Key skills

AI/MLLLM Application DevelopmentRetrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)AI AgentsPrompt EngineeringFine-TuningModel EvaluationData Engineering for Unstructured Technical DataSecurity, Privacy, and Governance for Sensitive DataSafety-Critical Industry ExperienceReliability Engineering FMEAReliability Engineering Root Cause AnalysisReliability Engineering Physics of FailureAIBIPower BIAWSERPChange Management

About this role

Allen Austin is partnering with a Houston-based engineering firm to hire its first Director of AI. The role will build and scale AI tools and workflows for engineering teams, improve access to technical records, support business systems and governance, and measure business impact.

Responsibilities:

Make decades of reports, test data, lab notes, drawings, and archives searchable and citable, with sources cited and access controls in place
Build AI-assisted workflows for proposals, failure analysis, and reporting, with an accountable engineer making the final call every time
Partner with Finance and IT on a Microsoft Dynamics ERP upgrade and Power BI so hours, revenue, pipeline, and project performance come from one trusted source
Set AI governance with the Chief Counsel, covering client confidentiality, ITAR/EAR and CMMC, privilege, IP, and model validation for safety-critical work
Drive adoption through training, a champion in every business unit, and plain-spoken change management
Report value, risk, cost, and ROI to the CEO, executive team, and Board
Scope AI-enabled client offerings built on the firm’s AWS partnership and its own data