGLISH
- Level: Excellent
- Research Field: Physics » Other
- Years of Research Experience: 4 - 10
Additional Information
- Website for additional job details: https://muraytech.jobs.personio.com/job/2783601
Work Location(s)
- Number of offers available: 1
- Company/Institute: MuRay Tech
- Country: Germany
- City: Hamburg
Contact
- City: Hamburg
- Website: https://muray.tech
- Street: Luruper Hauptstraße 1
- Postal Code: 22547
- E-Mail: talents@muray.tech
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