Technical specialist Jobs in Chicago, IL

Artificial Intelligence Engineer

Base Pay Range

$109,440.00 / yr - $145,920.00 / yr

Position Summary The AI Engineer plays a pivotal role in USGs digital transformation, designing, developing, and delivering enterprise-class artificial intelligence solutions that accelerate innovation and optimize business processes. The engineer leverages deep technical expertise to build and deploy Azure-based AI platforms, utilizing modern containerization strategies for scalability and reliability. Collaborating closely with IT, business units, and external partners, the engineer identifies AI opportunities, translates business challenges into practical technical solutions, ensures seamless integration with existing systems, and drives organization-wide adoption of AI through prototypes, production-grade models, training, and mentoring. The role requires a passion for emerging technologies, a creative problem-solving mindset, rapid learning agility, and a commitment to security, privacy, and compliance best practices while monitoring and optimizing solution performance.

Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities

• Architect and deploy AI / ML models and solutions on Azure and other cloud platforms.
• Promote and lead AI literacy efforts through training and documentation for staff.
• Develop containerized AI applications using Docker and Kubernetes.
• Evaluate, select, and integrate the latest cloud-based AI technologies rapidly.
• Collaborate with IT specialists and business units to identify AI-driven automation and improvement opportunities.
• Implement CI / CD pipelines for AI solutions.
• Ensure industry standards are followed for data privacy and IT security.
• Monitor, evaluate, and optimize the performance and reliability of AI solutions.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship around AI adoption.
• Review emerging trends in enterprise AI and provide short- and long-term technology roadmaps.

Position Requirements

Education

Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or related field (or equivalent experience).

Experience / Requirements

Rate of pay may be adjusted based on the qualifications and experience of the candidate.

Benefits USG employees enjoy medical insurance (two options), vision, dental coverage, a 401(k) investment plan with company match, a pension plan, optional life, accident, legal, and pet insurance, and quarterly (hourly) or annual (salary) bonus potential based on performance metrics tied to safety, quality, and productivity. Employees receive paid time off and paid holidays. The cost of optional health programs is typically 25% of the monthly premium; the remaining cost is covered by USG.

EOE including disability / veteran.

Headquartered in Chicago, USG serves construction markets worldwide with wall, ceiling, flooring, sheathing, and roofing products. The company operates 49 manufacturing locations and employs more than 7,500 people across North America.

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