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Principal AI/ML Field Applications Engineer (AI2437)

San Jose, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 3 Sept 2025

💰 $240,000/yr($200,000/yr – $240,000/yr)

About the role

Job Title: Principal AI/ML Field Applications Engineer Job Location: This role is open to candidates located in any US city, preferably in the East Coast. Job Number: AI2437 Job Description: Key Responsibilities:

Engage with North America customers and Partners for enabling them to design Physical AI solutions developed with SiMa.ai platform.

Drive customer engagements by assisting Sales in technical presentations and securing design wins.
Bring up and train customers on SiMa.ai development platform and provide guidance on system design.
Track customer interactions, ensuring follow-ups and effective communication.
Responsible for technical deep dive training customers and Partners on SiMa.ai SDK and Solutions.
Contribute to SoW for customer projects on a need basis.
Work with other AEs and engineering team for Product evaluation, solution development and deployment, and solution porting. This includes AI Models selection, performance evaluation, creating end-to-end applications, debugging and deployment.
Guide and support in reviewing existing architecture, proposing alternatives, creating minimum viable solution quickly for demonstration and then scale up to create complete solution.
Study market vertical trends and create compelling demos/solutions for relevant markets such as Drones/UAV, Robotics, Conversation AI etc.

Represent SiMa.ai in industry events/conferences, roadshows.
Keep informed of emerging trends in Embedded Edge/Physical AI markets and ML needs, mapping them to SiMa.ai’s MLSoC.
Gather and relay customer feedback to Product Management for product improvements.

Desired background, qualifications, and skills: MUST HAVE:

Bachelor's or higher degree in Computer Science/Electronics engineering with 12 to 15 years of relevant experience.
Demonstrated experience in ML and Computer vision applications development and best practices.
Experience in C++/Python/GStreamer, Device Drivers, SDK and debugging embedded systems.
Experience in deep learning frameworks (Onnx, TensorFlow, PyTorch, etc.).
Demonstrated proficiency in Solution development for ARM based SoC with features such as PCIe, MIPI, Ethernet, Video etc.
Experience in board bring-up, debug and key considerations for system level solution development.
Demonstrated experience with software development in a Linux environment.

PREFERRED:

System/Solution Architecture (HW + SW + Edge AI) experience with any of the Edge AI platforms and AI accelerators
Prior experience in customer-facing roles such as Application/Field Application Engineering
Experience with AI/ML, Conversational AI, and LLM based applications,
Willing to travel ~50% of the time.

The Annual salary for this position ranges from $200000 to $240000 plus variable incentive (MBO/sales-commission). The actual annual salary paid for this position will be based on several factors, including but not limited to, skills, prior experiences, qualifications, expertise, work location, total target compensation, training, company needs, and current market demands. The annual salary range for this position is subject to change and may be adjusted in the future. EEO Employer: SiMa is an equal opportunity employer; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or any other protected classification.