Head of AI Deployment & Field Engineering

Bausch + Lomb; Lincoln (NE); On-site; USD 190,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

401(k) with company match

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Bausch + Lomb seeks a Head of Forward Deployed Engineer to scale AI from pilots to production across manufacturing, supply chain, and quality. This hands-on leader will guide a small team, set technical standards, and collaborate with AI Delivery, Data, and IT to deliver enterprise AI solutions.

The role emphasizes building production-ready AI, driving adoption, and measuring business impact through real deployments, not prototypes, in a regulated environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, information systems, or a related field.
• 10+ years in software engineering, solution implementation, digital transformation, with a strong record of shipping production code.
• Proficiency in Python and modern API and integration development, with experience building on cloud platforms such as Microsoft Azure or Google Cloud.
• Hands-on experience with generative AI, agents, ML, and workflow automation in production.
• Demonstrated experience deploying enterprise technology directly with business users, including driving adoption.
• Experience leading or mentoring engineers while remaining an active contributor.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to translate between plant floor and engineering language.

Responsibilities

• Build and deploy AI-enabled solutions that run reliably in production.
• Integrate with enterprise systems such as SAP and plant, quality, and supply chain platforms through APIs and data pipelines.
• Own the path from prototype to production: testing, user acceptance, security and compliance review, release, monitoring, and post-deployment support.
• Apply validation and documentation practices appropriate to a regulated environment.
• Work side by side with plant leaders, planners, buyers, and quality teams to understand how work actually gets done.
• Run workflow assessments and redesign processes around AI rather than layering tools on legacy steps.

Skills

Python

API & integration development

Cloud platforms

Generative AI / ML

Mentoring engineers

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, information systems, or related field

10+ years in software engineering

Tools

Microsoft Azure

Google Cloud

Snowflake

Copilot

GxP / validated systems

Job description

Bausch + Lomb seeks a Head of Forward Deployed Engineer to scale AI from pilots to production across manufacturing, supply chain, and quality. This hands-on leader will guide a small team, set technical standards, and collaborate with AI Delivery, Data, and IT to deliver enterprise AI solutions.

The role emphasizes building production-ready AI, driving adoption, and measuring business impact through real deployments, not prototypes, in a regulated environment.