PLCs.ai · 1 day ago
Head of AI
NYC Metro Area
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
5+ years expPLCs.ai is an AI-powered platform transforming industrial automation by analyzing and generating PLC code across multiple vendors. They are seeking a hands-on AI practitioner to lead the development of their AI capabilities and build the AI team as the company scales.
Computer Software
Responsibilities
Design, build, and maintain our multi-agent AI architecture, scaling capabilities across PLC vendors and industry verticals
Own the end-to-end RAG pipeline: embedding strategies, vector database optimization, context injection, and relevance scoring
Evaluate and select appropriate LLMs for different tasks, balancing performance, cost, latency, and deployment requirements (cloud and local)
Develop data pipelines for ingesting, processing, and structuring proprietary PLC code and manufacturing documentation
Design and implement data labeling, tagging, and annotation workflows for evaluation and quality assurance
Ensure production-grade reliability with fallback mechanisms, confidence scoring, and monitoring
Collaborate with PLC domain experts to translate industrial automation knowledge into AI capabilities
Build and lead the AI team as we scale, including hiring, mentoring, and establishing engineering excellence
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or a related technical field
5+ years of hands-on experience building and deploying AI/ML systems in production
Deep expertise with agents & LLMs: LLMs evaluation, RAG architectures, and agent frameworks
Strong software engineering skills: you write production-quality code. Proficiency in Python required
Experience with vector databases and embedding models
Track record of shipping: you've taken AI products from prototype to production
Self-directed learner who stays current with the rapidly evolving AI landscape
Startup mentality: comfortable with ambiguity, excited to build from the ground up
Onsite work: Hoboken, NJ
Preferred
Experience with industrial automation, manufacturing systems, or domain-specific AI
Background in multi-agent systems, code generation, or structured data extraction
Prior experience at an early-stage startup
Advanced degree (MS/PhD) in Machine Learning, NLP, or related field
Benefits
Health, dental, and vision insurance
401(k)
Flexible PTO
Budget for conferences, courses, and certifications
Company
PLCs.ai
PLCs.ai uses AI to turn complex automation code into plain English, making it faster to understand, troubleshoot, and modify the systems that run the world's factories.
2-10 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageCompany data provided by crunchbase