The Applied AI Engineer role in the Research and Development functional area focuses on turning emerging AI capabilities into practical, standards-aligned solutions. You will design and develop AI-enabled products and support the product development process with technical delivery against defined targets.
Role Overview
In this position, you will work on research and development efforts aimed at driving innovation through cutting-edge products and technologies. The work includes designing AI-enabled solutions, ensuring compliance with applicable scientific and engineering standards, and identifying actionable opportunities derived from ongoing industry developments.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and develop innovative solutions to address customer and industry needs.
- Ensure research and design methodologies comply with scientific and engineering standards.
- Support the creation of business plans and budgets for product development.
- Analyze and interpret quality and safety test results to confirm standards compliance.
- Stay current with industry developments and translate them into actionable opportunities for the company and customers.
- Monitor product development progress to ensure achievement of technical, functional, cost, and timing targets.
Required Qualifications
- Strong Python skills, including experience building production-quality software or internal business applications.
- Experience building LLM-powered applications via APIs.
- Experience with retrieval-augmented generation, tool calling, agents, or comparable AI workflow patterns.
- Ability to prototype rapidly, test with users, evaluate outputs, and iterate on solutions.
- Knowledge of Git, testing practices, code review, documentation, and CI/CD.
- Strong communication skills to work with technical and nontechnical stakeholders, with an emphasis on focusing on the business problem before selecting technology.
Technologies
- Python
- APIs
- Retrieval-augmented generation
- Git
- CI/CD
Work Location
This role is hybrid. You will split your time between remote work and being on-site at the BeaconMedaes site in Rock Hill, South Carolina.
Employment Details
Employment type: Full-time
Job type: Hybrid
Functional area: Research and Development
Legal entity: Power Technique North America LLC
Region: United States
City: Rock Hill, SC
Application Process
The selection process includes interviews and, for some roles, skills assessments to provide a deeper understanding of your profile.
For questions or support during the process, contact:
Talent Acquisition: Nicole.Allen@atlascopco.com
