Artificial Intelligence Specialist

Position Summary :

Knorr-Bremse, the global leader in braking systems and rail / vehicle safety solutions, is building its AI Center of Excellence in Chennai to accelerate innovation across its Rail and Truck business.

We are seeking a visionary Generative AI Scientist to act as the crucial bridge between complex business challenges and the frontiers of artificial intelligence. This is a role for a lead / senior applied scientist who not only understands the deep, foundational principles of AI but can also critically assess its practical limitations and business viability.

You will be responsible for the entire lifecycle of our most ambitious AI initiatives : from conducting feasibility studies on nascent business ideas to performing rigorous literature surveys (research papers, patents), proposing solutions, and justifying their value in concrete financial terms (OPEX / CAPEX). Crucially, you will determine not just what AI can do, but what it shouldn't do, guiding the company toward high-impact, achievable projects.

The ideal candidate combines the mind of a researcher with the pragmatism of a business strategist, capable of translating a business need into a technical hypothesis and owning the outcome from conception to post-deployment success.

Essential Functions :

• Translate Business Challenges into Viable AI Solutions : Lead feasibility studies for proposed AI applications (e.g., General & Administrative (G&A) work, Domain Specific Compliance Checks like mobility compliance adherence, AI application in manufacturing). Translate ambiguous business requirements into precise technical problems and hypotheses. Conduct comprehensive literature surveys, reviewing academic papers and patents to inform solution design and identify state-of-the-art approaches.
• Critically Assess AI Feasibility and Limitations : Serve as the expert on the practical boundaries of LLMs and Generative AI. Identify risks and clearly articulate what aspects of a problem are well-suited for current AI capabilities and which are not, preventing investment in unfeasible projects.
• Design Authority : Own end-to-end technical and process design for AI / ML and agentic AI solutions, ensuring alignment with business objectives and scalability across Knorr-Bremse’s global operations. Design and build proof-of-concept systems based on a first principles understanding of Advanced RAG, multi-agent architectures, and fine-tuning techniques. Develop rigorous evaluation frameworks to benchmark system performance against business-relevant metrics.
• Hands-on AI Development : Drive research and development in areas such as agentic AI frameworks, computer vision, multimodal learning, time-series optimization, and generative AI for embedded and industrial applications.
• Innovation & IP Creation : Develop cutting-edge algorithms, publish high-impact research, and contribute to patents / IP that strengthen Knorr-Bremse’s technological leadership.
• Mentorship & Team Leadership : Lead, mentor, and inspire a team of AI scientists and engineers; build a high-performance research culture that bridges academia and industry.
• Entrepreneurial Execution : Champion rapid prototyping, proof-of-concept development, and large-scale deployment of AI solutions in collaboration with cross-functional teams (R&D, IT, Cloud, Security, Business).
• Collaboration & Scaling : Work closely with internal stakeholders and technology partners (AWS, Microsoft, Google) to leverage multicloud AI stacks for scalable deployment.
• Governance & Best Practices : Establish standards for AI design, evaluation, and deployment, ensuring robust, ethical, and cost-efficient AI solutions.

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Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills are essential, including the ability to influence peers and senior business stakeholders across Knorr-Bremse AG.

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