AI/ML Engineer: Production-Grade AI Systems

USA 3M Company; Minnesota; On-site; USD 124,000 - 152,000; Full time

Job summary

3M is hiring an AI/Machine Learning Engineer in Maplewood, MN to join an internal incubator building a new AI architecture. You will convert Python research into production Rust components and develop tests, runtimes, and scalable services.

You will collaborate with researchers and engineers to optimize performance, ensure reproducibility, and deploy across cloud/edge environments, with travel up to 5% and relocation possible.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, applied mathematics, physics, cognitive science, computational neuroscience, or a related field (completed and verified prior to start).
• High School Diploma/GED (completed and verified prior to start) AND five or more years of experience developing, testing, and maintaining software or technology systems, including substantial hands-on programming experience.
• Five (5) years programming ability in Python and either C++, Rust, or another systems programming language.
• Three (3) years of core software-engineering practices, including version control, code review, debugging, automated testing, and technical documentation.

Responsibilities

• Translating Python research modules into readable, tested Rust components.
• Building and maintaining unit, integration, regression, simulation, and other tests, plus QA and production validation.
• Implementing stable interfaces and runtime components within a modular architecture.
• Profiling CPU/memory/latency and collaborating to improve performance and scalability.
• Supporting Python/Rust interoperability, containerization, CI/CD, observability, and deployment automation.
• Aid in real-time inference, cloud services, on-premises systems, and edge environments.
• Clarifying requirements and tradeoffs between algorithm adaptation and fidelity.
• Documenting designs, interfaces, tests, benchmarks, and operating assumptions.

Skills

Python programming

C++

Rust

Software engineering practices

Education

Bachelor’s degree or higher in CS/CE/Applied mathematics/physics

High School Diploma/GED + 5+ years in software

Tools

Kubernetes

Cloud providers (AWS/GCP/Azure)

Job description

3M is hiring an AI/Machine Learning Engineer in Maplewood, MN to join an internal incubator building a new AI architecture. You will convert Python research into production Rust components and develop tests, runtimes, and scalable services.

You will collaborate with researchers and engineers to optimize performance, ensure reproducibility, and deploy across cloud/edge environments, with travel up to 5% and relocation possible.