Sr. AI Engineer

SiTime Corp.

Santa Clara (CA)

On-site

USD 125,000 - 172,000

Full time

20 hours ago

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Benefits offered by this job

401k plan

Health and wellness

Parental leave

Legal services

Time off plans

Job summary

SiTime Corp. seeks a hands-on Senior AI Engineer to design, build, deploy, and operate production-grade AI applications and agents across the enterprise. You will connect large language models with SiTime data, and own the lifecycle from prototyping to deployment, with a focus on measurable business value and responsible AI.

You will collaborate with product, data, security, and IT teams to deliver secure, scalable solutions, while advancing engineering patterns and performance monitoring.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/Data Science.
7+ years software engineering with 3+ years AI/ML work.
Experience shipping LLM-based apps to production.
Strong Python and API development experience.
Knowledge of vector search, embeddings and pipelines.
Cloud AI services, containers, CI/CD, monitoring.
Identity, security, data privacy fundamentals.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
English proficiency required.

Responsibilities

Build production AI apps and agentic workflows.
Develop enterprise agents and integrations.
Implement RAG pipelines with ingestion and indexing.
Create evaluation datasets and tests for accuracy and safety.
Own deployment, CI/CD, observability, and cost monitoring.
Build reusable platform components and connectors.
Apply responsible AI and security controls.
Collaborate with product, security, and IT teams.
Measure business value and adoption metrics.
Advance engineering practices and runbooks.

Skills

Python

LLM apps

Distributed systems

LLM orchestration

RAG pipelines

Embeddings

CI/CD

Security & privacy

English proficiency

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/Data Science

Master's preferred

Tools

Azure AI Foundry

Azure OpenAI

GitHub Copilot

Power Platform

Microsoft Graph

Copilot Studio

Job description

About SiTime

SiTime is the Precision Timing company.

Timing is the heartbeat of all electronics, ensuring performance, resilience and scalability. For decades, quartz devices, non-silicon technology, have kept systems in sync, but they struggle in harsher, more demanding environments. MEMS-based Precision Timing delivers greater accuracy, smaller size and resilience. Today, MEMS timing powers over 400 applications, including high-growth ones in AI datacenters, automated driving, industrial and humanoid robots, wearables and IoT.

Our semiconductor MEMS programmable solutions offer a rich feature set that enables customers to differentiate their products with higher performance, smaller size, lower power, and better reliability. With more than 4 billion devices shipped, SiTime is changing the timing industry. For more information, visit: www.sitime.com.

Job Summary

SiTime is seeking a hands‑on Sr. AI Engineer to design, build, deploy, and operate production‑grade AI applications and agents across the enterprise. This role will translate high‑value business problems into secure, scalable solutions that connect large language models with SiTime data, knowledge, and core systems. The engineer will work across the full solution lifecycle, from rapid prototyping through evaluation, deployment, monitoring, and continuous improvement, with a strong focus on measurable business value, responsible AI, and reusable engineering patterns. It is not necessary to meet all job requirements to be a qualified candidate for the position. We value diverse experiences, perspectives, and career paths, and welcome candidates who are excited to contribute to our mission.

Responsibilities

Build production AI applications. Design and implement LLM‑powered applications and agentic workflows that move from prototype to reliable production use.
Develop enterprise agents and integrations. Connect AI solutions securely to business systems, data platforms, APIs, knowledge bases, and workflow tools using approved integration patterns.
Implement retrieval and knowledge solutions. Build retrieval‑augmented generation (RAG) pipelines, including ingestion, chunking, indexing, metadata, access controls, retrieval, and grounding.
Engineer for quality and trust. Create evaluation datasets and automated tests for accuracy, completeness, safety, latency, reliability, and cost; add human review where appropriate.
Own deployment and operations. Establish CI/CD, observability, prompt and model versioning, incident response, and ongoing performance and cost monitoring for AI services.
Build reusable platform components. Develop shared services and patterns for model access, orchestration, secure connectors, memory, tool use, auditability, and policy enforcement.
Apply responsible AI and security controls. Protect confidential information and intellectual property through least privilege access, data handling controls, logging, red‑teaming, and adherence to SiTime policies.
Partner with business and technology teams. Work with product owners, business functions, Business Applications, Data, Security, and IT to define outcomes, prioritize use cases, and deliver solutions that fit existing workflows.
Measure business value. Instrument adoption and outcome metrics, quantify time, quality, or cycle‑time improvements, and iterate based on evidence.
Advance engineering practices. Conduct design and code reviews, document architectures and runbooks, mentor engineers, and stay current on models, frameworks, and enterprise AI patterns.

Qualifications & Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, or a related field; a master's degree is preferred.
7+ years of software engineering experience, including 3+ years building AI/ML or generative AI solutions.
Demonstrated experience shipping LLM‑based applications or agents to production, not only prototypes.
Strong Python skills and experience building production services, APIs, and distributed or cloud‑native applications.
Working knowledge of LLM application patterns including prompting, RAG, tool/function calling, structured outputs, agent orchestration, and model evaluation.
Experience with vector search, embeddings, document processing, data pipelines, and enterprise knowledge retrieval.
Experience with cloud AI services and modern engineering practices, including containers, CI/CD, infrastructure automation, testing, monitoring, and source control.
Understanding of identity, authorization, secrets management, data privacy, secure API design, and responsible AI controls.
Ability to integrate with enterprise platforms such as ERP, CRM, collaboration, ticketing, and data systems.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate business needs into technical designs and explain trade‑offs clearly.
English proficiency is required, including the ability to effectively communicate, collaborate, and perform job responsibilities in a professional business environment.

Preferred Qualifications

Hands‑on experience with the Microsoft AI ecosystem, such as Azure AI Foundry, Azure OpenAI, Microsoft 365 Copilot, Github Copilot, Copilot Studio, Microsoft Graph, and Power Platform.
Experience with one or more orchestration frameworks and model providers, while maintaining provider‑independent architecture where practical.
Experience building governed enterprise agent marketplaces, reusable agent components, or model gateways.
Experience with MLOps/LLMOps, automated evaluation, red‑teaming, tracing, and AI cost management.
Experience applying AI to enterprise workflows in Sales, Finance, Operations, HR, Engineering, or Customer Support.
Semiconductor, electronics, or manufacturing industry experience.

Desired Characteristics & Attributes

Hands‑on builder. Comfortable working across architecture, code, integrations, evaluation, deployment, and operations.
Business‑first mindset. Starts with the problem and expected outcome, then selects the simplest effective technology.
Pragmatic and accountable. Moves quickly, ships iteratively, and owns reliability and value after launch.
Security‑and quality‑minded. Treats data protection, responsible AI, testing, and observability as core engineering requirements.
Collaborative communicator. Builds trust with technical and non‑technical partners and works effectively across functions.
Curious and adaptable. Keeps pace with a rapidly changing field without chasing technology that lacks a clear use case.
English proficiency is required, including the ability to effectively communicate, collaborate, and perform job responsibilities in a professional business environment.

Compensation

At SiTime, we believe great work deserves great rewards. We offer a comprehensive and highly competitive compensation package designed to attract top talent.

In addition to base salary, this role is eligible for a quarterly bonus tied to the achievement of innovation goals—reflecting our commitment to recognizing meaningful impact. We also offer equity grants, providing a meaningful opportunity to share in the company’s future growth and success.

Benefits offered: 401k plan, health and wellness that includes medical, dental, vision, life, parental leave, legal services, and time off plans.

SiTime is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We treat each person fairly and we do not tolerate discrimination or harassment against anyone on the basis of any protected characteristics, including race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, pregnancy, political affiliation, protected veteran status, protected genetic information, or marital status or other characteristics protected by law. SiTime participates in the E-Verify program.

Learn More about SiTime

Review the Get to Know SiTime section of our career page to explore our culture, values, and what makes us unique.