Industrial AI Applications Lead
About The Position
AVEVA is creating software trusted by over 90% of leading industrial companies. This pay range represents the minimum and maximum compensation that the position offers, and final compensation can vary within the range depending on work location, job experience, skills, and relevant educational attainment and/or training. We are hiring an experienced Industrial AI application Lead (Forward Deployed Engineer) to join the AI Investigation and Incubation team. This leader will drive the development and deployment of AI solutions in industrial settings. This hands-on senior role will bridge the gap between AI technologies exploration and real-world applications, ensuring solutions are practical, scalable, and impactful.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in industrial systems, automation, applied AI, or AI-enabled software engineering with at least 3 years in a customer-facing, technical lead position
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Industrial Systems, or a related technical field; advanced degree preferred
- Exceptional industrial domain understanding (manufacturing, energy, infrastructure, asset-intensive industries, material science, etc.)
- Customer-focused, pragmatic, and results-oriented with experience leading cross-functional technical projects or customer engagements
- Demonstrated hands-on experience deploying or integrating AI/ML solutions into real-world industrial environments
- Ability to identify emerging opportunities for AI in industrial applications
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to embed closely with customer teams and collaborate internally across engineering, product, and commercial teams
Nice To Haves
- Experience working across on-prem, edge, and cloud-connected architectures
- Prior work in environments transitioning from traditional on-prem systems to AI-enabled or hybrid architectures
- Experience operating within regulated or compliance-driven environments (e.g. healthcare, safety-critical systems, data privacy)
- Experience mentoring or guiding less-experienced engineers
Responsibilities
- Provide industrial domain expertise to guide AI tool, platform, and roadmap decisions and development
- Work directly with internal and external customers in a consultative, problem-solving manner to gather feedback and refine solutions
- Drive investigations into the application of advanced AI capabilities to industrial problems.
- Identify and define industrial use cases for AI applications
- Develop AI-enabled demos, prototypes, and proof-of-value solutions for industrial problems
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate AI capabilities into industrial software systems and implement AI solutions
- Evaluate the performance and impact of AI models in operational environments
- Support and mentor junior team members
Benefits
- Flex work hours
- 20 days PTO rising to 25 with service
- three paid volunteering days
- primary and secondary parental leave
- well-being support
- medical, dental, vision, and 401K
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
