Principal AI Engineer: From Prototype to Production

MiniMed; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 153,000 - 261,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits and comprehensive plan

401(k) with company match

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

MiniMed seeks a Principal AI Engineer to lead hands-on AI capabilities, moving models and agents from proof of life to production in a regulated medical-device context. You will establish reusable patterns, guardrails, and patterns for enterprise integration, with minimal people-management responsibilities.

You will own capabilities end-to-end—from prototype through first production release and monitoring—before handing off to Model Operations for steady-state run, while aligning with product

Qualifications

• Must have a degree in CS/Engineering or related field with 6–8+ years of experience.

Responsibilities

• Prototype AI/ML models, agents, and tools against real MiniMed business problems.

Skills

System design

End-to-end ownership

Stakeholder communication

Hands-on with AI/ML

LLM-powered systems

Guardrails and deployment patterns

MLOps

Production deployment

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/Engineering or related field

Advanced degree (MS/PhD)

Tools

Databricks

LangGraph

LangSmith

Vector databases

Salesforce

SAP

APIs

Job description

MiniMed seeks a Principal AI Engineer to lead hands-on AI capabilities, moving models and agents from proof of life to production in a regulated medical-device context. You will establish reusable patterns, guardrails, and patterns for enterprise integration, with minimal people-management responsibilities.

You will own capabilities end-to-end—from prototype through first production release and monitoring—before handing off to Model Operations for steady-state run, while aligning with product