Staff AI Engineer - Enterprise AI, Governance & Impact

Siemens; Madrid; Hybrid; EUR 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Share matching program

Continuous learning opportunities

Inclusive culture

Job summary

Siemens Spain is looking for a Staff AI Engineer to own end-to-end AI functions in a complex, multi-service environment that connects systems, data sources, and workflows at scale.

You will set technical direction, design evaluation approaches, and influence multiple teams without direct reports. The role emphasizes evidence-based go/no-go decisions, auditability, and responsible AI governance in a hybrid work setting.

Qualifications

• Experience shipping and operating ML-based features in production.
• Proven ability to design and review service integrations and data flows.
• Ability to model threat scenarios and implement AI security controls.
• Experience with vulnerability advisories, SBOMs and remediation.
• Ability to write clear acceptance criteria for engineers and suppliers.
• Proficiency in delivering production-quality code in common languages.

Responsibilities

• Specify use-case specifications for AI functions, including inputs, behavior, success criteria, failure modes and human decision points.
• Evaluate AI systems via golden datasets, accuracy/safety metrics, offline/online evaluation, and drift monitoring.
• Accept at each stage of development with evidence-based go/no-go decisions and governance escalation.
• Architect data flow, model placement, human-in-the-loop, and audit evidence retention.
• Secure AI systems by modeling threats, testing controls against prompts, data leakage, and unsafe actions.
• Steer the provider dialogue on quality, evaluation obligations, model-change notifications, and defect handling.
• Set engineering standards for AI use within the team, including tools, data handling, and code provenance.
• Lead technically by mentoring engineers and building evaluation skills across teams.
• Stay hands-on by building datasets, running evaluations, and reviewing code to resolve uncertainty.

Skills

AI evaluation

Integration architecture

AI security

Vulnerability management

Specification writing

Hands-on coding

Technical leadership

Communication

Tools

Python

Go

Java

Rust

Job description

Siemens Spain is looking for a Staff AI Engineer to own end-to-end AI functions in a complex, multi-service environment that connects systems, data sources, and workflows at scale.

You will set technical direction, design evaluation approaches, and influence multiple teams without direct reports. The role emphasizes evidence-based go/no-go decisions, auditability, and responsible AI governance in a hybrid work setting.