AI Innovation Engineer

Power Design Resources; Saint Petersburg (FL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Power Design Resources seeks an AI Innovation Engineer to lead the development of practical AI solutions in a hands‑on, problem‑solving role. You will build agents, retrieval, and automation to address real business challenges, collaborating with multiple divisions to deliver measurable outcomes.

The ideal candidate brings 3–5 years in software or data engineering with hands‑on AI/LLM experience, strong Python and API skills, and a pragmatic mindset to ship production‑ready results.

Qualifications

• Roughly 3–5 years of software or data engineering experience with 1–3 years in hands‑on AI/LLM work.
• Hands‑on AI engineering: LLM applications, retrieval, agents, prompt and tool design, production delivery.

Responsibilities

• Create AI solutions the business uses: agents, skills, retrieval, documentation and automation.
• Evaluate and integrate modern AI tooling: track new tools, run quick trials, and bring useful tools into workflows.
• Enable others: share best practices, review work, and coach division‑embedded people creating their own AI solutions.

Skills

AI engineering

Communication

Team collaboration

Problem solving

Pragmatism

Tools

Python

APIs

Version control

LLM tooling

Job description

Technology

AI Innovation Engineer

FL St Petersburg

Regular

About The Position

We’re looking for a hands‑on problem solver and forward thinker who’s excited to shape how AI transforms the way we work. The AI Innovation Engineer will take the lead in bringing our 4 + 1 AI Strategy to life—building tools, testing ideas, and turning business challenges into practical, measurable solutions.

This role is perfect for someone who loves to experiment, collaborate, and deliver outcomes that truly make a difference. Sound like you? Let’s get started.

Position details / responsibilities

• Create AI solutions the business uses: agents, skills, retrieval, documentation and automation. Some you build directly; some you shape alongside partners and vendors who build with us. Work side by side with company experts across the divisions, turning their hard problems into practical AI solutions. Evaluate and integrate modern AI tooling: track what is new, run quick trials, and bring the tools that earn their place into how the team and the divisions work. Enable others: set and share best practices, review work, and coach the division‑embedded people creating their own AI solutions.

Here’s what we’re looking for

• Roughly 3–5 years of software or data engineering experience, with 1–3 years of hands‑on AI/LLM work. Strong recent graduates with a real portfolio of AI work are encouraged to apply.
• Hands‑on AI engineering: LLM applications, retrieval, agents, prompt and tool design, evaluation. You deliver in production, not just prototype.
• Exposure to software and data engineering fundamentals: Python, APIs, data handling, version control, production discipline.
• Strong written and verbal communication. You can explain your work to a non‑engineer, document it so others can use it, and walk a team through doing it themselves.
• You enjoy working alongside other people and raising their level. This seat partners with the divisions and enables others, so that has to be something you like, not tolerate.
• Pragmatism: you know when to build, when to use a vendor solution, and when good‑enough is enough.
• Demonstrate and uphold Power Design’s core values, which include integrity, accountability, teamwork, innovation, and growth.

Why you’ll love working here

This is your chance to sit at the intersection of technology, data, and innovation—helping Power Design push the boundaries of what’s possible with AI. You’ll work with smart, motivated people who are passionate about using technology to make construction smarter, safer, and more connected.

At Power Design, we are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, military and veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Power Design believes that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is paramount to our success as a national company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool nationwide.

About Us

Power Design is a National Design Build Contractor, focused on innovative construction across multiple trades: electrical, mechanical, plumbing, and systems technologies. Since 1989, we’ve disrupted the industry by putting next‑generation ideas to powerful, practical use because we care. We design breakthrough solutions that push the limits of what’s possible by harnessing the collaborative power of our teams to elevate experiences and empower the communities where we live and work. In an industry that tends to look back, we’re building better by staying grounded in our values, dedicated to our unique culture, and supportive of work‑life balance – making us built to last. By investing in our people and doing things differently, we’re designing what’s next.