Physical and Spatial AI Engineer III

Responsibilities

You will design and modernize industrial network infrastructure to support connected equipment, IIoT sensors, and AI-enabled operational environments. The role involves collaborating with stakeholders to implement secure, high-performing connectivity solutions across plant, edge, and cloud domains.

Requirements

Candidates must have a bachelor's degree and at least 5 years of hands-on experience in designing and supporting network connectivity for operational technology or industrial environments. Proficiency in OT architecture frameworks, industrial protocols, and network security principles is required.

Skills

• Operational Technology
• Digital Twin
• Spatial Intelligence
• Physical AI
• Network Design
• Industrial Protocols
• Cybersecurity
• IIoT
• Network Automation
• Consulting
• Cloud Infrastructure
• Edge Computing
• System Integration
• Data Center Operations
• Technical Documentation
• Stakeholder Management

Benefits

• Professional development
• Mentorship programs
• Inclusive culture

About this role

PHYSICAL AND SPATIAL AI ENGINEER III

Engineering and Product | Cloud Integrated Infrastructure
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POSITION SUMMARY

Physical & Spatial AI, OT Connectivity Engineer III

Join our AI & Engineering team in transforming technology platforms, driving innovation, and helping make a significant impact on our clients’ success. You’ll work alongside talented professionals re-imagining and re-engineering operations and environments that are critical to business performance.

The role is focused on helping clients improve operational efficiency, accelerate digital transformation, modernize OT environments, and unlock new value through digital twin, spatial intelligence, and Physical AI-enabled solutions.

We are seeking a candidate with a strong product implementation mindset and experience helping clients apply digital twin and spatial technologies to real-world operational environments. The ideal candidate brings a blend of consulting leadership, industry credibility, technical fluency, and go-to-market vision, with experience aligned to Nvidia and/or Google platform ecosystems for Physical and Spatial AI technologies. This role will be supporting clients in environments such as data centers, sports venues and consumer and retail operations.

Recruiting for this role ends on 11/26/2026.

Work You’ll Do

As part of our Physical AI / AI & Engineering group, you will help clients create the secure, high-performing connectivity foundation needed for intelligent industrial operations. Working across plant, edge, cloud, and emerging AI environments, you will solve complex networking challenges and help organizations modernize how their physical operations connect, communicate, and scale.

* Design new industrial networks and modernize existing infrastructure to support connected equipment, cameras, IIoT sensors, automation, and growing data demands.
* Develop segmented, multi-site network solutions using modern routing, switching, remote connectivity, and software-defined networking technologies.
* Enable reliable data movement across OT and IT domains while supporting emerging AI, high-performance, and optical networking use cases.
* Apply network and agentic automation tools to improve deployment, configuration, monitoring, troubleshooting, and ongoing support.
* Use established OT architecture and cybersecurity frameworks to integrate IT and OT environments, reduce risk, and protect critical operations.
* Design connectivity that supports leading industrial protocols and time-sensitive applications across complex operating environments.
* Use network KPIs, monitoring, assurance, and structured troubleshooting to enhance availability, performance, and operational efficiency.
* Collaborate with technical and business stakeholders to deliver practical solutions for manufacturing, energy, industrial, technology, media, and telecommunications organizations.

The Team

Our AI & Engineering practice offers comprehensive solutions for designing, developing, and operating advanced data, AI, and engineering platforms, products, insights, and services. We help clients innovate, enhance, and manage their capabilities so they can grow and scale effectively.

In this role, you will work at the intersection of AI, engineering, operational technology, and industry transformation, helping clients bring together sensing, simulation, decisioning, and enterprise execution in real-world physical environments.

Qualifications

Required
* Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Industrial Engineering, Operations, or a related field

* Minimum of 5 years of hands-on experience designing, implementing, and supporting network connectivity solutions for operational technology (OT) or industrial environments, demonstrated through completed client or enterprise projects.
* Prior experience working in a consulting environment and delivering technical solutions directly to clients.
* Experience designing, implementing, or supporting networks in operational technology (OT) or industrial environments.
* Experience with network segmentation, VLANs, routing, firewalls, VPNs, or secure remote connectivity.
* Knowledge of the Purdue Model and IEC 62443 network zoning and segmentation principles.
* Experience with at least one industrial communication protocol, such as PROFINET, EtherNet/IP, or OPC UA.
* Experience troubleshooting OT network connectivity and performance issues.
* Experience using network monitori...

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