Sr Advanced AI Engineer

Honeywell Honeywell · Industrial · Atlanta, GA +1

Senior Advanced AI Engineer to design, develop, and deploy AI-driven solutions for smart buildings and industrial automation. Focus on building advanced ML models, integrating them into control environments, and driving innovation. Responsibilities include AI solutions design, data engineering, innovation exploration (generative AI, digital twins, multimodal models), performance optimization for inference, and ensuring compliance. Requires strong Python, ML libraries, Kubernetes, cloud platforms, and expertise in NLP, time-series, computer vision, or reinforcement learning. Experience with model optimization, foundation models, and edge deployment is key.

What you'd actually do

  1. Design and integrate AI/ML models into Building Management Systems (BMS) and Industrial Control Systems (ICS), including SCADA and PLC environments.
  2. Implement real‑time API–based and batch‑inference workflows.
  3. Develop model feedback loops to support continuous learning and performance improvement.
  4. Build algorithms for real‑time decision‑making using sensor, IoT, and industrial process data.
  5. Partner with Data Engineering teams on ETL workflows and data preparation for large‑scale building and industrial datasets (e.g., HVAC telemetry, energy consumption, machine performance).

Skills

Required

  • Python
  • PyTorch
  • TensorFlow
  • JAX
  • XGBoost
  • scikit-learn
  • Kubernetes
  • Databricks
  • CI/CD practices for AI/ML workflows
  • PySpark
  • debugging, profiling, and performance engineering skills in Python
  • NLP
  • time-series forecasting
  • computer vision
  • reinforcement learning
  • build models with noisy or sparsely labeled datasets
  • MLflow
  • converting models for production inference (TorchScript, ONNX)
  • model performance optimization (e.g., quantization, latency tuning)
  • applying, fine‑tuning, and optimizing foundation models for domain-specific tasks across text, vision, or time‑series modalities
  • make informed accuracy–cost trade-offs during model design
  • AI/ML offerings from major cloud providers (Azure, GCP, or AWS)

Nice to have

  • Master’s degree
  • experience optimizing deep learning models for NVIDIA Jetson–based edge systems
  • experience contributing to platform‑agnostic AI/ML solutions
  • proven end‑to‑end ownership of the ML lifecycle, including training, deployment, and feedback loops
  • experience with smart building platforms, SCADA systems, or energy management solutions
  • demonstrated success delivering innovative AI solutions within automation domains
  • deploying AI/ML solutions on edge devices

What the JD emphasized

  • real-time API–based and batch‑inference workflows
  • real‑time decision‑making
  • real-time inference
  • production‑ready inference runtimes
  • model conversion, quantization, and optimization for efficient inference
  • deploying AI/ML solutions on edge devices

Other signals

  • design and integrate AI/ML models into Building Management Systems (BMS) and Industrial Control Systems (ICS)
  • Implement real‑time API–based and batch‑inference workflows
  • Develop model feedback loops to support continuous learning and performance improvement
  • Build algorithms for real‑time decision‑making
  • Optimize real-time inference across platforms
  • Work with production‑ready inference runtimes such as vLLM, ONNX Runtime, and NVIDIA Triton
  • Contribute to model conversion, quantization, and optimization for efficient inference
  • deploying AI/ML solutions on edge devices