Senior AI Engineer

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Ford Pro is a new global business within Ford committed to commercial customer productivity. Ford Pro delivers a work-ready suite of vehicles, accessories and services for virtually every vocation, backed by technology and engineered for uptime. A true one-stop shop, we offer a full portfolio of electrified and internal combustion vehicles designed to integrate seamlessly with the Ford Pro ecosystem, helping customers' businesses thrive today and into the new era of electrification.

This job is posted as HYBRID, and requires up to 3 days a week from our Dearborn, MI office.

**Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

As the AI Engineer, you will leverage a robust technical background and extensive experience in Data Science, MLOps, and AI/ML Engineering. Your primary responsibility will be to deliver cutting-edge analytical, machine learning, and generative AI solutions. The ideal candidate will possess strong business acumen and a deep understanding of data and AI technologies that enhance key products within Pro Tech, focusing on improving customer experiences, driving revenue growth, and increasing operational efficiency.

You will collaborate within a diverse team to develop innovative products for Ford Pro. Building healthy relationships and trust with product managers, business stakeholders, and peers across Ford Pro-Tech is essential.

- Design, develop, and deploy advanced AI models, including Generative AI, machine learning (ML), and deep learning (DL) algorithms to address complex business challenges.
- Conduct thorough data preprocessing, cleaning, and feature engineering to prepare datasets for model training and evaluation.
- Train, evaluate, and fine-tune a variety of machine learning models, ensuring optimal performance and reliability.
- Develop and maintain robust, efficient, and scalable code using Python and relevant libraries (e.g., TensorFlow, PyTorch, scikit-learn).
- Document code, experiments, and results in a clear and concise manner to facilitate knowledge sharing.
- Collaborate effectively with other engineers and stakeholders to align technical solutions with business needs.
- Work within an agile development model, closely partnering with product managers and cross-functional teams.

- Minimum: Master’s degree in Statistics, Computer Science, or a related field.
- Preferred: PhD in Statistics, Computer Science, or a related field.
- 4+ years of experience in developing and building cloud-based applications and deploying machine learning models.
- Strong theoretical understanding of machine learning algorithms and techniques.
- Proven hands-on experience in developing and implementing AI/ML models using Python.
- Proficiency with relevant libraries such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, and scikit-learn.
- Experience with data preprocessing, feature engineering, and model evaluation.
- Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills, with a strong ability to work independently and collaboratively.
- Exceptional communication and documentation skills.
- Specific experience with cloud computing platforms like AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure.

Technical Experience:

- Proficiency in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services relevant to machine learning and generative AI, such as AI Platform, BigQuery, and Dataflow.
- Strong understanding of machine learning algorithms, techniques, and frameworks, including deep learning, neural networks, and ensemble methods.
- Experience in building, training, and deploying generative AI models and machine learning solutions using tools like TensorFlow, Keras, or PyTorch.
- Familiarity with cloud-based data storage and processing technologies for efficient handling of large datasets (experience with Tekton and Terraform is a plus).
- Ability to design and implement end-to-end machine learning pipelines for data ingestion, processing, modeling, and deployment.
- Proficiency in programming languages such as Python for data manipulation, analysis, and model development.
- Experience with version control systems like GitHub for managing code repositories and facilitating collaboration.
- Understanding of containerization technologies like Docker for packaging and deploying machine learning models in production.
- Demonstrated problem-solving abilities and analytical thinking, with the capacity to communicate complex technical concepts effectively.
- Experience with generative AI technologies and practices (is a plus).
- Familiarity with software engineering practices and their application to AI engineering (is a plus).

Preferred Requirements:

- Working knowledge of GCP and its machine learning offerings.
- Expertise in open-source data science technologies such as Python, R, Spark, and SQL.
- Conceptual understanding of data pipelines and MLOps methodologies.

You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we've outlined, but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company, we encourage you to apply!

As an established global company, we offer the benefit of choice. You can choose what your Ford future will look like: will your story span the globe, or keep you close to home? Will your career be a deep dive into what you love, or a series of new teams and new skills? Will you be a leader, a changemaker, a technical expert, a culture builder…or all of the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:
• Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care and more
• Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, and more
• Vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases
• Tuition assistance
• Established and active employee resource groups
• Paid time off for individual and team community service
• A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day
• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

This position is a range of salary grades GSR8 .  
 

For more information on salary and benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/GSR-HTHD
 

This job is posted as HYBRID, and requires up to 3 days a week from our Dearborn, MI office.

**Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Candidates for positions with Ford Motor Company must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status or protected veteran status. In the United States, if you need a reasonable accommodation for the online application process due to a disability, please call 1-888-336-0660.

Onsite work of up to three days per week may be required for candidates within commuting distance of a Ford hub location.  #LI-Hybrid