AI/ML Researcher

About Firmus

Firmus is the leading AI platform for preconstruction design review and risk analysis, helping construction teams identify design-related issues and mitigate financial risk. Recently acquired by The Nemetschek Group through its subsidiary Bluebeam, Firmus is uniquely positioned at the intersection of startup agility and enterprise scale. We now have access to massive resources, an established customer base, and deep industry expertise, while maintaining our fast-moving, innovative startup culture.

The Team

You’ll join a lean, high-impact research team of computer-vision and machine-learning professionals focusing on building the most accurate, high-performance models for the construction industry. We’re on a mission to build an intelligent agentic system that understands construction documents at massive scale. This is a unique opportunity to work with the speed and creativity of a startup while leveraging the resources, customer access, and market reach of a multi-billion dollar global enterprise.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and optimize computer vision, machine learning and NLP models for construction document analysis
• Research and implement state-of-the-art techniques for construction document analysis and error detection
• Contribute to the evaluation and integration of emerging AI technologies (foundation models, multimodal AI, agentic processing) into our platform
• Build and maintain OCR and document understanding systems optimized for engineering drawings
• Participate in data strategy activities including collection, annotation pipeline development, and curation of construction document datasets
• Collaborate with the team on domain and product requirements, model evaluation, iteration, and production deployment

Technical Expertise

• At least 3 years of experience in machine learning, NLP, computer vision, or a related field
• Proficiency with deep learning frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow) and MLOps practices
• Strong software engineering fundamentals (version control, testing, code review)
• BSc in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Computer Vision, or related field