AI Engineer Irvine, CA_Onsite only on w2 and usc

Job Title: AI Engineer

Location: Irvine, CA 92612 (Onsite from Day 1)
Duration: 12 Months plus contract
Experience: 5 7 Years

Visa:& USConly on w2

Overview:

Seeking an AI Engineer to design, develop, and deploy GenAI/ML solutions with strong experience in OpenAI/NLP model customization and IFE (In-Flight Entertainment) domain.

Must-Have Skills:

• 5 7 years experience in AI/ML development

• Strong hands-on with OpenAI services, NLP, and Large Language Models (LLMs)

• Experience in IFE (In-Flight Entertainment) systems/domain

• Experience fine-tuning pre-trained LLMs for custom use cases

• Ability to build GenAI products end-to-end (dataset training deployment)

• Experience with RAG techniques and Python programming

• Experience automating testing and test case generation using AI

Responsibilities:

• Develop and fine-tune LLM/NLP models for domain-specific tasks

• Implement RAG-based pipelines and deploy into production

• Build AI-driven automation for testing & QA activities

• Deliver full solution lifecycle: dataset, training, validation, deployment

• Work onsite at Panasonic Irvine lab (5 days/week)