AI/ML Engineer

Air InfoSec • Austin, TX

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The AI/ML Engineer (Intern Level 2) will support the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) on the ITD AI Development team's rapid development initiatives using AI/ML tools and platforms. This role focuses on driving business innovation at TxDOT through the evaluation and application of emerging AI/ML technologies. The individual will contribute to the design, development, and deployment of AI/ML models and applications tailored to specific business use cases. This position collaborates closely with data, engineering, and software development teams to bring AI-driven solutions from concept to implementation.

Requirements

• 2 years of experience with Python.
• 2 years of experience with SQL.
• 2 years of experience with data visualization tools such as Power BI, Tableau, Streamlit, R Shiny, or Matplotlib.
• 2 years of experience with object-oriented programming and design patterns.
• 2 years of experience with unit testing, CI/CD, Git, and containerization (Docker).
• 2 years of experience with data pipelines and ETL tools such as Airflow, Prefect, or cloud-native equivalents.
• 2 years of experience with model deployment (REST APIs, gRPC, serverless), monitoring, and versioning.
• 2 years of experience with AWS, Azure, GCP, or OCI AI services.
• 2 years of experience with cloud-native training/inference environments such as SageMaker, Bedrock, Vertex AI, or Azure ML.
• 2 years of experience with Kubernetes and Docker.
• 2 years of experience with code assist tools such as Claude Code, Codex, or Cursor.

Nice To Haves

• 2 years of experience or academic coursework related to transportation and traffic analysis.
• Local candidates only; must currently reside within 50 miles of the Austin, Texas work location.
• Candidates must be authorized to work in the U.S.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate emerging AI trends, tools, and vendor solutions against business use cases.
• Run proof-of-concepts (PoCs) to test the feasibility of new ideas.
• Design and build applications and AI/ML models tailored to specific use cases, including predictive analytics, natural language processing, and computer vision, prioritized for the AI Program.
• Create scalable AI pipelines that can be integrated into existing systems.
• Collaborate with data, engineering, and software development teams.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Intern
• Education Level: No Education Listed