AI Staff Engineer

Software Defined Automation is hiring: AI Staff Engineer. Location(s) listed by the employer: Boston, MA US. 2549026 Boston Research & Development AI Staff Engineer Description We built Factory Agent in 2023 — the world’s first AI that reads, understands, and documents industrial control code. Now we need engineers obsessed with pushing AI into the physical world. This isn’t another chatbot job. SDA sits at the intersection of AI and the physical world. We work with Henkel, Cytiva, Pepsi, SEW-EURODRIVE and other global leaders to bring AI-powered intelligence to the factory floor. We’re opening our Boston hub to build a team of relentless engineers defining the next chapter of Physical AI. Responsibilities Own the AI stack. Ship to production. Lead the team. 01. Build LLM-Powered Industrial AI — Design and ship AI microservices on Anthropic Claude / AWS Bedrock with real agent orchestration, tool use, and RAG at enterprise scale. 02. Architect the AI Platform — Set technical direction on prompt engineering, agent design, evaluation frameworks, and model integration. 03. Ship the Frontend Experience — Own the React + TypeScript interface thousands of industrial engineers rely on daily. 04. Lead & Grow the Boston Team — Mentor engineers, run code reviews, build the culture. You’re the technical anchor for a fast-scaling team. 05. Go Deep with Customers — Present to plant managers and CTOs at the world’s largest manufacturers. 06. Push the Boundaries — Expand capabilities, prototype what’s next for Physical AI.