Applied AI Engineer

As the person helping Brainlab R&D turn AI potential into everyday progress you will work with our R&D AI community to find where generative and agentic AI can improve how we work inside R&D remove friction from engineering workflows and automate suitable tasks. This role is about enabling R&D teams and processes - not about developing AI capabilities for Brainlab products. It is hands-on: depending on where we are on the implementation journey you may be the builder who turns an idea into a working pilot or the enabler who helps a team adopt and scale what practice it will always be a bit of both. You will work across requirements software development testing documentation localization and further project work - and see your ideas move from first experiment to meaningful use. 

You are curious energetic and comfortable getting stuck in. You enjoy learning fast making things tangible and bringing people with you. You take on challenges head-on communicate openly and know that successful AI adoption is not just about the technology - it is about changing how people work. Your success is measured by whether R&D teams can use AI confidently safely and effectively in their daily work.

Your tasks include: 

• Contribute to the R&D AI strategy by finding and prioritizing useful AI applications together with the AI community across R&D and define how success will be measured. 

• Coordinate build and test pilots for requirements software architecture & development testing documentation localization and project work. 

• Facilitate a well-structured R&D knowledge base that AI tools can use reliably. 

• Structure Brainlab data sources for AI access 

• Create reusable AI workflows agent harnesses skills and automations with clear access limits audit trails and human review where needed. 

• Agree safe-use rules with IT Security Legal Quality and Regulatory covering data IP and human oversight. 

• Train teams document lessons and scale solutions that work. 

Qualifications :

• A degree in Computer Science AI/ML Data Science Engineering or a related field - or equivalent practical experience. 

• Hands-on experience with GenAI or LLMs. Be ready to show what you built and what you learned. 

• Experience with basic benchmarking/evaluation workflows to assess model quality accuracy and suitability for specific use cases. 

• Experience with AI harnesses Retrieval/RAG Agents and MCPs Agentic AI integration 

• Good judgment about AI risks including incorrect answers data leakage and confidentiality; you know when human review is needed. 

• Clear and enthusiastic communication structured work and a practical mindset; able to work independently and across disciplines. 

• Fluent written and spoken English. 

• Medical technology regulated R&D or quality experience is a plus. 

Are you with us 

This is a central role with broad visibility and a practical mandate: help Brainlab R&D do better work with AI safely and at scale. You will have the freedom to shape the role work with experts across the company and see your ideas move from prototype to everyday practice. 

We offer an international highly skilled environment in which you can contribute to technologies that support clinicians and patients worldwide. You will be challenged and supported through close collaboration training and continuous exchange with colleagues across Brainlab. 

For your application please include your earliest possible start date salary expectations and a short overview of one to three applied AI projects. Tell us what problem you solved what you built how you evaluated it and what you learned. 

We look forward to receiving your online application. 

Additional Information :

• A mutually-supportive international team
• Meaningful work with a lasting impact on medical technology
• Company car cell phone laptop - also for private use
• Flexible working hours as well as homeoffice
• Comprehensive training and continuing education opportunities

Ready to apply We look forward to receiving your online application including your first available start date and desired salary. 

Contact person: Ayline Föll

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time