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Principal AI Engineer - Aerospace & Defense

Itasca, Illinois, us💼 Full-time🗓 2026-07-27 → 2026-09-26

Core

Principal AI Engineer building AI-powered mobile capabilities for aviation maintenance and fleet management, connecting enterprise software to customer operations in the field.

Role type

Principal AI Engineer (Forward Deployed)

Builds

Next-generation mobile experience for aviation maintenance, AI-powered product capabilities, and integrated field solutions.

Domain

Aerospace & Defense, Aviation Maintenance, Enterprise Software

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

Applied AI, Prompt Engineering, RAG, Agentic Architectures, MLOps, Mobile Engineering, iOS Development, Solution Architecture, Cloud/Edge/Mobile Engineering, CI/CD, Automated Testing

Preferred skills

Aerospace & Defense domain experience, Enterprise Asset Management (EAM), Field Service solutions, Agile delivery, Globally distributed team collaboration

Technologies

iOS, Cloud platforms, Mobile frameworks, AI/ML tooling

Responsibilities

Define and deliver next-generation mobile experiences for aviation maintenance; Design and ship AI-powered product capabilities including model integration and agentic architectures; Embed with customers to deploy and integrate solutions with ERP, CRM, IoT, and legacy systems; Drive technical strategy and mentor engineers across product groups; Ensure operational reliability across cloud, edge, and mobile environments.

Seniority

Principal, hands-on IC with strategic leadership

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