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# Machine Learning Engineer

- **Company:** Layup Parts, Inc.
- **Location:** Huntington Beach, CA, United States
- **Salary:** $120,000.0 - $185,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Machine Learning, Object Detection, Data Classification, Delivery Pipeline, Large Language Models, Data Pipelines
- **Published:** August 4, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=51da6440d73b59d2

## About the Role

* Experience training custom models beyond basic labeling or fine-tuning workflows
 * Experience with advanced object detection at minimum; data classification experience is a strong plus
 * Experience with geometry-based modeling is highly preferred
 * Experience working with large, parameter-rich datasets
 * Strongest fit is someone whose background is in structured, spatial, or geometric data problems rather than natural language or LLM-centric work

## Description

* Train and iterate on custom ML models using Layup's internal manufacturing and design data
 * Build models that estimate cost and predict design complexity or manufacturing difficulty from part geometry
 * Develop models that generate or assist in generating new designs based on historical design data
 * Build pipelines to extract structured data (specs, dimensions, material callouts, etc.) from existing engineering documents and drawings
 * Evaluate and select modeling approaches suited to geometric, spatial, and other structured data, rather than text-based problems
 * Work closely with engineering and manufacturing teams to source, clean, and label internal datasets
 * Own model performance end-to-end, from data pipeline through training, evaluation, and deployment into internal tools
 * Continuously identify new opportunities where custom models could improve design, estimation, or manufacturing workflows


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