AI Manufacturing Tech Lead: Lead Production AI Solutions

TSMC - Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

401(k) plan

Paid time off

Job summary

TSMC Arizona is seeking an AI Engineering Tech Lead to drive AI solutions that improve manufacturing efficiency, quality, and engineering productivity. You will partner with fab domain experts to convert complex operational challenges into scalable apps.

Based in Arizona, you will own local delivery while contributing reusable practices across TSMC’s global fab network. The role emphasizes hands-on development and production readiness.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in AI/ML, Computer Science, Industrial/Computer/Electrical Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• 5+ years of professional experience developing AI/ML applications with production deployment responsibilities.
• Proven experience leading teams of at least 7 engineers across multiple AI projects.
• Track record of moving AI solutions from prototypes to production with measurable improvements.
• Strong Python and software engineering skills with ML frameworks like PyTorch and data pipelines.
• Practical experience with containerization, Kubernetes, MLOps, and CI/CD; production monitoring.

Responsibilities

• Lead multiple AI projects from concept to production with measurable business outcomes.
• Stay hands-on: design architectures, develop code, review experiments, troubleshoot performance.
• Mentor engineers and establish technical direction and standards across projects.
• Develop practical AI/ML solutions with data collection, labeling, model development, evaluation, integration.
• Own production operations with MLOps/LLMOps—reproducibility, versioning, deployment, monitoring.
• Build trustworthy apps with validation, access controls, traceability, and human oversight.
• Collaborate with global teams to reuse components and adapt solutions to site needs.

Skills

AI/ML

Leadership

Python

PyTorch

Kubernetes

MLOps

CI/CD

SDD/Agile

Communication

Education

Master’s degree in AI/ML, CS, IE, CE, EE, or related field

Tools

PyTorch

Kubernetes

Azure DevOps

Argo CD

Harbor

Prometheus

Grafana

ELK Stack

OpenTelemetry

Job description

TSMC Arizona is seeking an AI Engineering Tech Lead to drive AI solutions that improve manufacturing efficiency, quality, and engineering productivity. You will partner with fab domain experts to convert complex operational challenges into scalable apps.

Based in Arizona, you will own local delivery while contributing reusable practices across TSMC’s global fab network. The role emphasizes hands-on development and production readiness.