Director of Scientific Education & University Partnerships

Flexcompute Inc

Watertown, MA(remote)

JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
3D Design, Academic Background, Adoption, Aerospace and Defense, Alliance/Partner Management, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Conferences, Electrical Engineering, GPU (Graphics Processing Unit), Graphical User Interface (GUI), Industrial Design, Integrated Circuit (IC) Design, Needs Assessment, Network Operations Center, Optics, Order Delivery, Photonics, Physics, Product Demonstration, Product Engineering, Python Programming/Scripting Language, Radio Frequency, Set Goals, Simulation, Willing to Travel
LOCATION
Watertown, MA
POSTED
30+ days ago

Flexcompute is the physics company. We scale first-principles physics into neural physics foundation models to redefine the boundaries of industrial simulation and design.

Our core technology features the world's fastest GPU solvers, delivering orders-of-magnitude speedups over traditional tools. By integrating these solvers with our proprietary AI models, we enable engineers to explore design spaces that were previously computationally inaccessible.

At Flexcompute, we don't just make simulations faster; we make the "impossible" solvable, helping our partners tackle the most critical challenges in 3D-IC design, aerospace, and beyond.

 

About the Role

Were on a mission to advance education in science and technology, and this role is central to that mission. Were looking for someone who is passionate about education, technically grounded, and ready to lead the adoption of AI-powered simulation workflows across universities and research institutions.

Youll be the bridge between our platform and the academic world, designing strategy, building partnerships with faculty, running workshops, and showing the next generation of engineers and researchers how agentic AI is transforming photonic and multi-physics design.

Youll start by driving adoption in photonics, but this is a growth role. As we expand into broader multi-physics simulation products, youll have the opportunity to shape and lead education strategy across new domains, growing the scope and impact of your work over time.

This is a remote position open to candidates based in the US or Canada. Frequent travel to universities, research institutions, and conferences is expected. We also have an office in the Boston area if you prefer in-person or hybrid work.

 

What Youll Do

Strategic

  • Define and execute a university adoption strategy targeting electrical engineering, photonics, physics, and applied optics departments across the US and Canada.
  • Build and maintain partnerships with professors, lab directors, and department heads. Understand their curriculum needs and research challenges, then map our tools to them.
  • Set measurable goals for university engagement, user growth, and long-term institutional adoption.
  • Serve as the voice of the academic user back to our product and engineering teams. Surface whats working, whats confusing, and whats missing.
  • As we expand into multi-physics products, lead the strategy for bringing new simulation capabilities into academic environments.

Hands-On

  • Design and deliver workshops and demos showing students and researchers how to use our GUI, Python client, and agentic AI tools to accelerate photonic/RF/EM design workflows.
  • Create tutorials, example projects, and course-ready materials with a focus on high-impact application areas like AI datacenter optical interconnects, silicon photonics, and RF/EM system design.
  • Grow a community of student users, university champions, and academic advocates who organically spread adoption.

About the Company

F

Flexcompute Inc