AI Systems Engineer for Manufacturing & Digital Twin

Lehigh Heavy Forge Corporation; Oak Ridge (TN); On-site; USD 86,000 - 161,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work schedules

Mentorship program

Medical and retirement benefits

Job summary

BWX Technologies, Inc. in Oak Ridge, TN is seeking an AI Systems & Solutions Engineer to advance enterprise-level digital engineering, manufacturing modernization, and operations analytics.

You will develop open-source AI tools, maintain production AI stacks, and design ML-driven solutions for digital thread integration and operational optimization. The role interfaces with engineering, manufacturing, and automation teams to deliver reliable, scalable AI capabilities for mission-critical

Qualifications

• 5+ years developing AI/ML pipelines with open-source tools.
• Experience operating AI stacks in production environments with Git, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD.
• Background in manufacturing, engineering, business informatics, or IoT analytics.
• Experience building API/microservice-based ML applications.
• Strong ability to structure AI solutions around complex operational challenges.
• Excellent cross-team communication and documentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Architect and maintain open-source AI/ML tools, including model training and inference pipelines.
• Build and support full AI stacks using Python, MLflow, TensorFlow/PyTorch, Docker, Git, and Kubernetes.
• Design AI/ML solutions for manufacturing optimization, engineering workflows, business informatics, and IoT monitoring.
• Integrate AI systems with digital thread/twin environments, PLM/CAD, MES/SCADA, and enterprise data platforms.
• Develop APIs and microservices for model orchestration and data ingestion.
• Implement CI/CD workflows for AI workloads.
• Build end-to-end pipelines for sensor, IoT, and streaming data, including anomaly detection and predictive maintenance.
• Collaborate with engineering and operations teams to shape deployable AI solutions.
• Produce documentation, model explainability summaries, and technical reports.
• Mentor junior engineers on AI/ML development.

Skills

AI/ML pipelines

Git

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

APIs / Microservices

Systems thinking

Cross-team communication

Education

B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, or related field

Tools

Python

MLflow

TensorFlow

PyTorch

Job description

BWX Technologies, Inc. in Oak Ridge, TN is seeking an AI Systems & Solutions Engineer to advance enterprise-level digital engineering, manufacturing modernization, and operations analytics.

You will develop open-source AI tools, maintain production AI stacks, and design ML-driven solutions for digital thread integration and operational optimization. The role interfaces with engineering, manufacturing, and automation teams to deliver reliable, scalable AI capabilities for mission-critical