AI Innovation Engineer - BIM

Power Design, Inc.; Town of Florida (NY); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & dental plans

Life insurance & disability

Paid vacations & holidays

401(k) retirement plan

Relocation opportunities

Job summary

Power Design, Inc. is seeking an AI Innovation Engineer to lead the 4+1 AI Strategy, building tools and testing ideas to apply AI to BIM and the design‑to‑construction workflow across MEP projects.

You will work with BIM/VDC, preconstruction and field teams to turn hard problems into practical AI solutions, evaluating new tools and coaching colleagues to adopt them across divisions.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of software or data engineering experience
• 1–3 years of hands-on AI/LLM work
• Exposure to BIM technology in construction, AEC or MEP
• Ability to productionize AI solutions and explain work to non-engineers

Responsibilities

• Create AI solutions for business use: agents, skills, retrieval, documentation and automation.
• Apply AI to BIM and VDC workflows, automate model checks and data extraction.
• Evaluate and integrate modern AI tooling; run trials and scale successful tools.
• Enable others by sharing best practices and coaching teams creating AI solutions.

Skills

AI/LLM development

Production deployment

Problem solving

Communication

MLOps/tool design

BIM workflow understanding

Tools

Revit

Navisworks

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Dynamo

pyRevit

Revit API

Python

Job description

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 and build. 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. A key focus of this role is applying AI to Building Information Modeling (BIM) and the design-to-construction workflow behind our MEP projects. 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. Apply AI to BIM and VDC workflows. Examples include automating model checks and clash review, extracting and structuring model data, connecting models to estimating, prefabrication and field teams, and building tools that make model information easier to find and use. Work side by side with company experts across the divisions, including our BIM/VDC, preconstruction and field teams, turning their hard problems into practical AI solutions. Evaluate and integrate modern AI tooling: track what is new, including AI capabilities emerging in BIM and construction technology platforms, 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 BIM technology in construction, AEC or MEP. You understand how building models are created, coordinated and used on a project, and you've worked with tools such as Revit, Navisworks, Autodesk Construction Cloud or similar platforms. 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. Experience automating BIM workflows with Dynamo, the Revit API (C#/.NET), pyRevit or Python scripting. Familiarity with BIM data standards and formats (IFC, COBie) or with linking model data to estimating, scheduling or fabrication systems. Background in MEP design, VDC coordination, or construction project delivery. Demonstrate and uphold Power Design's core values, which include integrity, accountability, teamwork, innovation, and growth.

Some of our benefits…

• Power Design has national health and dental plans, and we also offer life insurance and short and long term disability plans.
• You’ll receive paid vacations and holidays as well as national discount programs for everything from movie tickets to flowers, rental cars, phones and vehicles!
• We also offer a 401(k) retirement plan as well as incentive and recognition programs.
• Relocation opportunities may also be available!

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.

To learn more, visit www.powerdesigninc.us .