Head of Digital Twin Platform

The role

This Head of role leads the engineering function for AIFactoryX, a simulation and optimisation platform. You will own the architecture, engineering, and delivery of the digital twin for Firmus AI Factories.

What you will do

• Own the AIFactoryX architecture and roadmap across physical, compute, and energy/commercial layers
• Run the engineering pipeline from CAD models into CFD, electrical studies, and NVIDIA Omniverse
• Set the fidelity framework to decide model detail and trust levels
• Lead calibration against commissioning data and measured AIFactoryOS telemetry
• Turn the platform into decisions for optimizing designs, choosing sites, and planning operational changes
• Own delivery by running a weekly rhythm and managing compute, licences, tools, and budget
• Own engineering standards including software quality, data lineage, and security
• Build and lead the team and manage relationships with NVIDIA, solver vendors, and engineering partners
• Keep the CTO informed on progress, model confidence, and main risks

Required qualifications

• 12–15+ years across systems engineering, simulation or computational engineering and large-scale software platforms
• Degree in engineering, physics, applied mathematics or a close discipline
• Experience leading a team that built production simulation or digital twin platforms used for real engineering, operating or investment decisions
• Experience designing interfaces and data models other engineers build on
• Strong systems-engineering foundation in requirements, trade studies, verification and validation applied to complex physical systems
• Depth in at least one engineering or simulation discipline, such as thermal and cooling, electrical, or compute and network modelling
• Understanding of how models are validated
• Comfortable reading and reviewing code

Nice to have

• Experience in AI or HPC infrastructure
• NVIDIA Omniverse and DSX
• Industrial digital twins in high-availability environments

About the company

Firmus Technologies is a global leader pioneering the development and operation of efficient AI infrastructure across Asia Pacific. They design, build, and operate AI Factories using model-to-grid technology.