Senior Forward Deployed Engineer - AI/ML

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Job Summary**

Lumentum Operations LLC is seeking a talented and innovative Forward Deployed AI/ML Engineer to design, develop, and deploy cutting-edge artificial intelligence and machine learning solutions for various manufacturing applications. You will be instrumental in transforming complex data into actionable insights and intelligent systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as a forward deployed AI engineer embedded with the Bangkok manufacturing team to identify high-impact AI opportunities across process engineering, yield improvement, visual inspection, quality control, operations, and reporting workflows.
• Partner with manufacturing, process, yield, quality, and operations teams to understand workflows, pain points, data sources, and decision-making needs.
• Conduct deep operational assessments at manufacturing sites by observing workflows, interviewing frontline employees, supervisors, trainers, quality leaders, and operations leadership
• Design, prototype, and productionize AI/ML solutions for manufacturing use cases, including visual inspection, defect classification, anomaly detection, predictive analytics, root-cause analysis, process optimization, and yield improvement.
• Translate business and manufacturing problems into technical solution designs, including data requirements, model approach, architecture, validation strategy, user interface needs, and deployment path.
• Work with structured and unstructured manufacturing data from databases, equipment logs, inspection systems, MES, yield systems, engineering reports, and other plant data sources.
• Communicate technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders, including engineers, operators, managers, and senior leaders.
• Mentor local engineers and analysts on AI tools, data science methods, model interpretation, and practical AI adoption in manufacturing workflows.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in data science, machine learning, AI engineering, manufacturing analytics, process engineering analytics, or a closely related technical field.
• Strong hands-on experience developing and deploying AI/ML models in real-world industrial or manufacturing environments.
• Practical experience using LLMs and generative AI tools for data analysis, workflow automation, knowledge retrieval, reporting, or engineering productivity applications.
• Strong programming skills in Python and common AI/ML frameworks such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, scikit-learn, OpenCV, and LangChain/LlamaIndex or similar frameworks.
• Experience working with relational databases and SQL, preferably including Oracle or other enterprise database systems.
• Ability to build end-to-end prototypes, including data extraction, model development, backend logic, simple user interfaces, dashboards, APIs, or workflow tools.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing data, process variation, yield analysis, quality systems, equipment data, inspection data, and root-cause analysis methods.
• English communication skills good enough to interact with US and Europe teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in semiconductor, photonics, electronics, optical components, precision manufacturing, or other high-volume advanced manufacturing environments.
• Experience with manufacturing systems such as MES, SPC, yield management systems, equipment automation systems, inspection platforms, or quality management systems.