Structural Engineer

About daicon

We are a Zurich-based innovative software company bringing AI to structural engineers. Our agentic AI supports engineers in the planning and maintenance of buildings and other infrastructure. Our technology comprises deterministic tools and physics-based AI and delivers results that are mechanically sound, traceable and verifiable. We are closing the gap between growing demand for complex structural engineering work (for new and ageing existing structures) and shrinking numbers of structural engineers.

Our team combines cutting-edge AI research with decades of structural engineering practice. We tested our technology on real structures. Now we turn our technology into products for our customers.

You have already been responsible for several projects as a structural engineer and now want to shape the AI tools for structural engineers, instead of waiting for what others hand you? Then we are looking for you!

What you will do

• You develop the next generation of tools for structural engineering together with our software and AI specialists. Programming skills and prior AI knowledge are not a strict requirement.
• You shape how our AI supports engineers: you know what matters in structural engineering. You work as part of our team on the evaluation of the quality of the AI systems.
• You learn how to improve AI systems in a targeted way and feed your findings directly into developments.
• You support our customers in applying AI to the design, assessment and maintenance of structures.

What we’re looking for

• BSc or MSc in civil engineering (university or university of applied sciences).
• 4+ years of practice in structural design and/or structural assessment.
• You have written and checked structural reports and can explain why a calculation is wrong even when the number looks plausible.
• Experience with structural modelling and common structural analysis software.
• Working style: rigorous, autonomous and proactive. You care whether the result is correct, not only whether it looks plausible. You are comfortable with making decisions and identifying helpful next steps rather than waiting for detailed instructions.
• Founder mentality: highly motivated, driven and entrepreneurial. You want to build the company with us and create tools that support not only your project but every engineer.
• You have first experience with AI tools, ideally even with improving AI systems, or a strong interest in learning it.
• Fluent German and good English.

Why join us

• Join a scalable vertical AI company.
• Competitive salary and high degree of autonomy, influence and responsibility.
• An ambitious team of experts in their fields: structural engineering, AI and software.
• A fast-expanding AI application field with big and visible impact on the built environment.
• Benefit from the company’s success through share options.