Applied AI Engineer

Description

What is the Opportunity?

At Ovivo, we are advancing water and wastewater treatment through innovation, digital transformation, and intelligent automation. We are seeking an Applied AI Engineer to help identify, design, and deploy practical artificial intelligence solutions that improve how we work across the organization. This is a highly visible, impact-driven role where you will partner with teams across Engineering, Business Development, Manufacturing, Field Service, Finance, and IT to deliver real-world AI use cases with measurable outcomes. You will focus on high-value opportunities such as document intelligence, workflow automation, and data-driven insights-helping accelerate decision-making, improve productivity, and enhance customer outcomes.

If you are passionate about applying AI to solve real business problems-not just building models but delivering adoption and results-this is an opportunity to shape Ovivo's AI journey from the ground up. Your work will focus on practical solutions that improve how Ovivo designs, sells, builds, delivers, and services water and wastewater treatment systems. Through intelligent automation, knowledge management, and data-driven decision making, you will help our teams work more effectively so we can better fulfill our mission of bringing water to life and delivering exceptional outcomes for our customers.

Position Summary

The Applied AI Engineer is responsible for identifying, developing, and deploying AI-enabled solutions based on identified business needs that drive measurable business value across the organization. This role emphasizes rapid prototyping, practical implementation, and strong collaboration with business stakeholders to improve efficiency, decision-making, and operational performance. The successful candidate will focus on document intelligence, workflow automation, and enterprise data integration-delivering scalable solutions with high adoption and impact.

This position is located in Round Rock, Texas.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and deliver AI solutions, including LLM-based applications, enterprise search, and document intelligence workflows
• Act as an internal AI consultant by facilitating discovery workshops, identifying opportunities across business functions, building stakeholder alignment, and leading change management efforts that drive adoption and measurable business outcomes
• Build proof-of-value prototypes that demonstrate quick wins and measurable business impact
• Develop and maintain AI systems across data ingestion, data processing, model integration, evaluation, deployment, APIs, and user-facing interfaces where applicable
• Integrate AI solutions with enterprise systems, data platforms, and APIs
• Ensure solutions are grounded in trusted, governed enterprise data
• Partner with IT and security to align with architecture, access controls, and cybersecurity standards
• Apply responsible AI practices, including testing, monitoring, data privacy, and human oversight
• Communicate AI capabilities, limitations, and business value to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Support adoption by helping stakeholders understand how AI fits into existing business processes

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Data Science, or a related technical field (or equivalent practical experience)
• 3+ years of experience in software engineering, data engineering, AI/ML engineering, or a related role
• Hands-on experience building, testing, and deploying AI or machine learning solutions
• Experience translating business problems into technical solutions and working with cross-functional stakeholders
• Experience leading discovery sessions, stakeholder engagement, change management initiatives, or technology adoption efforts in a business environment

Core Technical Skills

• Proficiency in using tools such as Python or similar technologies and API-based software development
• Experience with generative AI, including large language models, prompt engineering, and embeddings
• Strong understanding of SQL, enterprise data platforms, and data governance

Applied AI & Systems

• Experience building AI applications, document processing, and enterprise search patterns
• Ability to evaluate and optimize AI systems for performance, accuracy, and cost
• Familiarity with model monitoring, evaluation, and observability

Responsible AI & Delivery

• Understanding of responsible AI practices including privacy, security, and human-in-the-loop design
• Strong troubleshooting, documentation, and production support skills
• Ability to clearly communicate technical concepts and drive stakeholder alignment

Preferred Skills+

• Experience with document intelligence or enterprise knowledge systems
• Experience with workflow automation, backend development, or lightweight UI development
• Exposure to production AI operations, governance frameworks, or model risk management
• Experience serving as an internal consultant, product owner, or technical advisor for business transformation initiatives

What we offer as an employer

At Ovivo, teamwork is at the heart of everything we do. We value work-life balance and strive to provide an engaging work environment along with excellent benefits and career progression opportunities. We offer a hybrid work environment with roughly 50% of the time in our Round Rock, Texas office.

Benefits - all full-time employees are eligible for Ovivo's generous benefits package that includes:

• Medical, Dental and Vision benefits
• 401k Match of 4%
• Company paid life insurance along with company paid short and long-term disability
• 11 paid holidays
• Three weeks of PTO per year (prorated based on start date)
• Roll over of 64 PTO hours to the following year
• Sixteen personal hours hire date determines number of personal hours for the first year
• Days off between Christmas Eve and New Year's Day - paid by the company with no impact to PTO balance.
• Annual Incentive Plans based on Company Profit

At Ovivo we are committed to providing working environments where everyone is included and treated fairly and with respect.

About Ovivo

Ovivo is a global provider of equipment, technology, and systems producing among the purest water and treating some of the most challenging wastewater in the industry. Ovivo is a powerful global brand with renowned trademarks, possessing more than 150 years of expertise and references in water treatment, supported by its proprietary products, advanced technologies, and extensive system integration knowhow. Ovivo delivers conventional to highly technological water treatment solutions for the industrial and municipal markets and leverages its large installed base of equipment around the world to offer parts and services to its customers. Ovivo is dedicated to innovation in an industry that is in constant evolution and offers water treatment solutions that are cost-effective, energy-efficient, and environmentally sustainable.