Principal AI Engineer, Forward-Deployed Mobility (A&D)

IFS

Itasca (IL)

Hybrid

USD 190,000 - 230,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Flexible paid time off
Medical, dental, vision insurance
401K with company contribution
Tuition assistance

Job summary

IFS is hiring for a Principal-level AI and Forward-Deployed Engineer in the Aerospace & Defense space. You will architect and ship AI-powered mobility solutions, working closely with customers to deploy in their environments while defining technical direction and policy across product groups.

You will own end-to-end delivery, drive modern software practices, and mentor teams in a role that blends hands-on coding with strategic leadership.

Qualifications

  • Demonstrated, hands-on experience leveraging AI for building products and deploying AI in production.
  • Mobile engineering background with production mobile app shipping experience; strong iOS focus.
  • Principal-level impact with leadership across multiple teams or product groups.
  • Experience deploying enterprise software in customer environments, including ERP/CRM/IoT integrations.

Responsibilities

  • Define and shape the next-generation mobility solution for aviation maintenance.
  • Design and ship AI-powered product capabilities with ML integration and RAG.
  • Embed with customers to deploy, integrate, and operate solutions in real environments.
  • Own end-to-end delivery across design, development, testing, deployment and operations.
  • Lead technical strategy across product groups and mentor engineers.
  • Ground technical decisions in customer evidence and business value.

Skills

AI for product development
Mobile engineering
Forward deployment
Leadership & ownership
CI/CD & DevOps
Architectural best practices

Education

Degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering

Tools

ML integration
iOS native development

Job description

IFS is hiring for a Principal-level AI and Forward-Deployed Engineer in the Aerospace & Defense space. You will architect and ship AI-powered mobility solutions, working closely with customers to deploy in their environments while defining technical direction and policy across product groups.

You will own end-to-end delivery, drive modern software practices, and mentor teams in a role that blends hands-on coding with strategic leadership.

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