AI Applications Engineer — Digital Factory AI Solutions

Generac Power Systems Inc.; Waukesha (WI); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Generac is seeking an AI Applications Engineer to design, develop, and deploy scalable AI/ML solutions across manufacturing operations, advancing the Digital Factory + AI capability stack.

The role focuses on translating operational challenges into deployable AI, integrating operations platforms for smarter decision-making, automation, and predictive insights; travel up to 25% locally may be required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field and strong programming fundamentals.
• Experience with structured and unstructured data and ML problem framing.
• 5 years in manufacturing/OT environments with AI/ML deployment experience.
• Proficient in bridging technical and business discussions and communicating with leadership.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deploy scalable AI/ML models for manufacturing.
• Productionize AI solutions and maintain model performance over time.
• Develop data pipelines and integrate with enterprise systems.
• Collaborate with Operations and IT to translate use cases into AI solutions.
• Monitor governance, documentation, and drive standardization across sites.

Skills

Python

TensorFlow

PyTorch

Scikit-learn

Data engineering

ETL pipelines

Model deployment

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, data science, or related field

Tools

Docker

APIs

Microservices

Job description

Generac is seeking an AI Applications Engineer to design, develop, and deploy scalable AI/ML solutions across manufacturing operations, advancing the Digital Factory + AI capability stack.

The role focuses on translating operational challenges into deployable AI, integrating operations platforms for smarter decision-making, automation, and predictive insights; travel up to 25% locally may be required.