Artificial Intelligence Engineer
Ripple Foods
Software Engineering
Indianapolis, IN, USA
Overview
Direct Hire
First shift
Strong Company Stability
A growing advanced manufacturing organization is seeking an experienced AI Engineer to help lead enterprise AI adoption initiatives within a highly regulated environment. This role focuses on designing, developing, and deploying scalable AI and machine learning solutions that improve operational efficiency, business processes, and data-driven decision making.
This position offers the opportunity to influence AI strategy, architect enterprise-grade AI systems, and collaborate cross-functionally with engineering, operations, and technology teams.
Key Responsibilities
- Drive AI strategy and support enterprise AI adoption initiatives.
- Design secure, scalable, and responsible AI architectures within regulated environments.
- Integrate AI solutions with existing enterprise systems and infrastructure.
- Develop end-to-end AI and machine learning solutions from proof of concept through production deployment.
- Architect data pipelines and workflows for structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data sources.
- Collaborate with stakeholders across engineering, operations, and support functions to identify high-value AI use cases.
- Design and deploy GenAI-enabled applications and intelligent automation solutions.
- Ensure alignment with enterprise data governance, retention, and compliance standards.
- Apply analytical and data science methodologies to solve business problems and improve operational efficiency.
- Utilize lean and continuous improvement principles to optimize processes.
Qualifications
Education & Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, or related field.
- 5+ years of experience deploying AI/ML solutions at scale.
Technical Skills
- Experience with Generative AI, AI agents, and/or reinforcement learning.
- Strong Python programming skills.
- Experience with major machine learning frameworks and AI platforms.
- Experience developing and deploying machine learning solutions into production environments.
- Familiarity with NLP and document AI technologies.
- Strong understanding of data modeling, data architecture, metadata management, and data integration patterns.
- Experience handling unstructured data including text, images, and video.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
Preferred Experience
- Experience in regulated manufacturing, aerospace, defense, or industrial environments.
- Familiarity with MES, ERP, quality systems, or manufacturing data ecosystems.