Sr. AI Engineer

Fieldpiece Instruments is building its first dedicated AI engineering capability and is looking for a Senior AI Engineer to partner with teams across the organization. In this role, you will translate business needs into production-ready AI and automation solutions, then help deploy and continuously improve them over time.

This position is based in Orange, CA with a hybrid schedule. The office location will transition to Tustin, CA in 2028.

What you’ll do

• Work with teams across Fieldpiece to understand workflows, pain points, and business needs, then identify opportunities where AI, automation, or improved technology can make a measurable difference.
• Move from business requirements to working solutions by designing, developing, implementing, and supporting production-ready applications and automations.
• Build practical AI-enabled capabilities including AI agents, copilots, workflow automations, and decision-support tools.
• Develop AI applications using large language models, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), enterprise knowledge systems, APIs, and agentic workflows.
• Integrate AI solutions with enterprise platforms such as ERP, CRM, PLM, customer support, analytics, knowledge management, productivity tools, and related systems.
• Reengineer processes to improve speed, accuracy, quality, service, cost, revenue enablement, and employee productivity.
• Define testing and evaluation approaches to help ensure solutions are accurate, reliable, secure, scalable, and effective.
• Partner with Information Systems, business leaders, data owners, and security stakeholders to implement appropriate governance and controls.
• Support user adoption of new AI tools and iterate based on feedback and results.
• Evaluate emerging AI technologies and make recommendations based on business value, implementation requirements, cost, risk, and scalability.

Skills and experience

• Bachelor’s degree in CS, AI, or a related field.
• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, including ownership of production applications.
• 2+ years building solutions with modern AI technologies, including large language models.
• Ability to take ambiguous business problems and convert them into practical technical solutions.
• Hands-on experience with prompt design, retrieval architectures, AI application testing, and model/system evaluation, including experience building AI agents, multi-agent systems, tool-using agents, RAG solutions, or complex agentic workflows.
• Experience integrating APIs, cloud services, enterprise applications, and data sources.
• Strong proficiency in Python or another modern language used for AI application development.
• Experience with data engineering, analytics/BI, MLOps/LLMOps, observability, or cloud deployment.
• Experience with source control, testing, deployment, monitoring, and modern software delivery practices.
• Excellent communication skills to work with technical and nontechnical stakeholders and explain complex decisions in business terms.
• A practical, curious mindset, including interest in learning how the business works and using technology to improve it.

Technologies you may work with

• Python
• Large language models
• Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)
• Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
• Azure OpenAI
• Microsoft Copilot
• Power Platform
• Fabric
• Dataverse
• Microsoft 365
• APIs, ERP, CRM, PLM

Hybrid schedule and location

• Based in the Orange, CA office with a hybrid schedule.
• Employees typically work onsite three days per week.
• Additional onsite days may be required for onboarding, training, team meetings, project collaboration, or other business needs.
• Move to Tustin, CA in 2028.

Benefits

• Competitive base salary with annual bonus opportunity
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
• 401(k) with company match and immediate vesting
• Generous paid time off and paid holidays
• Hire to Retire philosophy with Individual Development Plans and a commitment to support career development
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA), Health Savings Accounts (HSA), and an Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Music program with music rooms in all US offices in California, including onsite guitar, piano, and voice lessons (classes can be streamed for other offices)
• Recognition programs, launch parties, and team building events

Even better if you have

• Experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central or integrating solutions with ERP systems, Azure OpenAI, Microsoft Copilot, Power Platform, Fabric, or Dataverse
• Experience in a product, manufacturing, distribution, or field-service environment
• Exposure to Lean, continuous improvement, or business process reengineering

Why this role fits

This position is focused on building AI and automation that reach production. You will work directly with business teams to identify where processes slow teams down, translate those goals into technical requirements, select appropriate approaches, and then build, deploy, and iterate on solutions with varying project scopes.

Culture

• Teamwork: collaborate, support one another, and win as a team
• Urgency: move quickly, stay agile, and focus on what matters most
• Respect: value diverse perspectives and act with professionalism and integrity
• Trust: build relationships through accountability and transparency
• Learning: embrace curiosity, continuous improvement, and personal growth
• No Ego: value the best ideas regardless of where they come from and work with humility, openness, and mutual respect