Computational Designer/AI Design Engineer

Location:

San Jose

Team:

Interaction design

Employment Type:

Regular

Job Code:

A224580A

Responsibilities

About Team:

The Innovation Team is part of the Industrial Design organization, with a primary focus on incubating new ideas and product concepts. The team takes a holistic view of the product experience and explores how emerging technologies can be leveraged to create meaningful, delightful, and genuinely useful user experiences.

We strongly believe in learning by building. As a result, the team continuously seeks individuals who can rapidly prototype and develop end-to-end product experiences, enabling us to quickly test, validate, and refine ideas through an iterative, fast-paced development cycle.

About the role

This role sits at the intersection of industrial design, computation, and AI. The Computational Designer / AI Design Engineer builds adaptive, system-based geometry and automated workflows that enable rapid iteration from early exploration through to production-ready concepts.

Responsibilities

• Develop parametric and computational design systems that support rapid iteration across product variants and configurations.
• Build and maintain CAD automation and scripting tools (e.g., Fusion 360 + Python, Onshape + FeatureScript, Rhino/Grasshopper + Python) to accelerate design changes for production.
• Integrate AI into the design workflow to simulate behavior, evaluate comfort, and guide form exploration instead of relying solely on intuition.
• Set up Python- and cloud-based pipelines (e.g., Jupyter/Colab workflows) for batch geometry generation, simulation runs, and design studies.
• Collaborate closely with industrial designers, human factors engineers, and mechanical engineers to translate ambiguous early ideas into robust, manufacturable design systems.
• Document tools, scripts, and workflows so they can be reused and scaled by the broader design and engineering teams.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's in Industrial Design, Computational Design, Mechanical Engineering, Architecture, or a related technical field.
• Hands-on experience with parametric CAD and computational design tools (e.g., Fusion 360, Onshape, Rhino/Grasshopper).
• Strong scripting/programming skills in Python and/or similar languages for CAD automation or geometry processing.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted workflows (simulation, generative form exploration, or design evaluation) and basic cloud-compute environments.
• Comfort working in highly iterative, cross-functional environments with designers, engineers, and prototyping teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building FeatureScripts in Onshape and/or custom Grasshopper/Python tools in Rhino.
• Experience with cloud-based simulation or optimization (e.g., running design-of-experiments or parameter sweeps at scale).
• Understanding of manufacturing processes and design-for-assembly (DFA) principles, and willingness to partner with manufacturing engineering.
• Portfolio demonstrating system-based design, computational design work, and examples of automation or AI-assisted workflows.

Job Information

【For Pay Transparency】Compensation Description (Annually)

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $ $255867 annually.

Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate's qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units.

Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. Employees have day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) savings plan with company match, paid parental leave, short-term and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, wellbeing benefits, among others. Employees also receive 10 paid holidays per year, 10 paid sick days per year and 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure).

The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.

For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates:

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:

1. Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;

2. Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and

3. Exercising sound judgment.

About Pico

Founded in April 2015, Pico is a VR company committed to developing immersive and interactive VR experiences for people around the world. Pico also provides tailor-made solutions for our enterprise clients in the fields of education and healthcare.

Why Join ByteDance

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As ByteDancers, we strive to do great things with great people. We lead with curiosity, humility, and a desire to make impact in a rapidly growing tech company. By constantly iterating and fostering an "Always Day 1" mindset, we achieve meaningful breakthroughs for ourselves, our Company, and our users. When we create and grow together, the possibilities are limitless. Join us.

Diversity & Inclusion

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