Lead Forward Deployed Engineer, AVEVA
Artificial Intelligence
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Industrial software
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Industrial software
1001+ employees
Open for applications
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To spark industrial ingenuity by connecting users with trusted information and insights, to drive responsible use of the world’s resources.
Role
Who you are
- 12+ years of experience in AI/ML engineering, applied AI, or AI technical product management with at least 4 years in a customer-facing, technical lead position
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Industrial Systems, or a related technical field; advanced degree preferred
- Exceptional industrial domain understanding (life sciences, manufacturing, energy, infrastructure, asset-intensive industries, material science, etc.)
- Recent experience with modern AI paradigms such as: world models, foundation models, and multi-modal language models; agent-based systems and orchestration; and context retrieval and augmentation techniques
- Customer-focused, pragmatic, and results-oriented with experience leading cross-functional technical projects or customer engagements
- Demonstrated hands-on experience deploying or integrating AI/ML solutions into real-world industrial environments
- Ability to identify emerging opportunities for AI in industrial applications
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to embed closely with customer teams and collaborate internally across engineering, product, and commercial teams
Desirable
- Experience working across on-prem, edge, and cloud-connected architectures
- Experience in responsible deployment practices, model drift mitigation, privacy-preserving federating learning, and AI governance best practices
- Industrial data literacy (time series, SCADA, 3-D models) and experience working with non-ideal, real-world data
- Prior work in environments transitioning from traditional on-prem systems to AI-enabled or hybrid architectures
- Experience operating within regulated or compliance-driven environments (e.g. energy, safety-critical systems, data privacy)
- Experience mentoring or guiding less-experienced engineers
What the job involves
- We are hiring a Lead Forward Deployed Engineer, AI to join our team
- This hands-on leader will drive the development and deployment of AI solutions while bridging the gap between AI technologies exploration and real-world applications, ensuring solutions are practical, scalable, and impactful
- Provide industrial domain expertise to guide AI tool, platform, and roadmap decisions and development
- Work directly with internal and external customers in a consultative, problem-solving manner to gather feedback and refine solutions
- Drive investigations into the application of advanced AI capabilities to industrial problems
- Identify and define industrial use cases for AI applications
- Develop AI-enabled demos, prototypes, and proof-of-value solutions for industrial problems
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate AI capabilities into industrial software systems and implement AI solutions
- Evaluate the performance and impact of AI models in operational environments
- Support and mentor junior team members
- What success looks like:
- AI solutions are successfully applied to real industrial problems, not just conceptual designs
- Prototypes and deployments demonstrate practical feasibility and measurable impact
- Codified learnings, insights and architectural patterns into references, guides, playbooks, or building blocks that are digestible and actionable for others
- Industrial constraints (latency, security, compliance, reliability) are addressed through solid engineering decisions
- Strong collaboration in a matrix / incubation environment, contributing as a senior technical practitioner
- Feedback from field deployments meaningfully influences AI platform and product direction
Our take
Founded in 1967 as a UK research institute for the development of computer-aided design, AVEVA has since grown to become a world leader in industrial software. Primarily focusing on energy, infrastructure and manufacturing sectors, it has also expanded into numerous other industrial applications, and its clients include enterprises such as Danone, GlaxoSmithKline and Borg.
AVEVA is making history with its collaboration with Meridian Energy Group on the Davis Refinery, the first full-conversion refinery in the US since 1976. This project sets a new standard in sustainability by achieving net-zero Scope 1 and Scope 2 carbon emissions through renewable biofeedstock. AVEVA's CONNECT platform and EPC .0 solutions are crucial for providing real-time visibility and seamless data management throughout the refinery's lifecycle.
Alongside this, AVEVA's hybrid cloud MES solution highlights its commitment to advancing industrial technology. This launch allows companies to manage production data more effectively and gain insights through AI and analytics, reinforcing AVEVA's leadership in digital transformation and promoting more agile, efficient, and eco-friendly manufacturing processes.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
2% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Time off: 28 days of annual leave, plus bank holidays. You can also buy/sell five days a year
- Emergency leave: Five days a year to use when unexpected or urgent events make it impossible to work
- Hybrid working: The default option for employees is a 3:2 split between the office and working from home. Some positions are fully remote and others are fully office-based—refer to the job listing for specific details
- Parental leave: Maternity leave comprises 18 weeks at full pay, followed by 21 weeks statutory pay and 13 weeks unpaid. Paternity leave is two weeks at full pay. Pension contributions and benefits are maintained throughout
- Workplace nursery scheme: Pay for your child’s nursery directly through payroll, saving tax and NI contributions
- Electric care lease: Use your flexible benefits fund to subsidize the pre-tax leasing of a brand-new electric or ultra-low-emission car
- Shopping vouchers: Use your flexible benefits fund on discounts and vouchers for many major retail, tech and restaurant chains
- BUPA private healthcare: BUPA healthcare is a core benefit for employees. Use your flexible benefits fund and/or salary sacrifice to add family members
- Anonymous counselling: Through our Modern Health benefit, employees and their dependents over 13 are eligible to use our mental health app and receive unlimited counselling and coaching each year
- Dental insurance: Use your flexible benefits fund to cover preventative and restorative treatment. You can also add coverage for family members
- Cycle to work: Buy a brand-new bike and save 25–40% on retail price thanks to tax savings
- Gym membership: Use your flexible benefits fund to discount a membership to a major gym chain
- Bonus: Based on a combination of your own performance and AVEVA’s financial results
- Pension: Use your flexible benefits fund to increase the standard employer contribution. You can also route your bonus directly into your pension, saving tax and NI
- Income protection: Secure a reliable income if you’re unable to work due to long-term sickness or injury
- Life assurance: In the event of your death, your loved ones will receive a lump sum
- Charitable giving: The Action for Good program gives you three days of paid volunteering every year, as well as match funding opportunities. You can also use your flexible benefits fund to give to charity pre-tax
- Professional development: Access to LinkedIn Learning gives you the chance to grow your knowledge and skills, while AVEVA’s extensive mentorship network allows you learn from colleagues across the company
- Education support: After one year with AVEVA, you can apply for support towards a relevant course or qualification. AVEVA will reimburse up to 70% of the cost
- Service recognition: Whether you’ve been with us for 12 months or 50 years (it’s happened!), the AVEVAversary program rewards you during milestone years with cash and time off. We also recognize your contributions by planting a tree in the AVEVA Forest, our global forest of recognition
Company HQ
Cambridge, UK
Leadership
Caspar Herzberg
(CEO)Before becoming CEO, served as AVEVA’s COO and CRO. Previously led Schneider Electric's business in more than 80 countries. Has spent more than 25 years in the technology industry, including senior leadership positions at Cisco and Accenture.
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