Lead AI/ML Engineer – Sensor Foundation (Remote)

TacnIQ; Singapore; Hybrid; SGD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

TacnIQ.ai seeks an experienced AI leader to define and drive a ground-floor Sensor Foundation Model program. You will shape data collection, architecture, training, and evaluation, mentoring junior engineers and guiding interns.

You will also engage with partners and potential customers to align R&D with market needs. Based at our Singapore HQ or Los Altos, with remote options, you will justify compute needs and own the roadmap, balancing innovation with practical deployment constraints across

Qualifications

• Strong fundamentals in machine learning, particularly in model training, fine-tuning, and evaluation.
• Experience with time-series or sensor data is a significant advantage.
• Demonstrated ability to take an ambiguous problem and produce a structured plan and working output.
• Comfortable with Python, PyTorch or JAX, and standard ML tooling.
• MLOps or deployment experience is a plus, particularly for constrained or embedded compute environments.
• Ability to communicate technical direction clearly to non-ML stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the Sensor FM research roadmap: data collection strategy, architecture selection, training pipeline, and evaluation framework.
• Lead model development from prototype to reproducible, documented pipelines.
• Propose and justify compute resource requirements (GPU/cloud) to leadership.
• Mentor the Junior AI Engineer and provide technical direction to interns.
• Serve as the primary technical interviewer for future AI hires.
• Engage with external partners, academic and research institutions, and potential customers on the R&D roadmap where needed.

Skills

ML fundamentals

Mentor others

Structured problem solving

Communicate to non-ML stakeholders

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/ML/Engineering or related

Tools

Python

PyTorch

JAX

ML tooling

MLOps

GPU/Cloud compute

Job description

TacnIQ.ai seeks an experienced AI leader to define and drive a ground-floor Sensor Foundation Model program. You will shape data collection, architecture, training, and evaluation, mentoring junior engineers and guiding interns.

You will also engage with partners and potential customers to align R&D with market needs. Based at our Singapore HQ or Los Altos, with remote options, you will justify compute needs and own the roadmap, balancing innovation with practical deployment constraints across