### Job Duties The Open Access Technology International (OATI) is seeking highly motivated individuals to join our team of AI Engineers focused on power systems. This is a fantastic opportunity to gain practical experience working on real-world AI applications alongside leading experts in the energy sector. The starting salary for this role ranges from $100k - $150k per year, commensurate with experience. Our team is tackling critical challenges in electric power system operations using Artificial Intelligence. Responsibilities: • Conduct research and development on specific AI problems critical to power system operations, leveraging OATI's vast datasets spanning decades (e.g., forecasting load, wholesale electricity market prices, renewable energy generation; optimizing grid reliability, resiliency, and stability; signature analysis and anomaly detection). • Design, build, and deploy agentic AI systems using frameworks such as LangChain, LangGraph and related agentic libraries. • Implement and optimize retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) pipelines ensuring agents can access and incorporate external knowledge sources for grounded, accurate responses. • Fine-tune and prompt-engineer LLMs for task-specific reasoning, planning and dynamic adaptation. • Lead the development of enterprise-grade AI platform that integrates advanced generative AI and LLM technologies. • Design, build and fine-tune large foundation AI models (e.g., LLMs, multimodal models) for the energy domain. • Develop and deploy agentic AI systems capable of autonomous decision-making and multi-agent collaboration. • Build and optimize neural network models tailored to use cases in the energy/power systems industry ensuring high performance and scalability. • Implement and standardize Model Context Protocol based communication to ensure consistent context management across AI models and agents. • Establish and enforce best practices for MLOps, model monitoring and observability to ensure robust, scalable and maintainable AI solutions • Develop and implement machine learning models using popular frameworks (e.g., TensorFlow, PyTorch) to analyze and extract meaningful insights from power system data. • Participate in the full research cycle, including literature review, data exploration, experimentation, analysis and presentation of findings. • Collaborate effectively with other researchers, engineers and data scientists. • Contribute to the development and documentation of technical code. Qualifications: Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, or a related field; PhD preferred. Technical Skills: • 3+ years building and deploying AI-powered systems using LLMs, RAG and agentic architectures • Solid Python programming skills and experience with modern AI/ML libraries. • Advanced knowledge of LLMs, including fine-tuning, prompt engineering, and evaluation • Proven experience implementing RAG systems and integrating vector databases or external knowledge stores. • Proven experience in building and fine-tuning foundation models (e.g., LLMs, vision transformers, multimodal models) for different domains (such as energy, healthcare, finance, etc.). • Past experience in implementing association rule mining algorithms to uncover patterns and relationships within large and diverse datasets, • Past experience in building similarity search pipelines using vector representations to enable accurate ranking and retrieval based on multidimensional feature similarity. • Deep knowledge of agentic AI frameworks and multi-agent system design. • Proven ability to design and implement multi-agent systems and agent-to-agent communication • Strong background in neural network architectures, including transformers and other models. • Strong background in advanced mathematics and statistics for model optimization and validation • Familiarity of Model Context Protocol and best practices for managing AI model context and state. • Proficiency in Python and relevant AI/ML frameworks such as TensorFlow or PyTorch. • Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to communicate complex AI concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders. • Strong foundation in machine learning concepts, including algorithms (e.g., deep learning, reinforcement learning) and statistical methods. • Experience with AI system security, compliance, and ethical AI considerations. • Knowledge of natural language processing (NLP) pipelines and data engineering. • Familiarity with conversational AI and chat bot frameworks. • Familiarity with version control systems like Git. • Familiarity with SQL and No-SQL database engines is a plus. Research and Project Experience: • Experience conducting independent research or working on AI-related projects. • (For Ph.D. students) A strong publication record demonstrating research experience. • (For Master's students) Experience conducting independent research or working on AI-related projects. Other Skills: • Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to tackle complex problems. • Strong communication skills to present research findings and collaborate effectively within a team • Ability to work independently and manage time effectively. • A passion for research and development in the field of AI and a strong interest in the power sector. Benefits: • Gain valuable experience working on real-world AI projects with a significant impact on the future of power systems. • Work alongside leading experts in AI and the energy sector. • Potential for co-authorship on research publications (depending on contribution). • Opportunity to develop your research skills and expertise in a rapidly evolving field. • Be part of a dynamic and collaborative research team working on a critical global challenge. ### Minimum Education Required Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, or a related field; PhD preferred. ### Minimum Experience Required 3 years ### Shift First (Day) ### Number of Openings 3 ### Public Transportation Accessible Yes ### Compensation $100,000.00 - $150,000.00 ### Postal Code 55435 ### Place of Work On-site ### Requisition ID 1548 ### Job Type Full Time ### Job Benefits Health insurance, paid time off, short term disability insurance, commuter reimbursement, 401k, life insurance, long term disability, dental & vision coverage ### Application Link https://www.oati.com/careers/