AI Engineer
GENERAL SUMMARY
As a key member of the Digital Enablement Hub, Henry Ford Health's enterprise AI & Automation Center of Excellence, the AI Engineer is responsible for designing, developing, deploying, and supporting enterprise-grade Artificial Intelligence solutions that drive innovation, efficiency, and business value across the organization. This role focuses on developing modern AI applications leveraging Generative AI, Large Language Models (LLMs), Agentic AI, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), Optical Character Recognition (OCR), Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Natural Language Processing (NLP), and Model Context Protocol (MCP)-enabled integrations. The AI Engineer partners with business stakeholders, architects, data engineers, software developers, and operational teams to deliver scalable, secure, and responsible AI solutions aligned with organizational objectives and healthcare compliance requirements.
EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, or a related field.
- Master's degree in Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, Data Science, or a related discipline preferred
- 0-4 years of professional experience in AI engineering, software engineering, machine learning, automation, data science, or a related technical field. Experience developing applications using Python or similar programming languages preferred.
- Experience with Generative AI technologies, Large Language Models (LLMs), AI Agents, Agentic AI, Natural Language Processing (NLP), or Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) preferred.
- Experience with Optical Character Recognition (OCR), intelligent document processing, or document understanding solutions preferred.
- Experience implementing or integrating Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers, tools, or AI orchestration frameworks preferred.
- Experience with Microsoft Azure AI services including Azure OpenAI, Azure AI Foundry, Azure AI Search, Azure Document Intelligence, Azure Machine Learning, or related technologies preferred.
- Experience with cloud-native application development and deployment preferred.
- Familiarity with MLOps, LLMOps, CI/CD pipelines, model deployment, monitoring, and observability preferred.
- Understanding of APIs, microservices, containers, and modern cloud architectures preferred.
- Knowledge of healthcare data, privacy, security, HIPAA, and regulatory requirements preferred.
- Familiarity with Power BI or other data visualization tools preferred.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and presentation skills.
- Demonstrated ability to learn new technologies quickly and adapt in a rapidly evolving AI landscape.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively in cross-functional Agile teams.
Additional Details
This posting represents the major duties, responsibilities, and authorities of this job, and is not intended to be a complete list of all tasks and functions. It should be understood, therefore, that incumbents may be asked to perform job-related duties beyond those explicitly described above.
Overview
Henry Ford Health partners with millions of people on their health journey, across Michigan and around the world. We offer a full continuum of services – from primary and preventative care to complex and specialty care, health insurance, a full suite of home health offerings, virtual care, pharmacy, eye care and other health care retail. With former Ascension southeast Michigan and Flint region locations now part of our team, Henry Ford’s care is available in 13 hospitals and hundreds of ambulatory care locations. Based in Detroit, Henry Ford is one of the nation’s most respected academic medical centers and is leading the Future of Health: Detroit, a $3 billion investment anchored by a reimagined Henry Ford academic healthcare campus. Learn more at henryford.com/careers.
Benefits
The health and overall well-being of our team members is our priority. That’s why we offer support in the various components of our team’s well-being: physical, emotional, social, financial and spiritual. Our Total Rewards program includes competitive health plan options, with three consumer-driven health plans (CDHPs), a PPO plan and an HMO plan. Our team members enjoy a number of additional benefits, ranging from dental and eye care coverage to tuition assistance, family forming benefits, discounts to dozens of businesses and more. Employees classified as contingent status are not eligible for benefits.
Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer
Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer Henry Ford Health is
committed to the hiring, advancement and fair treatment of all individuals without regard to
race, color, creed, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, size, height,
weight, marital status, family status, gender identity, sexual orientation, and genetic information,
or any other protected status in accordance with applicable federal and state laws.