AI Engineer

HP • Palo Alto, CA

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About The Position

The Opportunity We are launching a Strategic Technology Accelerator, a fast-cycle innovation engine within HP's Strategy & Transformation organization. This team partners closely with GBUs, TIO incubation teams, and Strategic Alliances to rapidly explore, validate, and scale next-generation product experiences. Role Summary Design, develop, and validate the STAR proof of concept (POC). This role focuses on rapidly prototyping new capabilities, evaluating technical approaches, and producing production-ready architectural recommendations that inform future product development.

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• Strong software engineering experience in Python, TypeScript, C++, or similar languages; ability to choose the right tool for prototype speed and production viability.
• Experience building prototypes, proof-of-concept solutions, or early-stage product capabilities.
• Strong software design, debugging, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working on early-stage innovation or incubation projects.
• Familiarity with AI-enabled applications or intelligent software systems.
• Experience evaluating emerging technologies and translating prototypes into production architectures.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and validate applied AI proof-of-concepts for the Strategic Technology Accelerator.
• Turn ambiguous product opportunities into working prototypes, evaluation evidence, architectural recommendations, and reusable technical patterns that can inform HP product roadmaps across device, cloud, and local inference experiences.
• Build AI-enabled prototypes using LLMs, agents, RAG, tool-calling, local inference, and cloud model APIs.
• Evaluate architectural alternatives, documenting technical tradeoffs, performance, and scalability considerations.
• Partner with engineering, product, and technical leadership to refine requirements and align technical direction.
• Develop reusable software components and integration patterns that can transition from prototype to production.
• Create technical documentation, implementation guides, and design recommendations.
• Present technical findings, risks, and recommendations to stakeholders.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Long term/short term disability insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Life insurance
• Generous time off policies, including; 4-12 weeks fully paid parental leave based on tenure
• 11 paid holidays
• Additional flexible paid vacation and sick leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level