Principal AI/ML Engineer — HealthTech, LLM & Agents

Thornton Tomasetti; Alameda (CA); Presencial; USD 131.000 - 261.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Free medical coverage in HIP PPO plan

High employer contribution retirement

Tuition reimbursement and education

Descripción de la vacante

Abbott is seeking a Principal AI/ML Engineer to lead the AI layer for personalized glucose insights, owning architecture and guardrails. You will mentor the AI team, partner with data science, regulatory, and product teams, and productionize time-series models for scalable inference.

The role is based in Alameda, CA, with hands-on responsibilities and strategic impact on regulatory-aligned AI features.

Formación

• PhD or master's in computer science, ML, or a related field.
• 10+ years in software or ML engineering; 3+ years building LLM-based/agentic systems.
• Deep experience with agent frameworks, tool calling, retrieval-augmented generation, and prompt evaluation.
• Proven track record designing guardrails, safety controls, and evaluation pipelines for user-facing AI.
• Strong Python skills and cloud platform experience (Azure, AWS, or GCP).
• Demonstrated technical leadership and ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Excellent written and verbal communication for clinical, regulatory, and executive audiences.

Responsabilidades

• Define the technical vision and architecture for agentic and LLM-based features.
• Design and build agents combining glucose history, model predictions, meals, activity, and context.
• Own agent orchestration, tool use, memory, and retrieval patterns; evaluate hosted vs. self-managed models.
• Stay current on LLM advances and translate them into a practical roadmap.
• Establish guardrails to keep agent responses within approved product and regulatory claims.
• Build evaluation frameworks with clinically grounded test sets for safety and accuracy.
• Ensure all agent responses are traceable and auditable per design controls.
• Collaborate with regulatory and quality teams on risk analysis and documentation.

Conocimientos

PhD/MS in CS/ML

LLM/agentic experience

Agent frameworks

Guardrails & evaluation pipelines

Python & cloud platforms

Technical leadership

Independent work

Clear communication

Educación

PhD or MS

Herramientas

Python

Azure

AWS

GCP

Descripción del empleo

Abbott is seeking a Principal AI/ML Engineer to lead the AI layer for personalized glucose insights, owning architecture and guardrails. You will mentor the AI team, partner with data science, regulatory, and product teams, and productionize time-series models for scalable inference.

The role is based in Alameda, CA, with hands-on responsibilities and strategic impact on regulatory-aligned AI features.