Principal AI Engineer, Intelligent Sensors

Analog Devices • San Jose, CA

105d • $170,775 - $256,163

About The Position

The Edge AI team is seeking a Principal AI Engineer to lead the development of innovative AI solutions for intelligent sensors that enable real-time decision-making in constrained environments. This role focuses on designing and implementing next-generation AI building blocks co-designed with novel sensors that can operate reliably on resource-limited hardware, leveraging optimization techniques and advanced AI methodologies. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in both hardware design and hardware-aware AI models and the ability to lead major technical initiatives while collaborating with cross-functional teams.

Requirements

• Master’s degree or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of industry experience in AI/ML model development, optimization, and deployment.
• Deep expertise in sensing, analog, or hardware technologies, with hands-on experience.
• Demonstrated leadership of technologies or teams to develop cutting edge solutions touching hardware, software, and AI.
• Strong understanding of hardware-aware AI, including benchmarking and performance evaluation on embedded platforms.
• Proficiency in Python, C++, and modern AI frameworks (e.g., TensorFlow, PyTorch, ONNX).
• Ability to lead technical projects and collaborate effectively across multidisciplinary teams.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with sensor fusion, perception, and decision-making systems.
• Familiarity with designing custom AI architectures for edge devices with tight compute and power constraints.
• Knowledge of Analog Devices hardware platforms or similar embedded ecosystems.
• Strong communication and leadership skills, with a track record of mentoring and growing engineering talent.

Responsibilities

• Drive the development of AI-enabled intelligent sensors in conjunction with our sensor and digital hardware teams.
• Couple new hardware architectures or sensing techniques with physics-aware AI models.
• Lead efforts in hardware-aware AI optimization to achieve efficient and scalable solutions.
• Take part and lead the AI aspect of hardware/AI codesigns with adjacent teams.
• Support the creation of reusable AI building blocks for intelligent sensors, ensuring scalability and adaptability across applications.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior engineers, fostering innovation and collaboration.
• Stay current on advancements in AI, edge computing, and sensor technologies, applying state-of-the-art techniques to solve challenging problems.

Benefits

• Medical, vision and dental coverage
• 401k
• Paid vacation
• Holidays
• Sick time
• Discretionary performance-based bonus

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Master's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees