Senior AI Engineer – LLM, RAG at BrightAI Corporation

BrightAI, a high-growth Physical AI company, is hiring a Senior AI Engineer to lead the development of Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems that merge large language models with external knowledge sources for industrial troubleshooting applications.

Key Responsibilities

Architect RAG implementations that combine LLMs with real-world knowledge sources

Develop troubleshooting assistants for industrial technicians

Build document processing pipelines

Customize foundational models for domain-specific applications

Design evaluation metrics for production systems

Required Qualifications

Master's or Ph.D. in Computer Science, AI, Machine Learning, or NLP/deep learning specialization

5+ years in machine learning/AI emphasizing NLP, LLMs, or conversational systems

Hands-on experience constructing RAG pipelines using LangChain, LlamaIndex, or custom vector database integrations

Proficiency with models including LLAMA, Mistral, Claude, and GPT variants

Strong Python programming and familiarity with PyTorch/Hugging Face Transformers

Knowledge of semantic search, embedding generation, and vector databases (FAISS, Weaviate, Pinecone)

Experience with prompt engineering and model fine-tuning

Bonus Qualifications

Background in industrial/manufacturing AI applications

Multimodal model integration

Sensor data processing

Startup product development experience

Location: Palo Alto, CA (On-site) Application requires responses to relocation and visa sponsorship questions.